My Ideal NHL - Winnipeg Jets (32/32)

[vtgco]

I quite like those Flyers alternates! I assume you're going with red pants on the Spectrum/Philly teams jersey? I'd only say that the Flyers primary logo on the shoulder needs a thicker outline or a shoulder yoke to be more visible.

 

On 4/14/2022 at 5:21 PM, TrueNorth13 said:

You mentioned swapping the red and gold, which I didn't do, but I made red more prominent on both the home and road which I think helps a ton. I do stand by keeping gold as an accent colour, just because of how prominent it is on the logo. And I love an accent colour to pair with uniforms.

FWIW I side with @Karnage84 about ditching gold striping for the Sens IRL, but I agree with you that your laurel-based concept needs gold. I really like your updated version with more red a lot, and the thinner gold stripe with sublimated laurels is far more pleasant than the IRL alt jersey it's based on. The way both jerseys are designed, though, I think it calls for red pants!

If that doesn't appeal to you, I might go black/white/gold/white/black striping and red numbers on the away, and red/black/gold/black/red and white (or red) numbers at home.

 

Also I like that Ottawa flag-colored one; would actually love to see the Canucks use that jersey design & shades!

 

16 hours ago, TheHealthiestScratch said:

For what it’s worth, I found the heavy use of white on the dark jersey very innovative and unique. If Ottawa was bold enough to embrace white over red I could see it being a huge risk that has the potential to pay big, considering it hasn’t really been done at most levels (if any). I see it as a touch of modern that could make Ottawa standout from the ample amount of red/black in the NHL.

I agree that could look pretty darn good!*  They'd certainly have ditch gold entirely to pull that off. That way, the white and gold don't fight for attention and the red accent isn't drowned out, which I think happen to some extent in the original white-heavy concept. 

 

*much like the Devils' new uniform, which acts on that very idea! Unpopular opinion, I know ; )

 

For the Rangers, the jerseys are a solid (if a bit safe) take on how they'd look without their wordmark; less out of the blue than the '70s jerseys at least! Any chance we could see it with the more interesting yokes they usually have?

Good to see green on Lady Liberty again; perhaps you were thinking of this concept by @StevenGrant94?

 

I would not have guessed that a gradient would work well for the Islanders of all teams, but that's actually really nice on that alt! I'd ditch the lighthouse on that jersey, and *maybe* I'd consider adding hem stripes, but definitely a fantastic look!

I appreciate the toned down Fisherman too, even if it's not my preferred look.

 

Well, you're right about the Devils when you say the numbers are out of place... Maybe you could try black striping instead of white? It'd reflect the logo more...

 

Anyway, more good work here!

[Karnage84]

On 4/14/2022 at 8:21 PM, TrueNorth13 said:

The second time I'll post an updated concept. Every time I look at the Ottawa Senators home and road concept, I just like it less and less. I just didn't include enough red on the set, so it has been fixed.

You mentioned swapping the red and gold, which I didn't do, but I made red more prominent on both the home and road which I think helps a ton. I do stand by keeping gold as an accent colour, just because of how prominent it is on the logo. And I love an accent colour to pair with uniforms.

 

I see the comments about the white being an out of the box thing but I personally like this MUCH more than the original version. The gold is nice as an accent and it does help create a unique identity for the Sens while staying within tradition. While the current version of the franchise has only been around since the 90's, they've fully embraced their roots as an Original 6 team. The team is also leaning into their own modern history (which is what we're seeing with the current version of their jerseys). You've done a great job (with this version) of creating a unique identity without forgoing the team's history.

 

Solid job.

[TrueNorth13]

Been a little bit since the last post, but I'm back!

 

Pittsburgh Penguins

 

I have always loved the Robot Penguin logo, much more than their current look. It just fits as a more modern, sleek logo. I made some minor changes to the logo itself, adding yellow to the beak, making the eye look a bit more intimidating, and having less detail in the yellow oval on the neck. Nothing too big, but I think it greatly improves the look of the logo. The jersey striping moves away from their reimagined classic striping they use now, and into a more modern look. The three white and black stripes coming from the logo.

