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On 4/14/2024 at 11:24 AM, ZapRowsdower8 said:

The kachina jersey, while beautiful up close, is a dark, muddy mess during normal TV game angles and it probably needed to be reworked before returning. Oh well, don’t have to worry about that anymore. 

Agreed. And I just bought one lol

2 minutes ago, LaGrandeOrange said:

 

The Habs have something similar with their heritage sweaters: https://www.tricoloresports.com/fc/ohpc0436-ouate-heritage-canadiens-1947-1948.html

 

These are more of an old wool sweater but they're outside of the adidas/fanatics ecosystem.

There you go. They also have a 1910 Fanatics from the Centennial season that is not an official third jersey or anything. Just a single, random retro offering. I wish more teams did that

16 hours ago, M4One said:

Saw this on reddit.  Official bootleg jerseys sold at the Wells Fargo Center for $120.  They are made by a company called Valiant.

 

 

 

That's a fantastic idea. I'd buy an official "bootleg" before a Fanatics replica with the cheap shiny logo anyday

Even cooler that it's an out-of-print jersey. More teams need to do that. I like that it feels like a big F You to Fanatics lol

They absolutely nailed the gloves. 10/10

As far as I'm concerned they just need to bring back black gear, they could even keep the current jerseys

Is it me or AHL teams have stopped doing the half-and-half thing where they switch the color of the home uniform midseason and instead have just switched to white at home permanently?

3 hours ago, monkeypower said:

The current plum (it’s plum, and not eggplant as I’ve been told often)

Uh, since when?

Sharks:

Wow I'm apprently the only person in the whole wide world who thinks they suck. I have a feeling the million tiny stripes is becoming a new trend and I already hate it. Black is boring. All of their black jerseys have been boring and unneeded. Imagine being the only teal team and thinking "no, let's wear black instead". What they need is a throwback to be worn as a full time alternate

NYR:

Surprisingly, I like it. For an outdoors jersey, it just works. I'm sure it's gonna look great on a player with full gear

Flyers:

NO CONTRASTING NAMEPLATES! Just for that, I would give it a passing grade. It feels like a 70s Flyers jersey from an alternate timeline. Like it could have been in the movie Slapshot if the real life team never existed. Not bad, not bad at all

Devils:

Uninspired garbage. Needs white trim. I don't have too many good things to say about this one, just feels like an inferior version of the home jersey

Islanders:

Pure garbage. I have not one single good thing to say about this one. Fire everyone involved in the creation of this monstrosity

Okay so for their regular jerseys they basically took the Red Wings jerseys but in Maple Leafs blue. Then they had two different diagonal script jerseys like the Rangers. This new alternate is taking the most generic striping pattern ever made popular and still currently used by the Bruins and Blackhawks on their away jersey

...I think it's safe to safe their next jersey will prominently feature a chest stripe!

Is it too much to ask for that a Floridian team called the Lightning that was established in the early 90s shows some goddamn originality? I'm not saying they have to revive the storm jerseys and wear them full time but how about something that isn't just some O6 dress-up? Maybe something in the middle? A brighter, more electric shade of blue for starters. Take this new jersey and change nothing else but the Leafs blue to a Lions Honolulu blue and the jersey is instantly a million times better.  They could even take a page from the Kings and VGK and ask Adidas to make a sparkly blue just for them

On 12/16/2023 at 11:15 PM, ruttep said:

Is it weird that I absolutely despise dark helmets with primary white jerseys, but I love them when paired with off-white retro looks? I thought Rangers/Bruins looked great tonight.

 

Imagine how disgusting cream colored helmets would look. Like cigarette smoke stained white appliances. Dark helmets are a necessary evil in this specific case

And it's not like dark helmets look objectively bad, it's just that when you pair them with white jerseys it reminds me of minor league hockey. But when paired with cream jerseys, it just reminds me of NHL outdoor games. And then it doesn't feel cheap anymore, it feels like the uniform was designed that way (because it was)

I know for a fact that the Canucks used a darker shade of navy (midnight navy) than other teams in their late 90s-pre Edge years for at least the helmets, but as far as actual jersey fabric, can any Canucks fan with a jersey collection weigh in on the matter? The current logo also uses that same shade of dark navy according to Icethetics but again, maybe it's only in digital form. Maybe if you put it next to a Jets or Blue Jackets jersey it's the same navy? I don't think jersey manufacturers have 4-5 different shades to navy to choose from

6 hours ago, ruttep said:

 

I was with you until the refs part. What are you talking about? The new rule explicitly states that the two teams cannot wear helmets of the same color. There are many reasons why officiating is horrible in this league, but I really don't see this being one of them.

Where will they draw the line tho? Is navy vs black acceptable? Maroon vs red? Is there a huge difference between royal blue and black when it's a split second decision? Maybe you're right, maybe it makes no difference. Personally I'd err on the side of caution

The rule was made with referees in mind so I don't think my concerns are entirely unreasonable. This is not a hill I wanna die on, just a thought lol

2 hours ago, Patchey13 said:

Not really liking the Helmet decal for Vegas' winter classic uniform. It's a little much for my taste, although I guess that fits perfectly for Vegas

10/10 considering it could have been chrome gold and have ads on it. I actually really like the 3d decals 

10 hours ago, DTConcepts said:

This thread’s gonna love this.

