2021-2022 NHL Jersey Changes

[dont care]

30 minutes ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

Okay so have I become an old man who yells at clouds and should I just chill or is this deeply disrespectful and childish? It's one thing to make tweets as a fan or even as the NHL's marketing account aimed at a younger crowd but to actually treat a professional team's jersey as the butt of the joke and paint that on your mask when you're employed by the team? Doesn't sit right with me

Makes the whole thing a joke basically. A meme jersey

Well it is a meme jersey, might as well have some fun with it.

[hormone]

50 minutes ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

Okay so have I become an old man who yells at clouds and should I just chill or is this deeply disrespectful and childish? It's one thing to make tweets as a fan or even as the NHL's marketing account aimed at a younger crowd but to actually treat a professional team's jersey as the butt of the joke and paint that on your mask when you're employed by the team? Doesn't sit right with me

Makes the whole thing a joke basically. A meme jersey

Chris Sale, at the time was employed by the Chicago White Sox, literally destroyed a jersey so it could not be worn…or so I’m told. Don’t make crappy merchandise and people won’t call it a moo-terus 

[AFirestormToPurify]

10 minutes ago, hormone said:

Chris Sale, at the time was employed by the Chicago White Sox, literally destroyed a jersey so it could not be worn…or so I’m told. Don’t make crappy merchandise and people won’t call it a moo-terus 

I just hope it doesn't become a trend. Making crappy jerseys on purpose just to gain some meme internet points/notoriety that probably won't even lead to more jersey sales, just something that people will quickly forget once they decided it was no longer funny anymore and have run the joke into the ground. Or maybe they were incredibly misguided and genuinely thought people would like them? Not sure if that would be better or worse

 

Instead of wearing it as a joke, they should have taken the overwhelmingly negative fan reception into account and decide against wearing it. Something about wearing a crappy jersey ironically and then pretending they're in on the joke is incredibly pathetic to me. I don't find any of this amusing at all

 

Or maybe I've just become a millennial boomer

[hormone]

9 minutes ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

I just hope it doesn't become a trend. Making crappy jerseys on purpose just to gain some meme internet points/notoriety that probably won't even lead to more jersey sales, just something that people will quickly forget once they decided it was no longer funny anymore and have run the joke into the ground. Or maybe they were incredibly misguided and genuinely thought people would like them? Not sure if that would be better or worse

 

Instead of wearing it as a joke, they should have taken the overwhelmingly negative fan reception into account and decide against wearing it. Something about wearing a crappy jersey ironically and then pretending they're in on the joke is incredibly pathetic to me. I don't find any of this amusing at all

 

Or maybe I've just become a millennial boomer

It wasn’t meant to be a joke cause they hyped Brodeur with it. It was just so bad and easy to pick on so some people are running with it. All they really had to do was invert their red jersey to black and be done. 

[AFirestormToPurify]

And to no one's surprise, they're just as underwhelming in action. The red outlines are barely visible. Too many thin stripes. It's a shame cause they were about two or three red stripes and a classic NJ logo away from being decent

 

[IceCap]

4 hours ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

Okay so have I become an old man who yells at clouds

Join us. 

 

3 hours ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

I just hope it doesn't become a trend. Making crappy jerseys on purpose just to gain some meme internet points/notoriety that probably won't even lead to more jersey sales, just something that people will quickly forget once they decided it was no longer funny anymore and have run the joke into the ground.

I'm convinced that was what was behind the Dallas Stars' neon green alternates. 

[AFirestormToPurify]

5 minutes ago, IceCap said:

Join us.

I'm turning 30 soon, all I need now is some crispy white Nike Monarchs and I'm officially an old out-of-touch man

 

6 minutes ago, IceCap said:

I'm convinced that was what was behind the Dallas Stars' neon green alternates. 