 

 

The alternate brings back a Winter Classic favourite into 2022. The winter classic logo slightly touched up. I also went with the current home/road striping on the alternate, using the navy blue from the winter classic look, as well as yellow and white. I think combining the two looks turned out pretty well.

 

The City uniform is different. I combined the city flag checkered pattern with the steel icon, and a bridge sublimation on the waist. The steel icon is off centred which is unique, though I don't think it'll be for everyone. But it's different and we need a little different here and there. 

 

[TrueNorth13]

San Jose Sharks

 

Up next is the San Jose Sharks. I have had 2 main issues with what the Sharks do currently with their uniforms. First, they seem to be okay with multiple different shark style logos. They introduced this new shark logo, but still used the old one. It doesn't make sense, it's practically the same logo, but the sharks look different. So I went with the new modern shark. It just makes sense. The other issue I had was their lack of orange in the uniforms. I love a splash of colour. Vegas, Seattle both do it. It just adds a little pop to the uniforms. So I also added more orange back into the uniforms.

 

I knew I wanted to use a retro style striping for the home and road. When I pulled up the pattern for the 91-98 uniforms, I quickly discovered it is nearly identical to what I designed for the Blues already. So we are going for their 98-07 look, which is more unique anyway. With the new modern logo, I think it fits quite well.

 

 

The alternate and City uniforms bring some more colour into the designs! I have always loved the shark fin logo, it seems all my favourite Sharks logos either aren't used or relegated to the shoulder. No more! The water pattern is utilized on the sleeves and socks as well. I know the Sharks have their stealth uniform, a lot of black with not much colour. It's just boring though. We need some fun, colourful uniforms! I am not shying away here.

 

The City uniform seems like a copy of the stadium series uniforms. It is. But the striping also comes from their flag, as do the colours. Really not much to say about the city uniform. There's too many teams in California, too many beach themes haha. So I think this simple flag design will do just fine. If it wasn't obvious before, I definitely try harder for city uniforms for some teams over others.

 

[eegl75]

i cant even say how amazing the home, away and alternate are. just 2 things though, maybe teal numbers would look better on the away jersey, and the alternate socks need some black. cant rly complain about the city one because its hard to make good city jerseys. but overall great job with SJ

[vtgco]

That Sharks set is a gorgeous update! Leagues better than both the overwhelming '97 set it's based on and the underwhelming current set. The yellow-orange stripe is a much-needed warm pop for a California team, and it looks great on this template.

 

As @eegl75 says, teal numbers would help on the road (and the black alt), since the teal and orange outlines bleed together. It also looks like the name fonts are different between home & road; I say keep the home font.

I also think the helmets should go with the now primary logo, since the SJ logo gets lost on the white helmet. I'm curious, how would the jerseys look with full hem striping?

 

The alts are really nice, especially those gradient sleeves! I'd just ask for an orange hem stripe on the black. and for the flag one's stripes to continue on the back (with black numbers, perhaps.)

 

Those Penguins jerseys are similarly lovely... that's the classy and modern black uniform that the Robo-penguin logo deserved but didn't get! The blue alternate is also nice; just needs a navy hem stripe above the white. Not really feeling the yellow alt in execution. All the elements are there, but all those black outlines atop the checkerboard get kinda busy.

 

 

[TrueNorth13]

It's been awhile, but Seattle was a tough one to work on. But we are back!

 

Seattle Kraken

 

The Kraken home and road were pretty much ideal for me already, but in the spirit of making some changes, I added some small touches to the home and road. I made the red stripe a bit thicker, and added some of the tentacle texture details to the arm stripes, to match what is found in the logo. I don't think there are any other changes that would need to be made to the home and road, the Kraken hit it out of the park with their uniforms.

 

 

The alternate and city uniforms are where I could get more creative for Seattle.

