seasaltvanilla Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Not a fan personally of black with the North Stars colors, but I think part of the issue is it's used way too thinly in the logo and numbers. Makes it feel like a distracting afterthought versus an intentional part of the design. This: Works better than this: (Fixed the striping to be consistent while I was at it) And maybe not on a black base, but I've always liked the gradient stripes on this prototype: Would be an interesting RR3.0: With the current colors I wish they would have a consistent color hierarchy on the homes. Red is relegated to a barely visible highlight color when it should be the secondary color. The Wild are green/wheat at home and green/red on the road, on different templates to boot. Pick one or the other! 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsn93 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 An unpopular opinion but I didn't care for either of the Wild's Reverse Retro jerseys. Something just feels off about them. I'm in the boat of the Wild sticking with their current identity. It would be a shame to lose it over dressing up as the North Stars. On 1/30/2023 at 3:17 PM, Ridleylash said: If they did want to appease the whole North Stars crowd this jersey in the Wild's current color scheme would be a nice compromise as an alternate. There's just enough going on with the different stripes that it can easily be converted into the Wild's palette. Honestly what their Reverse Retro jersey should have been. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-mer Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 51 minutes ago, gsn93 said: If they did want to appease the whole North Stars crowd this jersey in the Wild's current color scheme would be a nice compromise as an alternate. There's just enough going on with the different stripes that it can easily be converted into the Wild's palette. Honestly what their Reverse Retro jersey should have been. I’ve been bouncing this idea around in my head the last day or two. I’ve seen a couple concepts trying this in different ways. It’s also trending toward their Stadium Series uniform. my personal favorite: it certainly would need proper execution to really work, but they could pull it off easily. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-mer Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Oh hell, just saw that @StevenGrant94 pretty much got it covered lol. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFirestormToPurify Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 9 hours ago, B-mer said: Oh hell, just saw that @StevenGrant94 pretty much got it covered lol. Vintage white helmets This is why vintage white away uniforms will never work It would just remind me of dingy old appliances yellowed by years of grease and cigarette smoke. No thanks And pairing dark helmets with light jerseys is also a bush league move, they'd just look like a low budget minor hockey team that can't afford two sets of helmets 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ti-Nick Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Quick question: where do you guys go to see hi-res pictures of every game? I used to go on the recap pages on nhl.com, but the 'Photos' link isn't there anymore. Where do you get the images you post? Twitter? Somewhere else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gosioux76 Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 15 hours ago, the admiral said: Especially at the small scale of these thumbnails I ganked from the mothership, the black outlines are useful. Of course, the North Stars rolled this change out haphazardly because North Stars management was always kind of dumb, but they had the right idea in there somewhere. I grew up in Minnesota and recall really liking it when they began to add touches of black to the uniform. I agree with those of you who said the addition of black pants was unnecessary. If anything, I'd prefer the black be used more subtly. While it might have been a tertiary color, the way the North Stars applied it to the sleeve striping was way too heavy. Like @the admiral said, the black served a purpose to add definition to the look. But a little goes a long way. On the comparisons to the Texans, I brought up a similar question in the NFL uniforms thread where we're talking about the possibility of them adopting light blue. The one thing about the Wild is that, good or bad, the team has been widely embraced in Minnesota, to the point where it's surpassed the Timberwolves and, at times, the Twins in popularity. Do the Texans hold the same stature in Houston? If they're not, then the Texans motivation to tapping into nostalgia would be more about trying to build excitement for a bad team. The Wild have never had trouble building excitement; for them, this is all about the tug of nostalgia being strong. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seasaltvanilla Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 The problem with a wheat away jersey is the helmet mismatch looks awful. And why the hell have white?? 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VancouverFan69 Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 1/30/2023 at 5:21 PM, VampyrRabbit said: And 7) New franchise has zero chance of getting back original franchise name and logo. The Wild name needs to go, even at the expense of one of the most creative logos in sports. Going with a far more suitable major pro sports name, if not the North Stars v.2, while using some form of green and yellow/gold(without black) should be the order of the day in Minny. I still love the "Northern Lights" with the updated N. Losing a beloved name and brand is one thing. Replacing it with a horrible name and with colours fighting for primary status is an insult to injury, no matter how creative the primary logo is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FCMacbeth Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 4 hours ago, VancouverFan69 said: The Wild name needs to go, even at the expense of one of the most creative logos in sports. Going with a far more suitable major pro sports name, if not the North Stars v.2, while using some form of green and yellow/gold(without black) should be the order of the day in Minny. I still love the "Northern Lights" with the updated N. Losing a beloved name and brand is one thing. Replacing it with a horrible name and with colours fighting for primary status is an insult to injury, no matter how creative the primary logo is. Tell that to Dallas and see if they would accept having another team call the Stars, because they're sure as hell won't. Also, they could keep the Wild name and go back to their old North Stars colour scheme if they want to, since these two identities are not mutually exclusive. 