 

Hmm. I dunno, I think they just jumped on the stealth bandwagon. Or possibly a Color Rush attempt to gain the approval of NFL/Cowboys fans, which was even more obvious with the mono white RR. But I'm curious, I'd like hear your opinion on that

[Chromatic]

1 minute ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

I'm turning 30 soon, all I need now is some crispy white Nike Monarchs and I'm officially an old out-of-touch man

 

Gonna have to dig deeper than that. Dad shoes and the rest of the stereotypical parent clothes have passed through the thin veil of fashion cycles and irony into being hip and cool amongst the youngin's.

[AFirestormToPurify]

16 minutes ago, Chromatic said:

Gonna have to dig deeper than that. Dad shoes and the rest of the stereotypical parent clothes have passed through the thin veil of fashion cycles and irony into being hip and cool amongst the youngin's.

I know I was just joking, although they tried pushing Monarchs as a fashionable sneaker a few years ago but those will NEVER be cool lol. Besides, I already have two pairs of white New Balance sneakers and a pair of relaxed fit light blue jeans so I'm set if I ever wanna rock some dad outfits!

[Chromatic]

1 minute ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

I know I was just joking, although they tried pushing Monarchs as a fashionable sneaker a few years ago but those will NEVER be cool lol. Besides, I already have two pairs of white New Balance sneakers and a pair or relaxed fit light blue jeans so I'm set if I ever wanna rock some dad outfits!

Yeah this is why I dress like a background character most of the time, dressing stylishly is usually just a headache.

 

The moment I realized I'll never understand fashion was when the unfitted, slouched "dad hats" became cool. I have a pretty large hat collection and own a few of those, but they were never seen as a cool fashionable hat, they were what your dad wore with his jorts on a hot summer day while grilling or doing lawnwork. Now they're all the rage, and I never saw the switch happen until it happened.

 

[ManillaToad]

9 hours ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

And to no one's surprise, they're just as underwhelming in action. The red outlines are barely visible. Too many thin stripes. It's a shame cause they were about two or three red stripes and a classic NJ logo away from being decent

 

 

Fisherman is still worse

[Prince Harry]

9 hours ago, Chromatic said:

Yeah this is why I dress like a background character most of the time, dressing stylishly is usually just a headache.

 

The moment I realized I'll never understand fashion was when the unfitted, slouched "dad hats" became cool. I have a pretty large hat collection and own a few of those, but they were never seen as a cool fashionable hat, they were what your dad wore with his jorts on a hot summer day while grilling or doing lawnwork. Now they're all the rage, and I never saw the switch happen until it happened.

 

Well, Dad hats are the best hat and everyone can wear them. Fitted hats are a dicey style choice to wear even above the age of 20, and just unconscionable over the age of 30. 

[Hat Boy]

11 hours ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

And to no one's surprise, they're just as underwhelming in action. The red outlines are barely visible. Too many thin stripes. It's a shame cause they were about two or three red stripes and a classic NJ logo away from being decent

 

 

 

I know it is a tiny sample, but I do not see anyone in the stands wearing the Jersey sweater.  If it is a meme jersey AND isn't selling, that should put an end to it pretty quickly

[Chromatic]

1 hour ago, Prince Harry said:

 Fitted hats are a dicey style choice to wear even above the age of 20, and just unconscionable over the age of 30. 

Maybe if you keep the brim flat and leave the stickers on. Beyond that I don't see whats wrong with a properly broken in fitted.

[AFirestormToPurify]

2 hours ago, ManillaToad said:

 

Fisherman is still worse

Well, the Jersey isn't that awful, just extremely disappointing imo. They were this close to having a really nice alternate but they blew it

1 hour ago, Prince Harry said:

Well, Dad hats are the best hat and everyone can wear them. Fitted hats are a dicey style choice to wear even above the age of 20, and just unconscionable over the age of 30. 

Dad hats look weird on my head. I see nothing wrong with fitted hats if you curve the brim and remove the stickers as Chromatic said. I think you meant snapbacks?