 

I think the alternate is something most people have done for an alternate. An almost exact design from the Seattle Metropolitans era of Seattle hockey. I added red for the numbers, hoping they would pop enough to be seen. I really don't like name bars that are a different colour than the jersey, but I think for the striping, I had to do it. Just this once.

 

The city uniform was a tough and fun one. I wanted to focus on the 'Emerald City' theme, but also keep elements of the current Seattle look in there. The uniform uses a base emerald green, but includes the double blue from their current uniforms. I used the Space Needle anchor logo, as that is an icon in Seattle. I beveled the numbers to represent a polished gem stone (like an emerald). An idea that came to mind was to have geometric striping, to loosely look like the edges of certain cuts of gems, emeralds, so that is reflected in the arm striping. The Seattle city logo is also featured on the shoulders.

 

[B-mer]

Love the Sharks home and road. The orange really sticks out and adds to the look, more so than what they’ve actually done with it. My main feedback was going to be teal numbers on the road. It’ll help balance more especially with the arm design being black. I’d like their old font that went with this style jersey as well, or something new. Block font doesn’t fit the curves as well. 
 

also, small detail, but I’d use the fin logo on the pants at the very least, if not the shoulders. 

[TrueNorth13]

St. Louis Blues

 

I took the Blues back to their Winter Classic and retro vibes for the home and road. I'll be honest, I really don't like the double blue they've been rolling with for awhile. I don't think there's enough contrast between the two blues for it to actually work well. Also, there is a lot of navy and royal blue primary uniforms in the NHL already, so this changes that pattern up slightly. Nothing too crazy beyond the colour changes

 

 

For the alternate, I brought back one of my favourite alternate logos in the NHL. I really wish they did something more with that logo besides the endless cycle of throwback uniforms they're rolling through. Because I removed royal blue from the primary, it makes the perfect base for the alternate. 

 

The city uniform plays on the city flag design, still uses colours from the team's history, and features the St. Louis Arch on the sleeves.

 

[johne9109]

1 hour ago, TrueNorth13 said:

St. Louis Blues

 

I took the Blues back to their Winter Classic and retro vibes for the home and road. I'll be honest, I really don't like the double blue they've been rolling with for awhile. I don't think there's enough contrast between the two blues for it to actually work well. Also, there is a lot of navy and royal blue primary uniforms in the NHL already, so this changes that pattern up slightly. Nothing too crazy beyond the colour changes

 

 

For the alternate, I brought back one of my favourite alternate logos in the NHL. I really wish they did something more with that logo besides the endless cycle of throwback uniforms they're rolling through. Because I removed royal blue from the primary, it makes the perfect base for the alternate. 

 

The city uniform plays on the city flag design, still uses colours from the team's history, and features the St. Louis Arch on the sleeves.

 

You fixed the awful 90's red uniforms that people love for some reason. great job

[TrueNorth13]

Tampa Bay Lightning

 

This is one I'm super excited for, it might be one of my favourites of the entire series. Especially the City uniform.

 

The home and road come with a new/old look. I brightened the blue and went with their retro style striping, with an updated lightning/Florida state outline logo. It reintroduces black to the Lightning identity, which is something that Tampa should never have went away from. I think the Leafs/Lightning series is clear evidence of why that is.

 

 

I knew the alternate would use that logo, which comes from the shoulder patch logo. I didn't initially think to use a gradient, I somewhat stumbled into the idea, but it's turned into one of my favourites. There's not much to say about the home, road, and alternate, they're pretty self explanatory, but they are all some of my favourites.

