2021-2022 NHL Jersey Changes

[AFirestormToPurify]

Yeah the shoulder patches were great. Looking back on the jerseys without them, they just look like something is missing.

Also, I feel like the jade stripes on the pants and jade fingers and thumbs on the gloves are severely undervalued and underappreciated. The solid eggplant (03-06) and solid black gear (97-99) really brought down the overall look of the uniform

[WSU151]

I thought the Ducks jerseys improved with the patches, but I like shoulder patches, it fit the brand, and gave the team another logo to use other than the primary logo

 

The 97-99 years are probably my favorite for the Ducks. I really liked all four jerseys., though the black equipment was a downgrade from the eggplant.

[Digby]

The old black-with-eggplant thirds with the Anaheim script are one of those rare ones (along with the Minnesota Wild script) that makes me think a baseball script can work on a hockey sweater. Then the Ducks wordmark era right after that makes me not think that anymore.

[spartacat_12]

3 hours ago, AFirestormToPurify said:

Your Sens have gold on the logo but nowhere else on the uniform. The Blackhawks and Wild have like 32 combined colors on theirs logos that aren't found anywhere else on the jersey and they're routinely considered some of the best logos in hockey. The 90s Ducks, Sharks, Coyotes and Panthers are all uniforms that a LOT of people like and have the same "problem". You can probably even include the original Thrashers jerseys on that list, I think a fair amount of people would say they were nice uniforms

 

Why does it not make sense exactly? I think the gray triangle in particular makes perfect sense. I've seen plenty of Starter jerseys from the 90s that had the jade triangle and it didn't look all that good. Again, the Leafs and Flames flip their logo colours on their jerseys and nobody seems to mind?

 

The Mighty Ducks jerseys from 1996-97 and 2000-03 were absolutely perfect and I will die on that hill lol

 

Yes, the Sens & Hawks have some extra colours in their logo, but they still have black & red in there. The gold/green/blue/etc. are there to compliment the primary colour scheme, not compete with it. As for the Panthers, I think the best thing about the reverse retro was that the shade of gold they used actually matched the logo.

 

The Mighty Ducks logo was missing the team's primary & tertiary colours altogether, on top of including two colours that weren't used anywhere else on the uniform (not counting the brief black equipment period). It felt like the logo & uniform were designed separately, then got thrown together.

 

The Leafs & Flames flip the logos because the primary one matches the colour of the home jersey. The jade triangle doesn't get lost on an eggplant background the way a red flaming C gets lost on a red background. 

 

This concept shows what I'm thinking of, and imo it looks much more coherent.

 

[IceCap]

2 hours ago, Digby said:

The old black-with-eggplant thirds with the Anaheim script are one of those rare ones (along with the Minnesota Wild script) that makes me think a baseball script can work on a hockey sweater. Then the Ducks wordmark era right after that makes me not think that anymore.

The black and eggplant thirds was a textbook case of using an alternate to workshop what they future identity would be. 

 

It was also a fine uniform in its own right and could have been a great basis for a post-Disney/jade identity if it didn't ape the Los Angeles Kings' then-current colour scheme. 

[flyersfan]

Not specifically for the Ducks, but I could see it from the OG movie, there is a missing Green and Gold color scheme in the NHL right now. Before the Seattle Kraken brand was unveiled, I played around with two color schemes in NHL 19, the first being a Dark Green and Salmon (based on the Sockeyes name), and the second being Green and Gold with an "Astros" theme. The Gold and Green with some black accents really popped, and is a missing spot in the league. So is purple, but that's a Kings problem. I don't have any concepts to share, but some Ducks wore some unis on Adidas' Template to a game last year. 

 

[CS85]

The Ducks just need to pick a lane.  If you're going to use the D foot, fine, but get your together otherwise.  Everything they are right now is a brand salad topped with bad 2010-ish uniform trends.  The Capitals aren't far behind with the same sins.

[AFirestormToPurify]

16 hours ago, spartacat_12 said:

 

Yes, the Sens & Hawks have some extra colours in their logo, but they still have black & red in there. The gold/green/blue/etc. are there to compliment the primary colour scheme, not compete with it. As for the Panthers, I think the best thing about the reverse retro was that the shade of gold they used actually matched the logo.

 

The Mighty Ducks logo was missing the team's primary & tertiary colours altogether, on top of including two colours that weren't used anywhere else on the uniform (not counting the brief black equipment period). It felt like the logo & uniform were designed separately, then got thrown together.

 

The Leafs & Flames flip the logos because the primary one matches the colour of the home jersey. The jade triangle doesn't get lost on an eggplant background the way a red flaming C gets lost on a red background. 

 

This concept shows what I'm thinking of, and imo it looks much more coherent.

 

I get where you're coming from on most points and it mostly boils down to personal preference imo so let's just agree to disagree

The concept you posted shows why the black background is absolutely necessary on the eggplant jersey to me. I hate using "pop" lol but the logo just doesn't pop. Looks muddy to me and frankly it has that concept quality to it where it's not that it doesn't look good on paper but I think it would be underwhelming in real life. I find it hard to put it into words but it looks like a concept, if that makes sense lol. I have to say that the eggplant and silver version works better than I thought on the white jersey though. But was it absolutely necessary to remove golden yellow from the logo? The jersey looks really cold and lifeless without it

 

[Patchey13]

4 hours ago, CS85 said:

The Ducks just need to pick a lane.  If you're going to use the D foot, fine, but get your together otherwise.  Everything they are right now is a brand salad topped with bad 2010-ish uniform trends.  The Capitals aren't far behind with the same sins.

