wildwing64

I liked the jade yoke. Nice to have more colour on an otherwise black heavy jersey.

A rebrand might make sense for the post-Getzlaf era and with the upcoming 30th Anniversary, but as early as next season? Somehow I doubt it. Then again the Samuelis seem to really like that orange jersey.

On 4/26/2022 at 4:43 PM, spartacat_12 said:

 

Meh, something like this just feels like a lateral move compared to what they went with:

 

It looks OK, but there's not much contrast between the black and grey. What they have now makes more sense if their goal is to promote it to primary.

The Ducks have been pushing orange as their secondary colour for years and yet the NHL style guides continue to be weirdly insistent on beige-gold for them.

A decent looking matchup for the Heritage Classic overall. The Sabres jersey isn't especially remarkable as a slightly diferent take on their classic look, but I like the design in itself.

With the Arenas text in blue the Toronto jersey almost feels like it's meant to be a halfway point between the 1917 and 1918 versions, otherwise I'm not sure what they're going for. Or maybe they couldn't decide if they wanted it with or without the white Arenas text, either of which would have been preferable.

IT seems ThaT ToronTo is hinTing aT an AreTnas sweaTer.

We've already had the Pens swap out shoulder patches, the Wild logo on a North Stars jersey, and a mashup of eras for other teams. If the last one was a hit with Flames fans I could see them putting Blasty on a pedestal*.

*No pun intended.

32 minutes ago, nash61 said:

-Purple "Anaheim" wordmark jerseys from the black/purple alts of the 2000s

I could get behind that. The purple/black colour swap would do it a favour, plus it makes sense that they'd go with something a bit different before bringing out a proper throwback (or throwback-inspired uniform) for their 30th anniversary.

I liked the Flames in red and black - not so much the white jerseys of that era, for some reason that I can't put my finger on - but I also like them without black. I used to think the retro look was a bit garish but it's grown on me a lot.

A red and black alt more like their 2004 era jersey would be neat, otherwise I think they're better off sticking with the classic colours for their primary look.

36 minutes ago, Ridleylash said:

So the Jets are doing NFTs now. How lovely.

The WinniJPEGs

Without knowing the context of its inspiration, it comes off as something made for a pro wrestler or an over the top extreme hype video. That was my first impression anyway.

Now I have a better understanding and can appreciate how and why it came about, but "SMASHVILLE" is still groanworthy.

Tampa Bay's is the better of the two, but it's also not much different from alternates they've worn before. Very run-of-the-mill for a Stadium Series sweater.

The Bolts script is a bit tacky, but nothing will ever be as tacky as "SMASHVILLE" on a team's jersey.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154563814917

It's the Ducks Reverse Retro jersey, exactly as the rumours said it would look before it was unveiled. Also, it has Ryan Kesler's name and number on it!

The best part is that they went through the trouble of embroidering the Wild Wing illustration even though that has never been done on the real versions.

"The laces represent Martin Brodeur and resemble a piece of goal netting. They also look exactly the same as the laces used by the Bruins, Canadiens, Islanders, Maple Leafs, Rangers and Sharks."

On 10/11/2021 at 7:23 PM, wildwing64 said:

So the chrome domes are back, but at least they fit a little better here than with the Stadium Series set. Also not as obnoxious as the Knights' gold helmets.

I retract my previous statement.

And here it is:

The current home jersey is almost a perfect balance for that colour scheme if they continue to insist on being a primarily black team. Too much orange isn't the problem, but it's too much extra crap those jerseys don't need, which is especially evident on the road whites. Why is there an extra black outline on the crest? Why is there a black shoulder yoke? Even the garish sidepanels wouldn't be as bad if not for the extra black stripe and orange pinstripes. The black jersey is a poorly thought out design and the white version is a lazy recolour.

I don't like these uniforms and yet I still kind of prefer them over the 06-14 set.

The D and the shoulder patches would certainly have been improvements, but the rest of that uniform was still boring to look at. They pushed for representing Orange County yet all it amounted to was a thin strip that faded into the black base.

The only way I'd want that brought back would be for another Reverse Retro jersey; eggplant and jade replacing black and orange, and metallic silver in place of the gold, to celebrate the "mightiest" Ducks.

Great Britain still uses a variation of that terrible spiky template and the logo is... whatever. So about what I'd expect from my own country.

Funnily enough for the Disney+ series, they made a mock version of the logo to get around the fact that it's owned by the NHL Ducks.

On the International NHL Shop we have - amid a boring selection of stuff - this purple Ducks hoodie with the gold triangle third jersey logo... and with the wrong shade of purple.

Style guidelines, man.

So the chrome domes are back, but at least they fit a little better here than with the Stadium Series set. Also not as obnoxious as the Knights' gold helmets.

That aside, it's fine.

9 hours ago, dont care said:

Looks like the ducks are just wearing old jerseys for preseason. Unless we se the crests and they have the extra flourishes the New Jersey’s do

They don't. Or maybe they do but I'm not really sure.

If any change has been made, it's so subtle that no one would notice.

On 9/28/2021 at 9:44 AM, wildwing64 said:

It looks like the white outline in the middle of the D is slightly more bevelled, but otherwise I'm not seeing any obvious change to the Ducks crest. I'd like to think it's an early sign that these uniforms are on the way out, except there's now embroidery on the shoulder patches so hooray for that I guess.

 

 

It looks like the white outline in the middle of the D is slightly more bevelled, but otherwise I'm not seeing any obvious change to the Ducks crest. I'd like to think it's an early sign that these uniforms are on the way out, except there's now embroidery on the shoulder patches so hooray for that I guess.

They really went wild with the fauxback theme.

An M crest might have looked better but I do like the overall look. Except for the elbow plasters.

On 1/22/2020 at 3:09 PM, monkeypower said:

I have no idea what my name means or why I chose it because I accidentally signed up for the CCSLC when I was 12 when I was trying to get an account for commenting on the mothership and then proceeded to forget about it. When I actually tried to create an account here back in 2013, my email was already in use because of this account. But at this point I've had this account name so long and I don't really want to have to come up with a new one.

 

Monkeys aren't even my favourite animal.

And here's me thinking it was a reference to the Angels' Rally Monkey

Found some fake Ducks jerseys, on Amazon of all places.

They've got the current home and the 25th Anniversary third, which is laughably bad. The green's too bright (they even label it as blue!) the purple is completely different, the laces are too long, and the duck mask is oddly mishapen. But at least it's got that little Adidas logo on the hem, unlike the real one.