 

Now the city uniform. My favourite city uniform so far, I think because I got some feedback earlier in the series from some commenters here, who I quoted below. Two suggestions were presented. One was using the St. Petersburg flag, which is quite colourful, and the other was suggesting that the Gasparilla warm up uniforms worn by the Lightning this year were a big hit. So I thought why not just combine the two into one beautiful city uniform. This is really my favourite City uniform I've designed so far, I just hope it'll be good enough for the fans and people of Tampa. Maybe the white base makes it a little boring, but I didn't want to add too much with the colourful striping. I also, if you noticed, added the colour striping pattern to the outline of the logo. The only other change I added to the skull logo that is different from the version Tampa wore this year, is the lightning bolt logo. Instead of their full primary, I went with just the bolt on the skull.

 

On 3/30/2022 at 1:21 PM, scottyeagle said:

I'd love to see the end result of a Lightning concept that combines the Tampa flag with this beauty. 

 

On 4/3/2022 at 9:24 PM, raysox said:

Hah, I think our very colorful flags are more tongue and cheek. I've done a concept for the Rowdies using the St. Pete flag that looked super cool with the rainbow hoops. But if you want to be steered in any direction by someone who's a local, the Gasparilla jerseys they wore for warmups in January was really well received!

Really good work on the last two!

 

[TrueNorth13]

Toronto Maple Leafs

Maybe this can be  the perfect thing for Leafs fans to be uplifted by after another first round exit. I won't lie, I have always found the current Leafs set pretty boring. Normally I'm not a big fan of uniforms that only use white and another colour, but I have warmed up to the simplicity of it. So I simply added some more interesting striping to the home and road, using a design from a previous uniform design from the Leafs history. I did add grey to the logo on both the home and road. The TLM alternate/shoulder logo also returns.

 

 

For the alternate, I was not a fan of the black uniform that the Leafs rolled out this year. It just didn't really fit their whole look. I know it's meant to be something different, and kind of modern, but I at least like a uniform set to feel like it's all one brand. The black alternate doesn't really feel like that. And the Bruins gold and black on the inside seems pretty weird to me. Anyway, I went with the reverse retro style uniform, with enough subtle changes that I think it improves on the RR design.

 

The city uniform, I went with the Toronto flag design, but incorporated the red version of the alternate logo on the front. Nothing crazy, Toronto's flag is the perfect design to fit onto a uniform. Again, it's not super special, but I didn't want to add yet another skyline for a city uniform.

 

[ChunkyDesigns]

Bolts and Leafs look just about perfect

[Karnage84]

20 hours ago, TrueNorth13 said:

Toronto Maple Leafs

Maybe this can be  the perfect thing for Leafs fans to be uplifted by after another first round exit. I won't lie, I have always found the current Leafs set pretty boring. Normally I'm not a big fan of uniforms that only use white and another colour, but I have warmed up to the simplicity of it. So I simply added some more interesting striping to the home and road, using a design from a previous uniform design from the Leafs history. I did add grey to the logo on both the home and road. The TLM alternate/shoulder logo also returns.

 

 

For the alternate, I was not a fan of the black uniform that the Leafs rolled out this year. It just didn't really fit their whole look. I know it's meant to be something different, and kind of modern, but I at least like a uniform set to feel like it's all one brand. The black alternate doesn't really feel like that. And the Bruins gold and black on the inside seems pretty weird to me. Anyway, I went with the reverse retro style uniform, with enough subtle changes that I think it improves on the RR design.

 

The city uniform, I went with the Toronto flag design, but incorporated the red version of the alternate logo on the front. Nothing crazy, Toronto's flag is the perfect design to fit onto a uniform. Again, it's not super special, but I didn't want to add yet another skyline for a city uniform.

 

This is a great look for the Leafs out on the golf course. 

[Silence of the Rams]

2 hours ago, Karnage84 said:

This is a great look for the Leafs out on the golf course. 

At least you have a championship in your history

[TrueNorth13]

Vancouver Canucks

 

On to the Vancouver Canucks. My ideal look moves back to the stick logo, very simple, but my favourite logo in their history. The V lumberjack logo slides into the primary, and the orca logo will be seen later on, but won't be a full time logo anymore.