The caps get a pass in my books because despite looking dated, it's still simple and coherent.

[Ridleylash]

11 minutes ago, Patchey13 said:

The caps get a pass in my books because despite looking dated, it's still simple and coherent.

Eeeeh, I mean...it's hardly "coherent" to have random white strips on the arms, no hem striping and no arm striping beyond the pinstripes that are just holdovers from the Reebok Edge dark days. The Sens ditched their fugly Reebok Edge designs for a reason.

 

The RR proved that Washington looks a hell of a lot better in a more traditionally-styled jersey than the Edge mess they have now.

[DTConcepts]

5 hours ago, flyersfan said:

Not specifically for the Ducks, but I could see it from the OG movie, there is a missing Green and Gold color scheme in the NHL right now. Before the Seattle Kraken brand was unveiled, I played around with two color schemes in NHL 19, the first being a Dark Green and Salmon (based on the Sockeyes name), and the second being Green and Gold with an "Astros" theme. The Gold and Green with some black accents really popped, and is a missing spot in the league. So is purple, but that's a Kings problem. I don't have any concepts to share, but some Ducks wore some unis on Adidas' Template to a game last year. 

 

 

These need to be Anaheim's alternate jerseys. Or at least an annual one-off game, a-la Blues 90's Night.

[flyersfan]

Ignore the odd Vegas color matchup, but like this is an awesome color scheme to start with if they want to go full do-over and different, (While still having a reason with the OG Ducks uniforms)

 

And FWIW, I like the webbed D logo, but just the logo part, not the wordmark on the jersey.

 

[PlayGloria]

2 hours ago, Ridleylash said:

Eeeeh, I mean...it's hardly "coherent" to have random white strips on the arms, no hem striping and no arm striping beyond the pinstripes that are just holdovers from the Reebok Edge dark days. The Sens ditched their fugly Reebok Edge designs for a reason.

 

The RR proved that Washington looks a hell of a lot better in a more traditionally-styled jersey than the Edge mess they have now.

 

Agreed. Washington is one of the worst looking teams in the league currently IMO. Which is sad because they have some killer jerseys and logos in their history. 

[DTConcepts]

As much as I love both the inaugural jerseys and the screaming eagle, both of those designs belong in the past imo.

 

The Caps need a refresh, and their Winter Classic jerseys or current alternates are what they should build off of.

[SHaMROCK]

On 11/3/2021 at 4:58 PM, spartacat_12 said:

 

Yes, the Sens & Hawks have some extra colours in their logo, but they still have black & red in there. The gold/green/blue/etc. are there to compliment the primary colour scheme, not compete with it. As for the Panthers, I think the best thing about the reverse retro was that the shade of gold they used actually matched the logo.

 

The Mighty Ducks logo was missing the team's primary & tertiary colours altogether, on top of including two colours that weren't used anywhere else on the uniform (not counting the brief black equipment period). It felt like the logo & uniform were designed separately, then got thrown together.

 

The Leafs & Flames flip the logos because the primary one matches the colour of the home jersey. The jade triangle doesn't get lost on an eggplant background the way a red flaming C gets lost on a red background. 

 

This concept shows what I'm thinking of, and imo it looks much more coherent.

 

Yes, this is what they need to do.  I might put the webbed "D" inside the oval on the shoulders rather then repeat the same  logo again.  I also think I would stay with the eggplant pants.  Otherwise this combines every era and fixes many mistakes creating one perfect package...

[B-mer]

On 11/4/2021 at 8:39 AM, flyersfan said:

Not specifically for the Ducks, but I could see it from the OG movie, there is a missing Green and Gold color scheme in the NHL right now. Before the Seattle Kraken brand was unveiled, I played around with two color schemes in NHL 19, the first being a Dark Green and Salmon (based on the Sockeyes name), and the second being Green and Gold with an "Astros" theme. The Gold and Green with some black accents really popped, and is a missing spot in the league. So is purple, but that's a Kings problem. I don't have any concepts to share, but some Ducks wore some unis on Adidas' Template to a game last year. 

 

 

19 hours ago, DTConcepts said:

 

These need to be Anaheim's alternate jerseys. Or at least an annual one-off game, a-la Blues 90's Night.

 

 

[andrewharrington]

22 hours ago, flyersfan said:

Ignore the odd Vegas color matchup, but like this is an awesome color scheme to start with if they want to go full do-over and different, (While still having a reason with the OG Ducks uniforms)

 

And FWIW, I like the webbed D logo, but just the logo part, not the wordmark on the jersey.

 

It could look great, but I think the University of Oregon would have a case to oppose it as a strong west coast sports brand that’s been using green and gold for decades.

[Bayne]

On 11/4/2021 at 9:12 PM, CS85 said:

The Ducks just need to pick a lane.  If you're going to use the D foot, fine, but get your together otherwise.  Everything they are right now is a brand salad topped with bad 2010-ish uniform trends.  The Capitals aren't far behind with the same sins.

 

100%. I can't stand the webbed D anywhere near the original Ducks uniforms, it looks awful. They're 2 completely different design styles.

[Kevin W.]

Unless the Ducks are going to go back to the eggplant and jade, which I'm sure we would've gotten some indication of by this point, they need to promote the orange alternate to primary and make a road version. It's the best of both worlds.

 

Lean into the orange, black and gold. It's different enough from the Flyers' orange, white and black.

[Ridleylash]

Looks like the Yotes have switched up the logo on their home helmets;

EDIT:  I could've sworn it was the wordmark before now, but looks like I noticed it late lmao, oops