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The Jets are literally a horizontally striped jersey with a roundel logo, just like the Columbus cannon jersey which I believe started this convo. Maybe it's just the cream color that makes you think its gimmicky

My issue with the current Orca is it's origin. It was made in reference to Orca Bay Sports & Entertainment who owned them at the time. So not only was it a huge departure from any other previous branding, it also doesn't really represent the team name. It represents the owners of the franchise at that time. Once I learned that, it has always just felt too corporatized to me. All this being said, I'm not sure any of their previous logos are very good either. I love the nostalgia of all of them, but all of them seem flawed in a way. I think one thing that should absolutely stay is the blue/green color scheme and balance they are currently using. It's sharp and clean. The crest is really my only issue but I have no solution to offer to fix it.

The thing that bothered me most about the Oilers orange primary home was the sleeve and hem stripes. They are white blue white and I always thought it should have been blue white blue. The white being more dominate and paired with that shade of orange just threw the entire balance of the jersey off. It's seems blue top heavy. If they wanted to keep the orange jersey and the white-blue-white order on striping, I much prefer the sleeve and hem striping the second picture which was their alt before the orange primary. Take away the shoulder numbers and funky neck line and that is a far better jersey IMO. I don't even care about the navy vs royal vs orange debate. To me, the current orange primary just isn't as good as many of their previous sweaters for various reasons.

I'm not sure why but I never loved the Duck's black anniversary jersey. The black seems so forced to me. The jersey just feels clunky. It's like the Ducks are hellbent on doing anything but bringing back the originals. Every time they do, there has to be a tweak for no reason. This time, the tweak is using the current color palette which, again, to me feels forced.

I really like the grey/charcoal color Vegas uses currently. I understand the desire to go with gold considering their name. But in a world where teams go "stealth mode" and overuse of black in all leagues, I thought the charcoal grey was a nice change of pace for a team that wanted be be "dark." Hearing that they will be primarily gold with a new black alt sort of bums me out. I would rather them swap the current home to the alt if they absolutely want to go with a gold primary.

Are we really not getting a Cardinal make over?? I feel like there would be some kind of news on that front by now.

That 92-94 set is my favorite Blues set mostly due to nostalgia. Its very simple and just splashes red into the color scheme before the craziness of what was to come. I've always loved this shot of CuJo: And I will forever picture Hull in this jersey:

I think everyone is right here... but just not listening. None of the points you guys are making are mutually exclusive. Yes, this could make for some great helmets. I would love to see some inverted helmets and more of a home/road split. Yes, this will definitely make for some hideous helmets that have nothing to do with the teams identity or branding. I am personally: a) pumped for the throwbacks b) excited to see what teams throw out there because i love uniforms c) nervous as hell because I know that 50% of them will be trash

Preface to my post: - I don't like bone or sol, and honestly the royal is a shade too bright for me too. - I also don't like anything about the rams rebrand and they should have gone straight classic/retro. - I also tend to not love navy. It usually dulls things, including when the rams used it in STL and early LA. All of this said, I kind of think navy may work better with both bone and sol. The colors are just too bright on the rams current unis and paired with the current shade of royal worsens the issue for me. The bone is absolutely stupid, but if it was the only other color against a solid navy, it might actually work better. Same with sol. IDK... wouldn't mind seeing a few mock ups before i decide that I'm completely against navy for the rams. I guess it depends on how married to bone and sol they are. If they are hellbent on keeping those, navy may not be as bad as we think. Side note: I would find it hilarious if they added a navy alt. There are two teams playing in the same stadium in the same city and they would both have blue/yellow primaries with navy alts

Dang. Well then I don't like it It's only good with the story. It's not good design without it.

There is an explanation of that in the other NHL Thread. There is actually a pretty interesting story behind it. (At least I thought it was interesting)

In all the jerseys are a little boring, but I've never heard that story about the Leafs and the players names. It made me like the ARENAS being in blue. Cool idea

Breakers are sick. Love it

Yes this is perfect! Not sure how to find the article again, but apparently D-Hop mentioned that maybe the reason Kyler took all of his AZ pictures down is because he wanted to replace them with new pictures with new uniforms. Sounds like there is finally some movement towards a new set.

I like some of the Cardinal concepts that use a secondary red color. A desert burnt red if you will... If they lean too much on yellow as secondary, they might look to much like the chiefs. I think keeping the cardinal head, and then leaning on a red, burnt red, white, and minimal black color scheme might be a cool route. Keep them traditional but move them in a new direction that says "Arizona" without slapping a flag on the sleeve.

I'm a fan of the purple/gold for the kings because a) purple fits the "royalty" theme and b) its unique to the NHL. That being said, I'm fine with the silver and black, but its the rest of the uniform that needs an overhaul. The crest is awful and I hate the phantom yoke stripe. If they want to keep silver and black and go with a purple alt, fine. But at least fix the primaries. This set is extremely dated.

After seeing this, it really made me appreciate the Guardians rebrand. Actually day by day, I'm starting to love everything Cleveland did. Washington should have followed suit. Keep your colors and traditions while just pivoting the name.

Sorry, wasn't trying to make a statement about the name being racist or not. Honestly. I think I was just put those in quotes just to point out that was the basic reason. And that's not the point of my post. The point of my post is that the entire purpose of this rebrand was to right something that society felt was wrong. And in doing that, they picked a military theme. The same military which has done quite a bit of wrong to Native Americans as a whole.

So the franchise had to rebrand because the last name was "racist." So lets scrap the logo that was created by a Native American. And then let's rebrand the entire franchise to a US military theme. The same US military that basically wiped out these same Native Americans and forced them onto reservations. Perfect. Not trying to start a storm with this post or sticking up for the old name. Just pointing out the irony.

If these are it, I like it. I would like to see the pants before judging but this is a great start IMO. It's classic while being new. And why do i not hate the gradient on the white alt? I think I don't mind it because it still follows the pattern of the other jerseys. The striping patterns and basic template remain unchanged. They basically added one flashy element and then called it a day. That being said, I think I would have liked them to just stick to the burgandy/yellow scheme and maybe pump out a yellow/inverted helmet of the primaries instead of adding black.

I was really against the Blues change from yellow to white numbers at first. But now that they have had them for a while, I actually like the change. Everything seems a bit more cohesive to me.

Great post. As much as i loved seeing the Nordiques jersey return, it felt weird to me. I feel the same way when the Hurricanes wear a Whalers jersey. It's a feeling that, if we loved these teams so much, why did we relocate them in the first place. Team relocating is just such a gut punch to the city that loses the team.

I love these. I feel like the blues are perfectly set up though with their current primaries, with this and the 90s jersey as alts. I would love to see a white version of this years winter classic as well.

I almost made a similar post recently about numbers of colors and how it correlates to a clean look, but could articulate it right. You are spot on though. The Blues are a strange one because having multiple blues fits the team name while also differentiating them from the league a bit. Also, it was great timing as last night, my Blues were playing the Flames. If you didn't see that game, the uniform matchup was superb. Neither team should change a thing. Gorgeous.

I honestly cannot wait to see the Islanders RR 2.0 Do they just poop out another jersey that is barely changed or do they finally give the people what they want?