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Chromatic

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  1. I'm honestly surprised Lou is allowing the Isles to wear that jersey and didn't simply insist on their regular homes with a slightly darkened shade of orange.
  2. Canucks unveil chrome blue helmets
  3. That’s a great template, but that green is so drab it makes the uniform look lifeless and dreary. I would like to see that striping pattern with the current green.
  4. The theory that gets promulgated all the time is that the Canucks changed to the Orca logo to “promote” Orca Bay. That’s not the case. If you want to make the ‘synergism’ argument, which is still silly because it isn’t like Orca Bay is some separate entity from the Canucks, that’s fine, but then the Orca being a “corporate” logo makes no sense as a criticism either,
  5. The Orca Bay conspiracy theory is complete nonsense. It does not hold up to basic scrutiny. I say this as someone who does not think the Orca is a great logo, but that's because I think it's poorly designed, not because its "corporate". Orca Bay was the Canucks parent company. It's business was operating the Canucks (and Grizzlies). Changing the logo of the Canucks to an Orca has absolutely nothing to do with "promoting Orca Bay", because Orca Bay's mandate was promoting the Canucks. This is chopping down trees to make axe-handles. If the Canucks were purchased by say Starbucks and changed their logo to a mermaid, there might be an argument there. But the "corporate orca" conspiracy theory makes as much sense as complaining about the team being named 'Canucks' because Orca Bay changed its name to 'Canucks Sports and Enterainment'
  6. Except it won’t be the original West Coast Express Orca. It will be a similar uniform with enough inexplicably small downgrades that the nostalgia appeal is ruined and it’s just an ugly new uniform that people use the 2034 slang equivalents of “‘fire, ‘clean AF’, GOATed’” etc to describe why it’s actually the best uniform ever and they should have never went away from it.
  7. I would also contend that while not identical, the colour scheme is quite similar to Vegas and Anaheim, two other teams in the Pacific division. The thing about the Skate is that I think people like the idea of it more than the actual reality of how it looks. If they went back to the Skate full time, it would get very old, very quickly, and people would quickly start demanding something else. The skate was not well loved in its tenure, and it was generally seen as a good thing when it went away. The exact same thing happened in the late 00s with the uniform you posted as is happening now with the skate, except I think social media amplifies the skate hype to a degree so a loud minority seems much more prevalent than it actually is. Going back to it would throw out decades of brand equity from an organization that desperately needs it. Its like getting a barbed wire tattoo because 90s nostalgia is all the rage right now, so clearly it will always look cool.
  8. Overall its a net negative, but I don't think its been completely terrible. The Chargers look the best they ever have. The Vikings look great. The Bengals look great. The Lions, despite getting new uniforms actually look fine imo. The Pats and Falcons certainly aren't perfect but they're upgrades on the Reebok monstrosities they were wearing before.
  9. Yeah I understand not liking the current Pats or Falcons uniforms, but the people here who were acting like they're this garish travesty compared to the Reebok sets before it with the random panels and piping to nowhere was the perfect indicator of how fickle this board can be.
  10. I might just be done if they do that. I'm so sick of changing based on whatever direction the wind is blowing. Mickey Mouse operation for over 50 years. The worst part is all the people clamouring for the skate are the same people who will be demanding something else 10 years down the road depending on whatever that flavour of the month is.
  11. If you're referring to the Brady era Patriots uniforms, they definitely weren't. Not only did they look worse, they looked way less "traditional" than the current Falcons uniforms, even with the abbreviated wordmark.
  12. That honestly might be the Sens best ever look, were they to adopt it full time. Well done.
  13. That actually works. Don’t know if I’d prefer it to the whites, but it’s not jarring like some of the variations you see
  14. For a special event night throwback sure. For a regular third it's questionable to have it as a complete departure. No they aren't. They've been a blue and green team. Before '90s nostalgia became the flavour of the month, the Skate colours were seen as an eyesore that they kept gradually toning down, and the only people who looked back favourably on them were boomers who were also wearing nostalgia goggles. Otherwise why not say they're a 3 colour scheme team and include the West Coast Express jerseys? Or hell, they've worn the Millionaires jerseys a few times, lets make it 4. The only reason the Canucks have an "identity crisis" is because rather than sticking to the look they have now, which is great, they cater to the vocal minority demanding they bring back the skate because like their barbed wire tattoos and gauged ears, it will always be fashionable. Really I'm quite surprised you didn't use this opportunity to batter Johnny Canuck's fossilized horse.
  15. The Skate's appeal is nostalgia. I agree with you in principal but if they're going to use the skate as a special event jersey, they should use one of the original throwbacks to capitalize on that. The "updated" skate jersey is just bad. It's as if they took the original and decided to add as many downgrades as they could to get rid of the appeal of it being a throwback. The sublimated 'V's on the arm don't look like 'V's at all. They just make it look incredibly cheap, like the stripes were put on with masking tape. The complete absent of white as even the smallest trim makes it look dreary, rather than the striking like they original skate. The separation between the gold and red makes what is supposed to be the 'intimidating' (according to skate apologists) colour scheme look more muted. That, or they muted the shades they use, in which case that's another 'L'. I haven't looked into which it is but either way, it doesn't look good. The new matte helmets add another layer of looking cheap, like a kid took a can of spray paint to his helmet in his garage, or you bought a hockey player toy set for your toddler at the dollar store which included a cheap plastic helmet essentially as a costume. As for the number font, ignoring the bush league move of not having them match across the uniform, while I'm not really a fan of the agency font, I think its okay on the home and away. I just wish they would use a thicker version, like the one used on the retired number banners. However, it looks awful on the new skate thirds. The thin, modern font in yellow with red trim and zero white evokes the feeling of a neon sign outside of a dive bar or strip club. The whole uniform just looks dingy, I think that's the best way to describe it. Its like they tried to infuse the 'dive bar' or 'grimy hot dog stand' aesthetic into a hockey uniform. I will say I like the hanger effect of the North Shore mountains on the collar, but that's about all the praise I have for it.
  16. Every time I see these thirds I hate them more and more.
  17. I never looked closely at the logo but didn't realize it was a bull dozer until today, I always thought it was a zamboni.
  18. These names are awful. They make 'Wild' sound like a good name. I don't know why there is such a predisposition to making women's sports team nicknames either cringy adjectives or weirdly pluralized nouns.
  19. I actually quite liked the numbers on the helmet. I would prefer those over the weird origami W.
  20. I see what's wrong with it, it's a Ford. You know what they say 'F O R D' stands for don't you? Stand for "Fix It Again Tony".
  21. Looks great again. I think the Johnny head looks better when its anchored by something though. It could be a V like in your original concept, or something else entirely. Just some food for thought.
  22. I was being a bit dramatic with my language, but I was using the term in the sense that it is "characterized by grotesqueness, extravagance, complexity, or flamboyance". Not related to the historical period or specific art style or anything like that. And I do stand by it. I think there is a good uniform at the core of the Seahawks current identity. But with all the little details like overextended shoulder panels, off centre wordmark, mismatch between the shoulder pattern and the rest of the uniform, the tire track on the helmet, etc it really drags it down.
  23. The Seahawks uniforms are just too much. There is a core of a good uniform in there, but its like the designers had some kind of compulsion and couldn't leave them alone once they were finished. They couldn't stop and just kept adding and changing things right up to the deadline and now they're an overly designed, baroque mess.
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