2022-2023 NHL Jersey Changes

[sitboaf]

6 hours ago, Ridleylash said:

I posted this image last time this whole Ducks identity debate came up, but may as well do it again with a white version this time;

 

At this point, the orange is too tied into the branding of the team to completely remove it, so just swap out the silver stripe on the Mighty Ducks jersey for orange.  Plus the orange adds a pop of brightness to the jersey, ties into the Orange County thing that the owners have a predilection for and perfectly mixes both eras into one solid identity; it's not a bad element to have over the silver since that color was so minimal in the brand anyways.

 

Black and orange is too Flyers, gold is Vegas' schtick now, so why not just replace black and gold with eggplant and jade while keeping the orange as a tertiary color? Nobody in the NHL (or sports, really) owns that combo.

Perfect. These are gorgeous. Feels like the future.

[M4One]

I don't know what the correct choice for the Ducks is, but I don't understand why they shouldn't promote the orange alternate as the primaries just because of the Flyers.  Nobody is going to confuse the two teams.  In a 32 team league, I think there's room for two orange and black teams.

 

Oilers should have never switched to orange for their home jersey.  It should have always stayed as the alternate.  It was kinda funny how the entire arena was in orange for game 1, but the team was wearing their navy alternates.

[Kevin W.]

16 minutes ago, M4One said:

In a 32 team league, I think there's room for two orange and black teams.

I'd make the argument that white is the Flyers' secondary color and black is tertiary. Look at the color balance on their home jerseys.

[spartacat_12]

On 5/4/2022 at 1:34 AM, M4One said:

I don't know what the correct choice for the Ducks is, but I don't understand why they shouldn't promote the orange alternate as the primaries just because of the Flyers.  Nobody is going to confuse the two teams.  In a 32 team league, I think there's room for two orange and black teams.

 

I definitely agree with this. There are 4 red & black teams, 4 red & blue teams, 2 blue & orange teams, 2 blue & yellow teams, and 2 black & yellow teams. Pittsburgh & Boston are a little too similar in my opinion, but other than that the teams that share colour schemes are able to stand out on their own.

 

Philly is an orange & white team with black trim. Anaheim's alternates are orange & black with gold & white trim.

[sitboaf]

23 hours ago, spartacat_12 said:

 

I definitely agree with this. There are 4 red & black teams, 4 red & blue teams, 2 blue & orange teams, 2 blue & yellow teams, and 2 black & yellow teams. Pittsburgh & Boston are a little too similar in my opinion, but other than that the teams that share colour schemes are able to stand out on their own.

 

Philly is an orange & white team with black trim. Anaheim's alternates are orange & black with gold & white trim.

While we're at it, there are two 281C Blue teams! But that's a dead horse I'm almost tired of beating. Plus another team in Winnipeg that's 2 shades of Blue. That seems a bit crowded.

I think Seattle is more in a Teal & Blue space. They don't really look like anyone else, anyway.

 

It's really the Black & Red clump and the Red/Blue oversaturation (ha ha) which are problems 1A and 1B. I think we've actually got SIX red and blue teams (WAS, CBJ, FLA, NYR, MTL, COL). 

 

Colorado has unusual variations of both Red and Blue, so they're OK.

Florida embraces Gold enough to look distinct, but... Their red and blue shades are identical to both Columbus AND Washington, who don't have the benefit of a third color. Something has to give there.

 

Can I be color king for a day?

Tampa swaps to black and some neon shade (green? light blue? That yellow that Columbus used to use?).

Ottawa becomes Red & Gold/Yellow (only occupied by Calgary currently).

Carolina changes back to the Whale(r)s with Blue & Green (only Vancouver lives there).

Columbus embraces both the cannon and the navy/steel blue/cream triumph they've worn.

LA goes back to being the only purple team. 

Vegas, instead of Black & Gray, embraces Black & Gold (imagine that!).

and Winnipeg starts over again with new colors and a logo that wasn't made by a 14 year old.

 

I just solved a lot of problems! Taking the rest of the day off.

[spartacat_12]

35 minutes ago, sitboaf said:

It's really the Black & Red clump and the Red/Blue oversaturation (ha ha) which are problems 1A and 1B. I think we've actually got SIX red and blue teams (WAS, CBJ, FLA, NYR, MTL, COL). 

