Echo

I know it won't happen, because $$$, but I really wish the NHL would cool it with the league-wide alternate jersey programs for awhile.  Between the 3rd jerseys and Anniversary jerseys and Winter Classics and Heritage Classics and Stadium Series and two different rounds of Reverse Retros we've had enough throwbacks and faux-backs to last us for awhile.  I'm starting to get a little burned out on the whole thing.

52 minutes ago, IceCap said:

No one should have been expecting a replica of the Fishermen jerseys with no changes. 

No, but I think some of us would have preferred the striping pattern be the same with the twist being a different color scheme rather than what we got.

1 hour ago, Jer15 said:

The socks need more love.

There's a crude joke to be made here but this isn't the place to make it.

29 minutes ago, infrared41 said:

The Bills have now lost in the monochrome blue and the blue over white. Here's hoping that good fashion sense replaces superstition for the remainder of the season and they stick with the blue over white.

Unfortunately they've already announced blue over blue again for this Sunday. 

20 hours ago, seasaltvanilla said:

 

How hard is it to use apostrophes correctly, especially in a professional capacity.

As hard as it is to use question marks correctly?

5 hours ago, HopewellJones said:

You certainly ain't wrong. One of the best football uniforms of all time. 

If it was up to me, they'd wear these full-time, with the 1970s/80s red jerseys as the 3rd.  If you really want to get funky with it throw in an alternate black helmet with a Dirty Birds throwback.  

3 hours ago, HopewellJones said:

What don’t you like?

That they have one of the best uniforms in the league, and they only wear it as an occasional throwback. 

Sabres Goathead schedule:

Reminds me of the mask that Teiji Honma wore for Japan at the 1936 Olympics.  I can't tell from the pictures I've seen if he's wearing round-framed glasses under the mask or if that's part of the mask itself.

10 minutes ago, Jamesizzo said:

Eagles-Steelers would have looked much better with the Eagles in black socks. The all-white sock trend is starting to get on my nerves.

I get that the players like to wear compression tights or thigh-highs or whatever they like, but surely someone somewhere can come up with tights in appropriate team colors for these guys to wear.  I bet they can even make some with stripes to match the teams uniform socks (if applicable).

Front numbers never really bothered me in and of themselves, but they're pretty unnecessary.  The number is already on the back of the jersey, both sleeves and the front and back of the helmet. 

5 hours ago, Bathysphere said:

   ing  goddammit    crapping hell  

 

HoF: WBB

PW1: TBB

PW2: TBB

PW3: WBB

 

W1: TWW*

W2: WBW*
W3: WWW*
W4: WTT*
W5: TBB*
W6: WBW

W7: TBT*
W8: BBB*
W9: TTT*

Oh hey, the San Jose Sharks play football now?

The white pants are terrible, and the blue helmets on top of it make them look like a minor junior team that can only afford one set of helmets.  Same jersey with blue pants and white helmet would look fine.

Still think they should have a yoke on the white jersey, but I could live without it.

7 hours ago, PERRIN said:

Easiest jersey swap of all time.

Yet somehow still a HUGE upgrade for him.

2 hours ago, oldschoolvikings said:

 

Why do gray facemasks look so impossibly good on orange helmets?  It just says "football."

 

Bottom right is Jim Brown at Syracuse, and that's actually a clear plexiglass mask he's wearing in that picture.

7 minutes ago, chcarlson23 said:

And why would the ditch the lighthouse patches?? 

Those were the best part of that uniform set.  They should have an alt with the lighthouse as the crest, but you know, Lou.

2 minutes ago, aaa333bbb said:

Weird too that the NHL is marketing the Nov 2 PIT @ BUF game as a "reverse retro night" but Pittsburgh isn't scheduled to wear theirs. 

Yeah, since the Sabres' RR is white they could be wearing it against the opponent's RR in almost every case, but they probably won't.

1 minute ago, Bill0813 said:

for the Caps

Seems silly that the Sabres plan on wearing their RR on the road for several games, but they're not going to wear it at Washington on 1/3 when they'll be wearing their RRs.

1 hour ago, aaa333bbb said:

I understand that they are only using the current colors for the Sabres which doesn’t include grey/silver, but if they weren’t going to use it I wish they picked blue as the base. I think it wouldn’t look as bland but maybe not idk

A shoulder yoke, like they used on the original white goathead jersey, would have helped with that.

On 10/14/2022 at 3:14 AM, DTConcepts said:

A shirt turned up at the Isles store in UBS arena featuring what may be the Reverse Retro 2.0 logo

 

Doesn't match the descriptions we've heard so far, and the lack of teeth feels weird. But I don't hate it.

Well, it's been 25 years, and Fishing Boat Captain probably doesn't come with a dental plan.

7 hours ago, Krona said:

Not a lot that would save this helmet (seems completely unnecessary) but inverting the colors on the C would go a long way. That shade of orange works like a lighter color, which in my mind, signals to make the darker color the outline. If they wanted an orange helmet, they should of just really mixed in up and add stripes or put another logo on there altogether. It's like they wanted to stick to tradition in the most garish of ways.

The C is pretty much invisible from any kind of distance.  Maybe a white C with navy outline would be better.  Also would match the numbers on the orange jersey.

2 hours ago, mafiaman said:

I would think that if players actually saw themselves in tightie tight black pants and black socks (I’m talking about YOU, #90) that they would forever eschew the same color pants/socks look forever.

I heard former Bills C Eric Wood on the pre-game last week talking about uniforms.  Basically the way he described it, the big guys on the team pretty much knew they looked terrible in most of the uni combos they were asked to wear, but were at the mercy of what the skill players thought were .

2 hours ago, gothedistance said:

I think BUF goes white tops with blue pants at KC this time. Plus, they've been obsessed with the blue pants lately.

Supposedly Diggs asked for white over white for the game in Baltimore, and they won, so I'd absolutely expect them to do that again this week in KC.