Mingjai Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 On 12/15/2021 at 2:51 PM, QCS said: Diagonal letters always look bad, especially for such a long word like "Pittsburgh". The Rangers are the only team that should be using them and only because of historical context. Maybe my aesthetics are shaped by being a fan of college hockey, but I think shorter words look worse diagonally than longer words. I also don't think that the Rangers should own such a traditional hockey look just because they're the NHL team most associated with it. 2 Visit my store on REDBUBBLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ManillaToad Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 1 hour ago, Mingjai said: Maybe my aesthetics are shaped by being a fan of college hockey, but I think shorter words look worse diagonally than longer words. I also don't think that the Rangers should own such a traditional hockey look just because they're the NHL team most associated with it. All of those NHL ones look great imo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan33 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 9 hours ago, gsn93 said: Their home jersey from that period is fantastic. Underappreciated. IMO, that is the best looking jersey they've ever had. I wish they'd just reversed it on the road... 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacat_12 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 4 minutes ago, Morgan33 said: IMO, that is the best looking jersey they've ever had. I wish they'd just reversed it on the road... Apparently they wanted to go with 4 jerseys, a black & white robo-pen, and a black & white diagonal wordmark set. The league nixed the idea, so they decided to take on jersey from each pair instead of going with a cohesive set. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sky1324 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mingjai said: Maybe my aesthetics are shaped by being a fan of college hockey, but I think shorter words look worse diagonally than longer words. I also don't think that the Rangers should own such a traditional hockey look just because they're the NHL team most associated with it. I know it's a traditional hockey look and I'm well aware my opinion is an unpopular one, but I just don't like diagonal lettering on hockey jerseys. Aesthetically I think a crest looks better every single time, including the Rangers. I only specified the Rangers because even if I think they'd look better with a crest as opposed to the wordmark, they've never done that. Edited December 17, 2021 by QCS forgot some words lol 3 the user formerly known as cdclt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival79 Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 42 minutes ago, spartacat_12 said: Apparently they wanted to go with 4 jerseys, a black & white robo-pen, and a black & white diagonal wordmark set. The league nixed the idea, so they decided to take on jersey from each pair instead of going with a cohesive set. Yup! 9 "If things have gone wrong, I'm talking to myself, and you've got a wet towel wrapped around your head." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echo Posted December 17, 2021 Share Posted December 17, 2021 4 hours ago, QCS said: I only specified the Rangers because even if I think they'd look better with a crest as opposed to the wordmark, they've never done that. They did use the shield logo as a crest briefly in the late '70s. It wasn't well-received. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreamSoda Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 14 hours ago, Echo said: They did use the shield logo as a crest briefly in the late '70s. It wasn't well-received. the shield isn’t the problem here. The striping and touching colors are. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digby Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 3 hours ago, CreamSoda said: the shield isn’t the problem here. The striping and touching colors are. And the Helvetica-ish numbers! What a weird choice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroCree Posted December 18, 2021 Share Posted December 18, 2021 19 hours ago, Echo said: They did use the shield logo as a crest briefly in the late '70s. It wasn't well-received. The then GM would later reuse this idea and use it on the Winnipeg Jets. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ark Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 6:18 PM, Echo said: They did use the shield logo as a crest briefly in the late '70s. It wasn't well-received. Unpopular opinion but I don’t hate these and I wish they were brought back as an alternate. They are unique and that’s a good thing. They are like the father of 90s jerseys. These Knicks uniforms as well: 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 10:20 AM, Mingjai said: a series of diagonal-lettering hockey sweaters I don't like any of these at all. Only the Rangers' normal home and away look good. They need to redesign their primary to have similar lettering, though. The rotated lettering looks cheap. 1 ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VancouverFan69 Posted December 19, 2021 Share Posted December 19, 2021 On 12/17/2021 at 10:46 AM, Survival79 said: Yup! Another one of the bad 90's trends in NHL uniforms besides the BFBS movement was the removal of pants stripes. Those Penguins pants should have kept the previous V-stripes or have straight white-gold-white stripes on the new pants. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFirestormToPurify Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 23 hours ago, VancouverFan69 said: Another one of the bad 90's trends in NHL uniforms besides the BFBS movement was the removal of pants stripes. That's interesting. You're absolutely right and I can't believe I never noticed that. In 1990-91 only two teams had solid pants, the Bruins and Flyers. By 1999-2000, 20(!) teams had stripe-less pants. 15 teams currently wear solid pants with their regular uniforms which makes sense considering many teams went back to 80s uniforms full time. Unless we count alternate jerseys, then it's 12, which is still pretty high Safe to say it was a 90s trend but we still feel the lingering effects lol. I bet I would have similar results if I counted solid coloured gloves vs gloves that had contrasting fingers, back rolls and cuff rolls I've pitched the idea before but it would be cool if there was a "uniform trends throughout the decades" thread 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacat_12 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 23 hours ago, VancouverFan69 said: Another one of the bad 90's trends in NHL uniforms besides the BFBS movement was the removal of pants stripes. Those Penguins pants should have kept the previous V-stripes or have straight white-gold-white stripes on the new pants. This might be an unpopular opinion, but I wouldn't mind if most of the teams who currently have pant stripes ditched them altogether. Too many of them use a pant stripe that doesn't match any other striping in their uniforms (Calgary, Nashville, NYI, Pittsburgh, Vancouver), or use a stripe that only matches one of their uniforms (Chicago, Edmonton). Detroit, Tampa, and Toronto are the only teams where I think the pant stripe enhances both uniforms. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Survival79 Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 5 "If things have gone wrong, I'm talking to myself, and you've got a wet towel wrapped around your head." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlayGloria Posted December 20, 2021 Share Posted December 20, 2021 On 12/16/2021 at 9:15 PM, Cujo said: Q: Have the Chargers ever had a bad uniform? 1 hour ago, squamfan said: Man I was thinking about this the other day... goalie masks have gotten too elaborate. The simple designs that play into the teams uniform and striping are just incredible such as this one. I used to love those mask hockey cards of goalie helmets too. They were almost like that goaltender's identity. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chromatic Posted December 22, 2021 Share Posted December 22, 2021 On 12/20/2021 at 12:32 PM, squamfan said: Oh god here we go again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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