RyanMcD29 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 But this is the NHL and it's the Sharks. Neither are all that smart.I mean, you would think the "We made the teal jerseys just like the black because 'less weight'" and "we've had bad playoff experiences with this idea that black brings good luck" would've been reason to stop doing that these past playoffs, and then look what happened Twitter: @RyanMcD29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rxmc89 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 And it's the Stadium Series, meaning that it's going to be some newly designed chromed-out jersey that has nothing to do with either team's history. If it was the Winter Classic, I'd bet good money on the Sharks doing a 1991 teal jersey and the Kings probably with Gretzky-era unis, only because they've used their purple and gold set often the past few years. People know about them. No one's seen the Gretzky era unis since...Gretzky. They actually wore them on October 9, 2002 when they retired Gretzky's number, but even that was a while ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tigerslionspistonshabs Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Yes and only 4 years after they switched from them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianLion Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Here you go. This would be perfect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan33 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 How would that be perfect? They're the Sharks, not the Oakland Seals. Just like the Canucks are not Millionaires and the Senators have never won a Stanley Cup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 Using a Seals uniform would honoring the history of hockey in the team's location (Bay Area), but the fact that it isn't a "Sharks" look really does hurt it (in the same way as the Canucks attempts to honor the Millionaires). I think a decent compromise would be a merging of the two identities/fauxback like this one done on here a few years ago by Ross:While it's not that much better, it's still creative and classic enough to work against either of the purple/gold Kings looks (the Red Wings template version and the Flyers-inspired version). MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PackerFan98 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 That's awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SFGiants58 Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 The guy made a whole thread of them here, and many of these would be great Winter Classic looks.Here are my favorites: MLB: Project 32 (Complete), MLB: The Defunct Saga (Complete) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted August 7, 2014 Share Posted August 7, 2014 How would that be perfect? They're the Sharks, not the Oakland Seals. Just like the Canucks are not Millionaires and the Senators have never won a Stanley Cup.The new Senators are not the old Senators and the Canucks aren't the Millionaires. The Sharks though? You could make the claim that they're the Seals reborn. The Seals move to Cleveland, becoming the Barons before merging with the North Stars. This lasts until 1991. At that point the last Seals/Barons owners, the Gund family, got their portion of the North Stars franchise back and received an expansion franchise in the Bay Area. They were also allowed to take a number of North Stars players with them. It wasn't a traditional expansion process by any stretch of the imagination.The argument is there to connect the Seals/Barons to the Sharks. They merged with the North Stars and then unmerged years later with the same ownership group in the same metro area they started in.There's certainly more of a legitimate connection between the Sharks and Seals then there is between the examples you provided. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianLion Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 How would that be perfect? They're the Sharks, not the Oakland Seals. Just like the Canucks are not Millionaires and the Senators have never won a Stanley Cup.Sharks are in effect the progeny of the Seals. Seals moved to Cleveland and became the Barons for 2 seasons, and then merged with the North Stars where their owner (The Gunds) were the majority owner. Thirteen years later, the Gunds extracted their ownership interest out of the North Stars and assumed the new Sharks "expansion" team but took almost half the North Stars roster with them. Sharks are about as tied to the Seals, as the Devils are to the KC Scouts. EDIT: Ice_Cap beat me to it. Nothing to see here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Plus connecting the Sharks to the Seals/Barons would mean that all of the "Next Six" expansion teams are still around. Which is neat.On top of all of that there's the fact that the last incarnation of the Cleveland Barons AHL franchise was a farm team to the San Jose Sharks. Who gave us the greatest logo of all time See? It all fits PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Plus connecting the Sharks to the Seals/Barons would mean that all of the "Next Six" expansion teams are still around. Which is neat.On top of all of that there's the fact that the last incarnation of the Cleveland Barons AHL franchise was a farm team to the San Jose Sharks. Who gave us the greatest logo of all time See? It all fits I just noticed the diamond on the butt end of the stick... OK, it really is the greatest logo ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan33 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Next people on here will be advocating the dropping of the Sharks monicker and going with Seals uniforms full time... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IceCap Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Next people on here will be advocating the dropping of the Sharks monicker and going with Seals uniforms full time... I don't think anyone's ever suggested that. PotD 26/2/12 1/7/15 2020 BASS Spin the Wheel, Make the Deal Regular Season Champion 2021 BASS NFL Pick'em Regular Season Champion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Next people on here will be advocating the dropping of the Sharks monicker and going with Seals uniforms full time... They didn't have a particularly good logo or uniforms... they only cool thing about them is that they barely existed and so nobody really knows about them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hockey week Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Next people on here will be advocating the dropping of the Sharks monicker and going with Seals uniforms full time... That WAS suggested when Anaheim dropped "Mighty" from Mighty Ducks. The rebirth of the California Golden Seals was on the table. I'll respect any opinion that you can defend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanic Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 To be honest, if the Sharks' affilate were named the Cleveland Barons, they would also have rights to the Seals identity to use at their disposal, since the Seals preceded the Barons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4One Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 If the Sharks have never connected themselves to Oakland or Minnesota or any other team, then I don't think it's time to start doing it. But yes they could have something based off the Seals if they wanted to, not that its going to happen anyways since the Stadium jerseys will probably have the same or mostly the same template. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 + fauxback magic! ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianLion Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Next people on here will be advocating the dropping of the Sharks monicker and going with Seals uniforms full time... They didn't have a particularly good logo or uniforms... they only cool thing about them is that they barely existed and so nobody really knows about them.That and in their short existence (1967-76) they changed their official name THREE times.In '67 they started out as the :"California Seals" and then midway through the season changed their name to the "Oakland Seals." Then in 1970, they changed to the "California Golden Seals" when Charlie Finley bought them and put them in white skates. They were the Angels before the Angels were the Angels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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