 

Ottawa is the only black & red team that uses black as the primary colour, so they're fine. New Jersey ideally would have stayed red & green, but they've been red & black for too long to change now. The shoulder yoke does a decent job of separating them from Chicago. Carolina should be a mostly red & silver, with a bit of black to tie in the warning flag.

 

As for the red & blue teams, Florida uses enough gold that I don't think they belong in this group. Colorado is burgundy, not red, and their shade of blue is unique. That leaves 4 teams, and they each have their own look. Rangers are a royal blue team that wears red pants, Habs are a red team in royal pants/helmets, Jackets are navy blue with red pants (although I'd rather see them in all navy), and the Caps are a red team with navy pants/helmets.

[VancouverFan69]

On 5/6/2022 at 9:50 AM, spartacat_12 said:

 

New Jersey ideally would have stayed red & green, but they've been red & black for too long to change now. The shoulder yoke does a decent job of separating them from Chicago. 

 

 

What the Devils should do is go back to the exact template when they had the red & dark green but with black instead of green. There was more red in those uniforms including red yokes on the white jerseys and red helmets to go with the red jerseys. The red jerseys also had more white. And last, the Devils need to put white & red striping on the sides of the pants. Like most of the uniform changes in the 90's including the BFBS movement, teams got super lazy and cheap by removing or not including striping on their new black or navy pants.

[the_grateful_ted]

Calgary vs Dallas looks SO good

[flyersfan]

Flyers refer to themselves as the "Orange and the Black". Definitely Orange primary compared to Anaheim's black primary, and different sides of the country and conference make it totally tolerable.

[Mingjai]

On 5/5/2022 at 11:01 AM, spartacat_12 said:

 

Philly is an orange & white team with black trim. Anaheim's alternates are orange & black with gold & white trim.

And may it always be that way. Seems just like yesterday that the Flyers were subjecting us to this (and its hideous Edge cousin, which I refuse to post): 

[JayMac]

4 hours ago, Mingjai said:

And may it always be that way. Seems just like yesterday that the Flyers were subjecting us to this (and its hideous Edge cousin, which I refuse to post): 

I loved that black sweater but I regretted it once they made that the primary.

[Mingjai]

11 hours ago, JayMac said:

I loved that black sweater but I regretted it once they made that the primary.

I think that’s the general consensus. 

[FiddySicks]

Yeah that black sweater absolutely :censored:s. Should’ve stayed an alt, though. 

 

I really miss that entire set for the Flyers. Their current look is probably technically more traditional, but it just doesn't quite hit with the same ferocity that the Lindros era set does. 

[monkeypower]

I've posted it before and I'll post it again, I think the best Flyers jerseys are worn by the Medicine Hat Tigers (though the Flyers should flip the Tiger's black/orange hierarchy into the orange/black).

 

 

[SHaMROCK]

On 5/10/2022 at 9:03 PM, FiddySicks said:

Yeah that black sweater absolutely :censored:s. Should’ve stayed an alt, though. 

 

I really miss that entire set for the Flyers. Their current look is probably technically more traditional, but it just doesn't quite hit with the same ferocity that the Lindros era set does. 

...and what you call the Lindros set was introduced after they ditched the Cooperalls.  It fixed everything wrong with their earlier look.  These current retro jerseys are like "let's just bring back all the crap design elements we fixed in the 80s"

[AHcreative]

On 5/3/2022 at 4:59 PM, Ridleylash said:

I posted this image last time this whole Ducks identity debate came up, but may as well do it again with a white version this time;

Right here. These are absolutely beautiful and exactly what the Ducks should wear.

[CaliforniaGlowin]

Ain't that too close to the sharks colors?

[Ridleylash]

3 hours ago, CaliforniaGlowin said:

Ain't that too close to the sharks colors?

And that's stopped the onslaught of blue and red teams how, exactly? 

 

Ottawa, New Jersey, Chicago and Carolina all use the exact same color scheme, just arranged differently. Toronto and Tampa do it, too, as well as Montréal and Washington, Boston and Pittsburgh, Edmonton and the Islanders...this isn't a league that's overly concerned about similar color schemes.

[CaliforniaGlowin]

Unfortunately so

[Nordiks_19]

The Ducks held a fan fest of sort and i gotta say, these black jersey could be a nice template for a potential new uniform