2022-2023 NHL Jersey Changes

[JohnnyCowboy5]

2 minutes ago, uniformity said:

I don't live in Calgary now but based on the ppl I know fans definitely wanted a return to and lobbied for the reverse retro. Its a bit of stretch to say that the 2004 jersey was massively more popular than it. It definitely was popular in 2004 because it replaced some pretty awful jerseys including the pedestal and the black horse head thing which didn't make a lot of sense as a home jersey. The edge jerseys were definitely a step backwards.

jersey that flames didnt like was this one 

[JohnnyCowboy5]

17 minutes ago, Ridleylash said:

Let's test that, shall we? How's about we look at photos of the crowds in Calgary and see if that holds up;

Plenty of black C jerseys here, wow. More than the retros, in fact. But it's just one, let's try to increase the sample size with another sample;

Huh. Also a lot more black C jerseys than retros. Ah, but it's just two photos, right? Let's keep going, maybe I'm missing some images.

Heck, let's throw in a photo from this past May;

....huh. You know, there's a lot more black C's in the Saddledome then I would've expected if the retros were so thoroughly obliterating them in terms of local popularity.

not sure what year those pics where taken. but I have brother in Calgary and said he Seens more retro look in city then other jersey. could been those. sales at time that I know of that retro look sold more then the old home 

[uniformity]

15 minutes ago, Ridleylash said:

Let's test that, shall we? How's about we look at photos of the crowds in Calgary and see if that holds up;

Plenty of black C jerseys here, wow. More than the retros, in fact. But it's just one, let's try to increase the sample size with another sample;

Huh. Also a lot more black C jerseys than retros. Ah, but it's just two photos, right? Let's keep going, maybe I'm missing some images.

Heck, let's throw in a photo from this past May;

....huh. You know, there's a lot more black C's in the Saddledome then I would've expected if the retros were so thoroughly obliterating them in terms of local popularity.

I count 17 black Cs to 12 retros in the last photo. It's definitely popular but it's hard to say what's more popular from a photo. Not every fan is going to go put and spend $400 on a new jersey right away. I think it's safe to say fans were not enamored with the edge jerseys and wanted a change. Without a survey we can't really say what they would want their team to wear on ice.

[JohnnyCowboy5]

2 minutes ago, JohnnyCowboy5 said:

not sure what year those pics where taken. but I have brother in Calgary and said he Seens more retro look in city then other jersey. could been those. sales at time that I know of that retro look sold more then the old home 

[JohnnyCowboy5]

5 minutes ago, uniformity said:

I count 17 black Cs to 12 retros in the last photo. It's definitely popular but it's hard to say what's more popular from a photo. Not every fan is going to go put and spend $400 on a new jersey right away. I think it's safe to say fans were not enamored with the edge jerseys and wanted a change. Without a survey we can't really say what they would want their team to wear on ice.

yeah thats true, some fans might want old jersey bc its cheaper. hard say, but I have brother in city says he see lots of retro look, so who knows. just bc they have lots black see still worn doesnt me its liked more then the retro look.

[DTConcepts]

the flames used the black c exclusively for nearly ten years, and used it as a primary logo for over fifteen. the white c has only been a sporadic alternate since 2013, save for the last year or two.

 

could explain why there are so many black c jerseys. i dunno.

[VampyrRabbit]

On 2022-10-07 at 4:01 PM, Nordiks_19 said:

This being Arizona, the most important question to ask is "Has this dude ever dropped Mescaline?"

[Sport]

Maybe the Flames black C isn't more popular, maybe it's just that a lot of fans haven't yet felt the need to drop a couple hundo on the new jersey yet? This is just me, but I still wear a CBJ third jersey from 2004. It has the same primary logo on it as the current unis, but they haven't worn this particular sweater since 2007. I take a "ehh close enough" approach. 

[wildwing64]

23 hours ago, monkeypower said:

Here's Icethetics 2022-23 Jerseywatch. Personally not a fan of it being a 21 minute video instead of an article, but hopefully it'll get turned into one later.

 

 

I still think a white and orange '93 Mighty Ducks jersey is what we'll be seeing for the Reverse Retro, but it's interesting that he focuses on a white version of the current third instead - but the only way that even fits the retro theme is if they call it a 2015 throwback. I guessed about them maybe testing the waters this way earlier in the thread, but admittedly that's also wishful thinking on my part.

 

 

[chcarlson23]

31 minutes ago, wildwing64 said:

 

I still think a white and orange '93 Mighty Ducks jersey is what we'll be seeing for the Reverse Retro, but it's interesting that he focuses on a white version of the current third instead - but the only way that even fits the retro theme is if they call it a 2015 throwback. I guessed about them maybe testing the waters this way earlier in the thread, but admittedly that's also wishful thinking on my part.

 

 

Chris from Icethetics also reported that the reverse and retro part of some teams new Reverse Retros seem to bend those rules. Like Vegas’s leaked RR. So maybe it’s a reverse of the current alt for the Ducks

[DEAD!]

Well....

Of the 41 home dates and they going to wear it 12 times

 

 

 

 

[DTConcepts]

well that was a very anticlimactic jersey unveiling

[TheRealPepman]

1 hour ago, DTConcepts said:

well that was a very anticlimactic jersey unveiling

That's what we get for the jersey being leaked so early. Leaks, admittedly, are nice and generates excitement, but sometimes it's gone overboard that a team can't get to launch a new jersey in an ideal manner.

 

What's the best way to deal with this then? 

[riccirulesall]

51 minutes ago, TheRealPepman said:

That's what we get for the jersey being leaked so early. Leaks, admittedly, are nice and generates excitement, but sometimes it's gone overboard that a team can't get to launch a new jersey in an ideal manner.

 

What's the best way to deal with this then? 

 

why not unveil it like it was intended? I don't see how a leak should affect the process that much. release professional photos/videos of the entire uniform and get out the information to people who aren't in the loop at all times of potential leaks. maximize excitement and audience for the ultimate goal of jersey sales and money

[CreamSoda]

I don't like that home uniforms are being relegated to 26ish games a year.  More teams should do white alternate uniforms so that the primary uniform is still worn for half the games. 

[JohnnyCowboy5]

5 hours ago, DTConcepts said:

well that was a very anticlimactic jersey unveiling

They posted a video

[DTConcepts]

4 minutes ago, JohnnyCowboy5 said:

They posted a video

 

omg they released 30 seconds of clips from two years ago with royalty free music in the background??????

[The_Admiral]

The NHL is in the worst of both worlds, where online fans are re-embracing the terrible aesthetics of the late '90s and early 2000s that people hated at the time while embracing the small southern markets that people at least had the good sense to resent at the time. Jerking off over both the fire-snorting horse and the entire Carolina Hurricanes organization is just, man, never thought I'd see the day.

[TenaciousG]

This a weird thing to get annoyed about but “C of Red (tiny font) lives here” is such a bizarre slogan. “C of Red” is really all you need, why is the “lives there” even necessary? Where else would it live? But another shout out to whatever marketing company decided five years ago to give like 60% of sports teams color-based slogans.

[thesieve22]

Not sure if this is the right place for this but couldn’t find anywhere else.
 

The Kings chrome helmets look like something out of a movie which everyone who watches goes “These people have never actually seen a hockey game. That would never happen.”