ruttep Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 20 minutes ago, Ark said: Agreed but the old uniforms are better Look at the outlines! Not to mention the standard name on back... I agree. My point is that the new uniforms are already a significant step in the right direction. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFirestormToPurify Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 8 hours ago, ruttep said: Interested to see how white pants would look on the ice when not paired with white jerseys and socks. Haven't liked any recent jerseys that utilized white pants. White pants look like big diapers. Off white/cream like the Stars did would be slightly more tolerable lol 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted November 3, 2023 Author Share Posted November 3, 2023 On 11/1/2023 at 6:13 PM, ruttep said: I cannot understate how much I like the new (old) shade of orange more. Although I really like the new orange, the new jerseys are far too plain. One thing I love about the 70’s look is the waist stripe and I have always liked the unique design of the old uniforms over the new ones. I think some small tweaks to their just retired uniforms would have been a better choice. If I had my way, they would have removed the nameplates, switched to the darker orange and fix the collar. 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan33 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 17 minutes ago, Chewbacca said: One thing I love about the 70’s look is the waist stripe and I have always liked the unique design of the old uniforms over the new ones. I think some small tweaks to their just retired uniforms would have been a better choice. If I had my way, they would have removed the nameplates, switched to the darker orange and fix the collar. I also miss the orange waist-stripe. The black stripe on the new uniforms is entirely redundant, they're already wearing black pants. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spartacat_12 Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 The fact that they're using single layer captain's patches on the orange jerseys (which I don't think they've ever done) is proof that there'd be no legibility issues with white names on the back. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFirestormToPurify Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 33 minutes ago, spartacat_12 said: The fact that they're using single layer captain's patches on the orange jerseys (which I don't think they've ever done) is proof that there'd be no legibility issues with white names on the back. You're absolutely right but YIKES this is the font they chose for the captain letters? They got absolutely nothing right except the updated shade of orange with this rebrand. How is it possible to f*** up so bad something that should have been so simple? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleylash Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 1 minute ago, AFirestormToPurify said: You're absolutely right but YIKES this is the font they chose for the captain letters? They got absolutely nothing right except the updated shade of orange with this rebrand. How is it possible to f*** up so bad something that should have been so simple? It's...a standard block font? I don't see what the big "yikes" is for. Unless it's for it being single-color, but even then they've done that before with the 80's-2000's white; 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeypower Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 The Medicine Hat Tigers have better Flyers jerseys than the Flyers. Obviously the Flyers would need to flip the orange and black, but just steal these jerseys. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridleylash Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 1 minute ago, monkeypower said: The Medicine Hat Tigers have better Flyers jerseys than the Flyers. Obviously the Flyers would need to flip the orange and black, but just steal these jerseys. I disagree, personally; I think the wider yoke is a better look because it contains the numbers far better. If there's one aesthetic thing that will always kneecap a uniform for me, it's when a team's TV numbers are poorly-contained, because that just screams "we designed this jersey without TV numbers in mind". The hem striping, I could see, since that's really the only part of the 90's set the Flyers are clearly aping I think is better on the Tigers. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFirestormToPurify Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 1 hour ago, Ridleylash said: It's...a standard block font? Exactly. That's what the problem is. It's boring They've used quirky, unique and at times unusual fonts for captain letters (or at the very least the A, the C has been a bit more on the basic side for a few decades now I'll give you that) for most of their history. If you have no problem with the Flyers using a plain, generic, one color block font I have no idea what to tell you. The whole redesign screams "low budget" and this is another downgrade added to the long list imo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttep Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 44 minutes ago, AFirestormToPurify said: Exactly. That's what the problem is. It's boring They've used quirky, unique and at times unusual fonts for captain letters (or at the very least the A, the C has been a bit more on the basic side for a few decades now I'll give you that) for most of their history. If you have no problem with the Flyers using a plain, generic, one color block font I have no idea what to tell you. The whole redesign screams "low budget" and this is another downgrade added to the long list imo There are definitely issues with the low effort put into this rebrand, but I really don't think the font of the captaincy patches is one of them. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFirestormToPurify Posted November 3, 2023 Share Posted November 3, 2023 1 hour ago, ruttep said: There are definitely issues with the low effort put into this rebrand, but I really don't think the font of the captaincy patches is one of them. It's a matter of opinion. The fact is that it made them unique and now they just have a generic A that doesn't scream Flyers the way the old one with the serifs did. Let's agree to disagree I guess 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTConcepts Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I don't understand the hate for the Flyers’ contrasting nameplates. I always thought they were a charming little quirk. 7 1 1 2 Quote "You ain't gonna learn what you don't wanna know..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chcarlson23 Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 8 hours ago, DTConcepts said: I don't understand the hate for the Flyers’ contrasting nameplates. I always thought they were a charming little quirk. I’ve always liked the white nameplate on the orange jersey, and there was even a couple of games in the 70’s to give it historical precedent. But the black nameplate is terrible. The plain black lettering would have been a better choice, or even an orange nameplate would have been more aesthetic. 2 Quote "And those who know Your Name put their trust in You, for You, O Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You." Psalms 9:10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gimmick Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 I like the Flyers darker shade of orange, too, but I wish they would have kept the stripe on the hem (just seems like classic Flyers to me). I also wish they would have put trim on the sleeve numbers - if there's trim on the back number, there should be trim on the sleeve numbers IMO. To me, the 1970s Broad Street Bullies uniform was perfect. It had the darker orange, the trim in the sleeve numbers and the stripe on the hem. Was it plain? You could say that, but the orange and black made it pop. More importantly, you could just get a quick glimpse of the uniform and you knew that was the Philadelphia Flyers. When a uniform can achieve that kind of recognition, it's usually a keeper. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Admiral Posted November 4, 2023 Share Posted November 4, 2023 11 hours ago, DTConcepts said: I don't understand the hate for the Flyers’ contrasting nameplates. I always thought they were a charming little quirk. The white one makes some degree of sense as an ad hoc solution and as a more legible alternative than white on orange. It doesn't need an inverted version: you already had the white nameplates and black letters on hand for white. I wish it became a signature quirk of the Flyers from day one rather than being dug out of a historical footnote in the late 2000s. It's one that could only work for them: we don't care about precious details, we only care about beating you up. 3 Quote ♫ oh yeah, board goes on, long after the thrill of postin' is gone ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirill_The_Thrill97 Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 Top tier uni matchup in St. Paul 8 8 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttep Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 12 hours ago, Kirill_The_Thrill97 said: Top tier uni matchup in St. Paul Fleury's yellow pads look amazing. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan33 Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 2 hours ago, ruttep said: Fleury's yellow pads look amazing. I'm more impressed with his mask... Shades of Jon Casey. Still, no one will ever convince me that this scheme isn't exponentially improved with black. And that the final green North Stars jersey isn't one of the best looking sweaters of all time. Just needed to ditch the black pants. 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttep Posted November 5, 2023 Share Posted November 5, 2023 1 hour ago, Morgan33 said: I'm more impressed with his mask... Shades of Jon Casey. Still, no one will ever convince me that this scheme isn't exponentially improved with black. And that the final green North Stars jersey isn't one of the best looking sweaters of all time. Just needed to ditch the black pants. Yeah, I have no idea why they decided to go with a green helmet and black pants for the late 80s/early 90s jersey: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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