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And of course not only do I have to watch my team play like ass but I also have to watch them lose against a team that LOOKS like ass lol If anyone keeps track of that kinda stuff, is it me or do teams really like to wear their crappy 3rd jerseys when they play Montreal? More visibility maybe? Does that also happen to the Rangers and Leafs a lot?

I don't think that's an unpopular opinion at all. And no offense, but you really didn't use the best examples lol. His "maximalist" pads are pretty white and his "minimalist" pads aren't minimalist at all and actually pretty colorful imo Minimalist Maximalist Happy medium! imo

Same, I love it

Old post, and technically it hasn't been an alternate since the 06-07 season, but I absolutely agree that they need to bring these back as full time alternates to be worn at least a dozen times a year. Just close the C, please lol

I know and I'm often guilty of arguing about the most pointless stuff lol. Don't get me wrong

Jfc people love to argue over the simplest things on this forum lmao. Since when does dark blue mean navy? Pretty close to what the Leafs, Canucks and Lightning wear, don't you think? I'm done, let's get back on topic. This is just pointless bickering at this point

Still dark royal. I can cherry pick pictures too. Look how dark their blue is compared to the Rangers'. But it's pointless, what I'm saying isn't even debatable. I never said they were a navy team, I just said they were a dark blue team, and according to their pantone #, they objectively are It's the exact same blue. And they use midnight navy on their logo. But again, I never said the Canucks were a navy team

Pantone 281C is almost navy blue. It's certainly not as vibrant as the bright royal blue the Rangers use or even as light as the royal blue the Islanders, Sabres and Blues use. I would definitely call them a dark blue team And of course it's arbitrary. I only said I thought there were too many dark blue teams in the league. You're also arbitrarily not counting dark royal blue as dark blue. I only stated my opinion that a rare matchup with both teams in bright red looked good. No need to be pedantic and reply with a "uhm, akshully" post about navy blue jerseys which I've never mentioned in the first place

I specifically said dark blue and not navy blue. The Leafs are dark blue, for example. I also didn't say anything about jerseys. Pants, helmets and gloves are also part of the uniform. So by my count, it's 12. I didn't count the Islanders, Sabres and Canadiens

I hate those jerseys irrationally. Technically it's just a basic hockey template so it's not objectively bad or anything, and with Reebok we all know it could have been a thousand times worse with piping or just random blocks of color or incomplete stripes. Still, The front numbers sucked The custom block font sucked Orange sucks, should have been silver The new shade of teal was a slight downgrade 15 years later and the logo still hasn't grown on me The white jersey was slightly better. But like O.C.D. said above, the jerseys were so generic it just didn't feel like the Sharks anymore. This is what I meant by "could have been worse" (save for the logo, of course ;^)) It's the lighting. They were much greener in person

Beautiful matchup in a league with too many dark blue teams imo

Fine, you're right about color balance being different from color hierarchy but two concepts still go hand in hand Habs going blue has an effect on both. Red becoming a trim/secondary color changes its hierarchy and throws off the balance since they did not go with red gear to compensate, which was completely intended and not inherently a bad thing of course. Which is my point, you can't complain about color balance OR hierarchy in RR jerseys since in most cases, the teams intentionally messed with those concepts. The Sharks could have went with teal gear to maintain the balance and/or hierarchy but that wasn't the point. Of course both the color balance AND hierarchy are gonna be thrown out of the window when you promote a secondary or even tertiary color in the Sharks or Coyotes' case to primary color "For most, that twist ending up being changing the colour hierarchy." Which in turn also changed the color balance/distribution, see what I mean? All in all, it was just a fun experiment that wasn't meant to last and we're both overthinking it lol. Let's just agree to disagree

I'm telling you that the Sharks could use more teal in their logo but obviously don't NEED to, as evidenced by the Blackhawks' logo and uniforms routinely rated a top 3 uniform in the league. Teal isn't the primary color on the RR cause the point was to see what a gray Sharks jersey would have looked like. They promote a tertiary color to the main color and you wonder why the balance is off? Yes, the point was to say "What if the Habs were a blue first team? What if purple was now the Coyotes primary color instead of a trim color only used in their logo? What if the Blues were the Reds?" Maybe when they pitched the idea to teams and announced the project the main idea wasn't necessarily to reverse color hierarchy, but it's still what ended up happening for most teams. Of course some teams like the Islanders, Rangers and Flames chose not to participate and teams that went with white jerseys or blended different eras made it less obvious but my point still stands, complaining about color balance on RR jerseys isn't fair Other than the Samuelis, does anyone else in the whole wide world prefer the webbed D to the classic logo? lol

Meh. There's barely any red on the Blackhawks logo and nobody seems to have a problem with it. I don't think it's fair to complain about color balance on any RR jersey anyway. The whole point of the RR program was to throw the color balance off

What's the general opinion on these? I think they looked absolutely incredible with the swooping arm stripes and especially the early version of the jerseys with the shimmery/dazzle material on the sleeves. The shade of teal was perfect and they had just the right amount of gray/silver. Very fitting look for a 90s expansion team called the Sharks. And they managed not to look like the Flyers in teal. The font was also cool imo. So were these any good or am I just blinded by nostalgia? I also liked the RR version in gray, save for the back name and numbers that were practically impossible to read from the usual TV broadcast angle and distance

The Coyotes definitely look like a team from the mid 90s though? And the Sens logo isn't as cartoony and doesn't exactly scream 90s. I never said those jerseys were a mistake either. They have a precedent at least. They're not modern logos that look outdated, just old logos lol

Hardly surprising considering half the team that took them to the SCF have either signed somewhere else or are injured. The effort level does worry me but it should get better soon. Too much roster turnaround, it was bound to happen

Back in 1995 maybe lol

Looks perfect.

Gotcha. I think you meant "less saturated" as opposed to darker, but yeah, I agree that the original shade of teal was a little too dull or muted

Most of what you said also applies to the discussion we've been having for the last few days over in the NHL thread about the Sharks old vs current logos lol. Someone actually made the comparison with the Jags in that thread, maybe it was you? But yeah, very well said, I wish I could like your post twice!

I hate orange for the Sharks, their tertiary color should be silver imo. Doesn't help that the Ducks are currently using orange, even if they should be in eggplant and jade but that's another discussion altogether And they've darkened the shade of teal not once but twice, the current teal not only isn't brighter than the original but it's too green-ish. The first shade of teal was a little too blue and too light, the first correction in the late 90s was perfect imo. So I'm not sure what you're talking about here

Not bad at all! But how would you deal with the outline on the teal (and black?) jersey? Just white?

Yeah I think I made the outlines on the shark worse. I hadn't even noticed lol. Well, sounds I'm in over my head with this photoshop job But if you squint it looks good, no?

How about something like this? Quick MSPaint job. I tried to fix the stick buttend, blade tape, triangle outline and lack of teal Old