AFirestormToPurify

Well, trends come and go. Who knows, maybe we'll see triple outlines in a few years lol. Or maybe we'll see more gradient numbers. The current hot new trend everyone and their dog seem to be doing across all sports is single layer custom block font with quirks (Leafs, Colts, Stars, Falcons etc). Is it gonna last? Probably not. Like the poster above you said, it always depends on striping and colors. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. The Habs away jersey just looks more cohesive with double outlines, it matches the waist stripes and the logo. I'm not saying double outlines always look better either

I think you're way more qualified to be talking about baseball (or furries lol) than hockey. But thanks for your opinion Exactly. Both shades are too similar in terms of brightness. This is also why I prefer the Rangers home jersey. The text logo, name and numbers on the white jersey really bleed into each other. On the blue jersey, red and blue never touch, it looks much cleaner. Anyway, this is a pointless discussion, I feel like people only prefer single outlines because they're more traditional and not because they objectively look better, because they don't

I agree with all of those except maybe the Islanders where I think both look great. You could also add the early 00s Leafs/current Leafs to that list. You can cherry pick all you want, none of those teams are the Canadiens, though ;^)

Alright now that's just a lie. I'm not a mod but let's not start a debate on that Let's keep talking about double outlines instead

Nope, not a concern for me and completely different because the number is mostly white. I don't see any colours bleeding into each other when I look at the red jersey Concerning the Blackhawks jersey, again just my opinion but I always thought the white jersey was overwhelming compared to the red one. Looks black and white from a distance. I wouldn't add a white outline but I would love to see the red outline become a little thicker. But that's a different situation, red doesn't really bleed into black. Or at least, it's not as noticeable True, but only on sleeve numbers. The font is slightly different on the back numbers. The difference doesn't bother me at all Nothing wrong with double outlines. Simple as that

True, and like I said, I prefer the current version of the collar. Also, you can't really compare those two jerseys as they're not based on the same template and the colors are not used in the same proportions. What works on the home jersey doesn't necessarily work on the red jersey and vice versa. Could you imagine white shoulder yokes on the home jersey for example?

Why should their numbers match the French flag then?

The team is based in Quebec, not France

Exactly, thank you. Those uniforms are just perfect. I even like the mismatching slightly lighter blue pants and helmet. It's a nice quirk I think and dark royal pants that match the blue on the jersey would bring the whole uniform down imo

I think without the white between the blue numbers and red outline, the numbers look ugly and messy and the one element from older Habs jerseys that has aged poorly. It almost makes them look purple from a distance cause the red bleeds into the blue. It just stand outs in a bad way. Red and blue don't touch anywhere else on the jersey, why should they on the numbers? I personally think the current version of the Habs jersey is absolutely flawless. Including the rounded nameplate font, shade of red, laces on the neck and double outline on the numbers on the away jerseys. I wouldn't touch anything. I don't think it's the darker shade of red and double outline on the away jerseys that's the cause of our Cup drought lol Messy: Clean:

Hard NO

Should be the other way around. WE own those two teams, especially the Leafs ;^)

It's definitely gonna be jarring and ugly when the Bruins use a kelly green TD patch, the Penguins a light blue PPG patch and the Leafs a red Scotia Bank patch. And even if they do miraculously use team colors, it will still be noticeable and look out of place. Let's not kid ourselves here

Very fitting

The CGI ads on the glass behind the net and inside the blue lines are the worst. So distracting and annoying and ugly

Thanks for the clarification. It's even worse than I thought, then

Not visible enough. It's gonna be on the chest, front (and almost) center

Well you did call me a moron

Let's face it. they're all gonna have a patch. The three richest teams, the Habs, Leafs and Rangers chose to go with helmet ads. I fully expect every team to disgrace their uniform further for a few extra bucks

You're trivializing the point of the argument. It's not about the patches, it's about the blatant greed. It's about the average middle class family who can't take their kids to a game anymore because the tickets are unaffordable. You don't think they already made up for the loss money with Seattle's expansion fee and ESPN's contract? You don't think this is pure unadultered greed? You can be jaded all you want but I'm tired of seeing ads everywhere. They've made all the money they can with ads already. IIRC, helmet ads didn't bring much more than $1M in revenue per team. This is a joke. $1M to a billionaire is peanuts. It's not worth making the product look awful for what amounts to pocket change for these owners. I'm willing to bet a LOT of these owners didn't even lose money because of the lockdown. You think the Habs owner Geoff Molson didn't sell any beer during the lockdown? Just an example but you get the point. Amazon made a killing. So did ebay. The pandemic didn't hurt the upper-upper class

Yeah no amount of protest ever changed anything right? All I have to say is, just cause you want to bend over and accept everything including blatant greed disgracing the sanctity of sports uniforms doesn't mean I should and maybe you're on the wrong forum, then. Also, keep the name calling to a minimum there, bud

I knew it was coming but not so soon. I'm pissed. I can't help but think it's because of the people who were okay with helmets ads, naively thinking it would stop there. There were all over social media posting stuff like "who cares, we can't see helmets most of the time" and my favorite "they'll remove the ads once people are allowed back in the rinks". There was almost no pushback from anyone, even on this very forum, we were a minority. And the league JUST welcomed a new expansion team with a $650M fee. Incredible. So damn greedy, and now the league is gonna look like a tier 2 minor league with all those ads. Bush league. This will help grow the sport in the southern states, no doubt

They're absolutely right. The original logo was objectively better. They should 100% fix the butt end and blade tape on the hockey stick and bring this one back full time Hell, even the old shade of teal (both of them actually) were better than the current almost-jade-and-too-dark teal

Especially with the white jerseys. That's the combo I always use in Madden. Gray on white on gray. So good. Of course it also works with the navy jerseys

I think the script on the hem makes it a little busy but it's a cool quirk