 

It's not that it looks bad, it's just that it looks cheap

It actually looks fine because of the black shoulder yokes. It would be a great uniform for your local Junior B team that runs on a tight budget and can't afford two sets of helmets. Not a good look for an NHL team owned by a billionaire. Chasing trends is wack. Like the contrasting nameplates, hollow numbers, chest numbers, roundel logos, double blue color scheme, blackout alternates and any other fad that loses its novelty because too many teams jump on the bandwagon. But this time it's even worse cause there's no money to be made here. Chasing trends to sell jerseys, that I can understand at least. This is just puzzling

And again, not like there's anything wrong with white helmets to begin with

Also, considering the lousy officiating, if I were in charge of a team, I wouldn't make my players wear buckets that could very possibly make the referees job even harder, they're already struggling enough making the right calls as it is lol. The game has just gotten too fast for on ice referees. They can't keep up anymore. This will only confuse them even more imo

13 hours ago, Friedrich Stuart Macbeth said:

Well, at least the color fits on the jersey. And that's the only positive I can give.

Not really, there's no black anywhere else on the jersey and it's a different, lighter shade of red

One of the 3 richest teams in the league disgracing BOTH jerseys now with stupid sponsor patches. One that looks like our oldest rival's logo at that! I hope Geoff Molson wakes up tomorrow morning with ingrown nails. Greedy bastard

3 hours ago, lopernv said:

 

Why does it not "work" for hockey? 

I cannot understand this overwhelming desire to maintain the status quo of quite possibly the most boring uniform in all of professional sports - the NHL road.

I don't think away jerseys are boring. A lot of teams look better in white imo

The fact is; teams that wear dark buckets with white jerseys are minor league teams, often the smaller markets with cheap owners. It's not a good look. It cheapens the whole look and makes the uniform look top heavy

Color vs color, whiteout (including the pants), gray based jerseys, hollow numbers, those things might be alright for other sports for many reasons (tradition, pace of play, color of playing surface) but not hockey. There's nothing wrong with tradition

I don't care who started it. It's a stupid trend. Bush league as hell, like they can't afford two sets of helmets

What works for football doesn't necessarily work for hockey

1 hour ago, ruttep said:

 

There are definitely issues with the low effort put into this rebrand, but I really don't think the font of the captaincy patches is one of them.

It's a matter of opinion. The fact is that it made them unique and now they just have a generic A that doesn't scream Flyers the way the old one with the serifs did. Let's agree to disagree I guess

1 hour ago, Ridleylash said:

It's...a standard block font? 

Exactly. That's what the problem is. It's boring

They've used quirky, unique and at times unusual fonts for captain letters (or at the very least the A, the C has been a bit more on the basic side for a few decades now I'll give you that) for most of their history. If you have no problem with the Flyers using a plain, generic, one color block font I have no idea what to tell you. The whole redesign screams "low budget" and this is another downgrade added to the long list imo

33 minutes ago, spartacat_12 said:

The fact that they're using single layer captain's patches on the orange jerseys (which I don't think they've ever done) is proof that there'd be no legibility issues with white names on the back.

 

You're absolutely right but YIKES this is the font they chose for the captain letters?

They got absolutely nothing right except the updated shade of orange with this rebrand. How is it possible to f*** up so bad something that should have been so simple?

8 hours ago, ruttep said:

Interested to see how white pants would look on the ice when not paired with white jerseys and socks. Haven't liked any recent jerseys that utilized white pants.

 

White pants look like big diapers. Off white/cream like the Stars did would be slightly more tolerable lol

I can't figure out how to post Twitter links on here cause I'm a 30 year old boomer and this could be nothing but the Canadiens have been selling a 1909 Fanatics jersey since 2021 or so and now they're doing a bobblehead night

Here's the clickbait article containing the link 

https://www.allhabs.com/Major-scoop-accidentally-revealed-by-the-Montreal-Canadiens-294595

And curiously, the pants would be white instead of navy this time around

Like I said, could be nothing. If it was up to me, the 1945 white jerseys that are essentially the current home jerseys with the colors flipped would be full time alternates, worn 10-15 times a year but a random throwback once a year would be a nice alternative

On 10/11/2023 at 11:18 PM, JohnnyCowboy5 said:

Would have looked better in white and with a white helmet. At least it's brown I guess?

On 10/11/2023 at 10:12 PM, JohnnyCowboy5 said:

All star patch on shoulder

 

Hard pass. I dunno why but it reminds me of this logo

Same ASG design but in blue and silver would have looked alright

2 hours ago, TBGKon said:

Orange isnt vibrant?

Eggplant is vibrant?

13 hours ago, monkeypower said:

Amazing. Those colors just feel right for that team. It's been 17(!) years, enough with the black and orange. Feels like it should have been a 2-3 year failed experiment but unfortunately they won a Cup in those jerseys so that's probably why it stuck around for so long. But even then, the jerseys they've been wearing for the past several years aren't even the Cup winning ones (which were just baaaarely better, desaturated and painfully dull or ugly piping mess with garish orange panels? Pick you poison), and they've had no success with the current set. What the hell are they waiting for? Does anybody actually like the black, orange and beige? Why is it taking them so long to go back to their original set?