 

The striping is pretty simple, a look they have worn in the past, (for the home at least) and the V on the stripes makes a return as well. The road uniform comes with a little bit of a fun stripe detail. I wanted to keep the striping similar to the home. So I went with a gradient design of blue and green for that thin middle stripe. It's out of the box, but also ties a previous uniform design into the road.

 

 

The orca logo is featured on both the alternate and city uniform. The alternate is basically an exact replica of what they used to wear, with white replacing grey. It's by far my favourite uniform the Canucks have ever worn, but I think it makes sense as an alternate more than the primaries.

 

The city uniform comes from a warm up design the Canucks have worn recently. All the details of the uniform, logo, meaning, and the designer can be found here: https://news.sportslogos.net/2022/03/26/canucks-introduce-first-nations-night-jersey-worn-pre-game-on-march-30th/hockey-2/

 

I think it just makes sense to use that logo for a city uniform, with the First Nations history on the west coast, and the importance of representing First Nations peoples. Plus it's about time a warm up design gets used for an entire game. The smaller details include a recoloured simplified version of the Vancouver city flag, and the jersey striping from the skate uniform. I also added the "Every Child Matters" slogan on the inside collar.

 

[BurdBranding]

On 4/26/2022 at 5:41 PM, TrueNorth13 said:

San Jose Sharks

 

Up next is the San Jose Sharks. I have had 2 main issues with what the Sharks do currently with their uniforms. First, they seem to be okay with multiple different shark style logos. They introduced this new shark logo, but still used the old one. It doesn't make sense, it's practically the same logo, but the sharks look different. So I went with the new modern shark. It just makes sense. The other issue I had was their lack of orange in the uniforms. I love a splash of colour. Vegas, Seattle both do it. It just adds a little pop to the uniforms. So I also added more orange back into the uniforms.

 

I knew I wanted to use a retro style striping for the home and road. When I pulled up the pattern for the 91-98 uniforms, I quickly discovered it is nearly identical to what I designed for the Blues already. So we are going for their 98-07 look, which is more unique anyway. With the new modern logo, I think it fits quite well.

 

 

The alternate and City uniforms bring some more colour into the designs! I have always loved the shark fin logo, it seems all my favourite Sharks logos either aren't used or relegated to the shoulder. No more! The water pattern is utilized on the sleeves and socks as well. I know the Sharks have their stealth uniform, a lot of black with not much colour. It's just boring though. We need some fun, colourful uniforms! I am not shying away here.

 

The City uniform seems like a copy of the stadium series uniforms. It is. But the striping also comes from their flag, as do the colours. Really not much to say about the city uniform. There's too many teams in California, too many beach themes haha. So I think this simple flag design will do just fine. If it wasn't obvious before, I definitely try harder for city uniforms for some teams over others.

 

The Sharks have been awkwardly forcing orange for far too long. No matter how they try using it, I've always seen the orange as obnoxious and unnecessary. That being said, thank you for fixing  the asymmetric disaster that they've held on to since the hem stripe was dropped. I think it's clever that you used their 2000s jerseys (unpopular opinion: my favorite primaries they've had) as a way to balance the colors . I actually really like the teal a lot, but it would still be better if silver stepped in for orange.

 

The alt is fun, and I think it would sell very well. The sharks have shown that they don't like to play with any color besides teal on their third option so the orange feels weird, but I think it would sell.

 

I don't think the city connect would land very well, if not flop altogether. It's not obvious unless you're from the area, but the connect has two problems. 1. Half of San Jose doesn't know (or really care) about their city flag, and I wouldn't be surprised if the inspiration had to be explained to some diehard fans. 2. Claiming a city would be such a shift from their brand. The Sharks have grown to be a Bay Area team that tries to appeal to all three big cities. Even if San Jose locals like the jersey,  it wouldn't justify  isolating a large portion of their market or cutting their potential revenue.

 

I think you did great! The Sharks are a difficult one to get right, but this Sharks fan would much prefer your idea.