1 hour ago, Hat Boy said:

 

I know it is a tiny sample, but I do not see anyone in the stands wearing the Jersey sweater.  If it is a meme jersey AND isn't selling, that should put an end to it pretty quickly

Well. let's put it that way, if you were a Devils fan, would you buy that jersey? Yeah that's what I thought lol

Agreed, they should probably shelf it before the joke gets too stale

[spartacat_12]

1 hour ago, Chromatic said:

Maybe if you keep the brim flat and leave the stickers on. Beyond that I don't see whats wrong with a properly broken in fitted.

 

Yeah, I would say a fitted hat is on the same level as straight leg jeans. It's a safe choice that may not be the height of fashion, but will never look dated. Snapbacks made a comeback, and dad hats are popular now, but those are trends that most likely will cycle out of fashion soon.

[Chromatic]

14 minutes ago, spartacat_12 said:

 

Yeah, I would say a fitted hat is on the same level as straight leg jeans. It's a safe choice that may not be the height of fashion, but will never look dated. Snapbacks made a comeback, and dad hats are popular now, but those are trends that most likely will cycle out of fashion soon.

 

Fitteds are definitely a safe choice. The biggest issue with hats is the inconsistency in sizing. Like I said earlier I have a pretty large ballhat collection, and part of the reason for that is that finding a hat that actually fits me is rare enough that I feel I'm missing out if I don't buy it.  So when I find myself trying on a hat in a store and it actually fits my head the way I like I end up buying it.

 

Snapbacks, on top of looking like you won them from a claw machine most of the time, rarely fit, and when they do its usually only backwards and then you're stuck looking like a pokemon trainer.

 

Dad hats almost always fit, but they also permanently look slouched and beaten.

 

A truly well fitting fitted hat is amazing, but its like finding a needle in a hay stack. I've had sizes up from what I normally wear be too small and sizes down too large. There is no consistency or quality control, I've ordered several 59/50s online and ultimately sent them all back.  I'll only buy them in stores if I can try them on first. I prefer New Era, but as much as people crap on Fanatics I've found their fitted hats actually consistently fit the same across the board much better than New Era. 

 

Maybe its because I'm approaching my 30s, but I've started liking the 39/30s/FlexFits more and more, which is somewhere between a dad hat and a fitted. They feel like a nice age appropriate compromise where they still have the somewhat rigid structure of a fitted with the comfort and fit of a dad hat. 

 

Thank you for coming to my TedTalk about baseball hats.

 

 

[DTConcepts]

4 hours ago, ManillaToad said:

 

Fisherman is still worse

 

Strongly disagree.

 

The fisherman jerseys were gaudy, but they at least tried something new, and did a pretty coherent job at doing it. In a vacuum, the logos were good and the jerseys were stereotypically 90s. The main reason they get so much flack is because they replaced the classic Isles identity.

 

The new New Jersey "Jersey" jerseys, however, swing and miss on each and every front. Scripts on hockey jerseys will pretty much never look good, the sans-red color scheme doesn't suit the Devils' brand at all, they were "inspired" by a minor-pro team 100 years ago that no one cares about, the jerseys themselves are basically copies of the Blackhawks' Winter Classic jerseys, and even the team's half-assed attempt to pass them as both classically-inspired and memeworthy aren't working.

 

At least the fisherman jerseys had the balls to do something new and do so coherently. The Devils' alternates don't do a single thing right.

[seasaltvanilla]

Annual reminder that the  CCSLC  version of the Wild logo is tilted. Compare header logo to the profile and bottom logo. Worse that it's the official organization doing it. For a site as nitpicky as this one I'm surprised this continues to be unfixed.

 

 

 

 

[ManillaToad]

1 hour ago, DTConcepts said:

In a vacuum, the logos were good and the jerseys were stereotypically 90s.

 

The logo is terrible and the jerseys are sterotypically 90s in the worst way possible lol. What's the point in giving something credit for doing something new if that new sucks?