20 hours ago, AFirestormToPurify said: This is why vintage white away uniforms will never work It would just remind me of dingy old appliances yellowed by years of grease and cigarette smoke. Screw you, son. Vintage white jersey rocks just as well as regular white jersey. I'm a sucker for them. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFirestormToPurify Posted February 2, 2023 Share Posted February 2, 2023 16 hours ago, Friedrich Stuart Macbeth said: Screw you, son. Vintage white jersey rocks just as well as regular white jersey. I'm a sucker for them. Vintage white is a meme, and a trend that's overstayed its welcome and stay polite, old man lol Besides, I'm not saying you can't have a home jersey with vintage white on it, if it's just a trim color it looks alright. I'm just saying the away jersey has to be pure white or you end up in the same situation as the Rams when they wear bone and it just looks like a dingy white uniform that's never been washed @seasaltvanilla demonstrated a few replies earlier why cream helmets don't work. It looks absolutely disgusting and just looking at it makes me feel ill So the only other option is a dark helmet and it looks amateurish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habsfan1 Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 23 hours ago, seasaltvanilla said: The problem with a wheat away jersey is the helmet mismatch looks awful. And why the hell have white?? Those look worse than the chrome lids. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VampyrRabbit Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 2023-02-02 at 12:45 AM, seasaltvanilla said: The problem with a wheat away jersey is the helmet mismatch looks awful. And why the hell have white?? That's an arguement against shoddy colour matching if it's actually possible to get a half decent match for the helmet and the jersey. If thats the best the company making the helmets can do, then yeah, then just go with white or a pale colour they can actually match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBGKon Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 From the mothership 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHaMROCK Posted February 3, 2023 Share Posted February 3, 2023 On 1/31/2023 at 6:31 PM, spartacat_12 said: So the Chiefs uniform "thrives in its simplicity", by using basic yellow & white stripes on a red jersey + block numbers, but the Flames uniform is boring & generic? I understand people here are going to have differing opinions, but it just seems like you're contradicting yourself here. Also, what exactly did black bring to the table for the North Stars? This wasn't a Los Angeles Kings situation where they rebranded around black-focused uniforms. They literally just took their home jersey and added a couple black stripes & some outlines to the logo & numbers. They didn't even bother making the green uniform match until 7 years later. That's about as BFBS as it gets. Btw, when I first posted the report about the Wild I mentioned that I want them to keep their current colour scheme, so I'm not saying that everyone needs to go back to the '60s. The Chiefs are bad example of anything... From the neck up they are a red, white and black team. From the neck down they are a red, white and yellow team... 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacat_12 Posted February 4, 2023 Author Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 2/2/2023 at 6:56 PM, AFirestormToPurify said: Vintage white is a meme, and a trend that's overstayed its welcome and stay polite, old man lol Besides, I'm not saying you can't have a home jersey with vintage white on it, if it's just a trim color it looks alright. I'm just saying the away jersey has to be pure white or you end up in the same situation as the Rams when they wear bone and it just looks like a dingy white uniform that's never been washed @seasaltvanilla demonstrated a few replies earlier why cream helmets don't work. It looks absolutely disgusting and just looking at it makes me feel ill So the only other option is a dark helmet and it looks amateurish The problem with the Rams is that they didn't incorporate bone into any elements of the brand other than the away jersey. They also made the mistake of having pure white design elements on an off-white jersey, which just makes it look even dingier. I think if you have a full uniform set that uses vintage white instead of actual white it can work. I really loved the old Quebec Remparts set, which was based on the old Wild alternate, although they used black helmets with both uniforms. 18 hours ago, SHaMROCK said: The Chiefs are bad example of anything... From the neck up they are a red, white and black team. From the neck down they are a red, white and yellow team... Well if it were up to me they'd remove all the black from their logo/helmets. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-mer Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 Loved those Ramparts unis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nash61 Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 2024 ASG is in Toronto. 1 Quote On September 20, 2012 at 0:50 AM, 'CS85 said: It's like watching the hellish undead creakily shuffling their way out of the flames of a liposuction clinic dumpster fire. On February 19, 2012 at 9:30 AM, 'pianoknight said: Story B: Red Wings go undefeated and score 100 goals in every game. They also beat a team comprised of Godzilla, the ghost of Abraham Lincoln, 2 Power Rangers and Betty White. Oh, and they played in the middle of Iraq on a military base. In the sand. With no ice. Santa gave them special sand-skates that allowed them to play in shorts and t-shirts in 115 degree weather. Jesus, Zeus and Buddha watched from the sidelines and ate cotton candy. POTD 5/24/12, POTD 2/26/17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTConcepts Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 On 2/1/2023 at 6:29 AM, AFirestormToPurify said: And pairing dark helmets with light jerseys is also a bush league move, they'd just look like a low budget minor hockey team that can't afford two sets of helmets i thought these looks were pretty classy idk the wild's road jersey, just like both of the ones above, is in a fauxback style. it could totally work in a vintage way, if that makes sense. 5 Quote "You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shumway Posted February 4, 2023 Share Posted February 4, 2023 The all star jerseys are nice on their own, but it's a little tough to tell which team is which sometimes with everyone wearing black helmets, white gloves and the same socks. At least in '95, one team was purple and black and the other was white and teal. I feel like they could've made the two conferences a little more distinguishable. I think if the east had pink bottom/back of their jerseys, it would help. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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