[TrueNorth13]

On 5/21/2022 at 2:40 PM, TheHealthiestScratch said:

The Sharks have been awkwardly forcing orange for far too long. No matter how they try using it, I've always seen the orange as obnoxious and unnecessary. That being said, thank you for fixing  the asymmetric disaster that they've held on to since the hem stripe was dropped. I think it's clever that you used their 2000s jerseys (unpopular opinion: my favorite primaries they've had) as a way to balance the colors . I actually really like the teal a lot, but it would still be better if silver stepped in for orange.

 

The alt is fun, and I think it would sell very well. The sharks have shown that they don't like to play with any color besides teal on their third option so the orange feels weird, but I think it would sell.

 

I don't think the city connect would land very well, if not flop altogether. It's not obvious unless you're from the area, but the connect has two problems. 1. Half of San Jose doesn't know (or really care) about their city flag, and I wouldn't be surprised if the inspiration had to be explained to some diehard fans. 2. Claiming a city would be such a shift from their brand. The Sharks have grown to be a Bay Area team that tries to appeal to all three big cities. Even if San Jose locals like the jersey,  it wouldn't justify  isolating a large portion of their market or cutting their potential revenue.

 

I think you did great! The Sharks are a difficult one to get right, but this Sharks fan would much prefer your idea.

I think the silver and teal is probably the most popular, I just love the pop of colour that orange brings. I'm guessing they'll go further and further away from the orange, as much as I wish they wouldn't.

 

As for the city uniform, I fully expected to get most of those, not wrong, but maybe not what someone who knows the area and is a local would think makes sense. Chicago was a slam dunk, easy to find an idea. Tampa was easy based on suggestions from people. So unless I knew a bunch about what makes a good city uniform, or the team is Winnipeg, I didn't expect to nail the city uniform. It started to come down more to just being creative, different colours, etc. I'd be open to changing up some city uniforms if people who know better than me about those teams want to suggest ideas that make sense for each team

 

As always though, appreciate your feedback!

[Vgkenjoyer]

Been lurking on this thread for awhile,  incredible work. Can't wait to see my Knights.

[TrueNorth13]

On 5/25/2022 at 6:14 PM, Vgkenjoyer said:

Been lurking on this thread for awhile,  incredible work. Can't wait to see my Knights.

You've come at the right time! A little spoiler though, I didn't end up doing too much with them, they're pretty much ideal already.

 

Vegas Golden Knights

 

There aren't too many big changes for Vegas like I've done for other teams. Like Seattle, they're still fairly new, and really hit it out of the park with their branding, even thought I'm definitely not a fan of them lol. 3 main things I did do was change the colour of the home uniform, remove the grey almost completely (it still exists on the logo) and add some textured gold to the logo. Personally I think the whole uniform with that detail is almost too much, but just on the logo fits well. I changed the home uniform to gold because they're called the Golden Knights. I never understood why they didn't go this direction from the start. It just makes sense. It appears they may go gold for home next year, but I don't know if that was confirmed. There is also a new shoulder patch that I tweaked from what I think was a logo concept Vegas played around with before they announced their branding. I think it came from an Icethetics video, it was awhile ago that I saw it, so I'm not sure where I saw it, but it was definitely based on an unused logo.

 

 

Again, not many big changes to the alternate. I simply used the reverse retro design for the alternate, replacing the grey stripe with a white stripe. I think Vegas really hit it out of the park with the red uniform, and it seemed popular.

 

For the city uniform, I wanted to make it seem very Vegas without going overboard. It's maybe more simple than I was initially thinking, but I didn't want to overdo anything, and I think adding gambling ties might be frowned upon by the NHL. It highlights the shoulder patch logo on the front of the uniform, a black base to represent the night life in Vegas, the city sign with the number on the arms, and some neon light-esque striping on the waist. I think the rest of the set is already so Vegas, that the city uniform builds upon that base, but doesn't overdo it. Maybe they can add real flashing led lights onto the uniform someday, but for now, this is my ideal look for the Golden Knights.