Buffalo Sabres Concept

[speedy]

Well like I said, I've been tooling with this one for almost 2 years. It was originally supposed to be part of my NHL series when I first signed up here, but I never found a striping pattern I liked, so I shelved it. The time away I think has helped. I wanted to keep the classic feel to the jersey but still make it more modern. And no, modern does not mean piping. The pants are blank and I can honestly say I don't like it, but nothing I put on there in terms of striping looked right. So blank it stays. For the jerseys I used js' logo, because even Ray Charles can see how beautiful it is. One more thing, do ya'll think the grey and yellow clash a bit too much on the away striping? Kind meshing together? Could be a problem, we'll see...

C&C as always..

[Throwback]

This is slick, the grey actually helps connect the yellow the the white.

[StarsHockey]

Very, very nice upgrade! Agreed on the grey helping.

By the way, that looks an awful lot like the Chargers number font without the effect. Am I correct?

[Korbyn]

You posted this two years to late IMO.

Great update, nothing bad to say. Especially a big fan how their is no number on the front of the jersey.

[McCall]

Very, very nice upgrade! Agreed on the grey helping.

By the way, that looks an awful lot like the Chargers number font without the effect. Am I correct?

It's the actual Sabres font. The Chargers use pretty much the same thing, except slightly altered, as do the Indiana Pacers, and the Toronto Blue Jays away uniforms. It's Agency font. It's sorta become the copperplate gothic of sports uniforms over the last few years.

BTW, the numbers need to seperated a bit. They're a little too close together. You should be able to seem some jersey in between them. Other than that, superb job.

[Flame]

Great to see you back. Fantastic concept as always, are you gonna make an alt?

[stumpygremlin]

On the home, I'd put the shoulder with a white outline and a yellow shoulder

[Brendan]

I always thought a yellow yoke(proper term?) would look great on the blue jerseys. I know your trying to make it close to the original, but it's a suggestion.

[Ted Cunningham]

Very solid stuff here.

1) I love the crest. js' logo is the correct choice for the Sabres and for this update. It's an update and modernization, but it's still instantly recognizable as the Sabres' logo. There isn't really a disconnect between the old and the new.

2) The away uniform is brilliant. One thing I've come to appreciate about hockey uniforms is the presence of color on the white uniforms. In football, you can't get away with too much in the way of color on a white uniform. It just doesn't work in the designs and cuts of the jerseys. There's so much more jersey to work with on a hockey sweater, and tradition dictates that there should be more color on the whites. That being said, I also love that you kept the continuity in general color scheme for the elements between the home and away. The stripes are still predominantly gold, the yoke is still blue, etc. It makes the navy jersey much more plain. That difference between the two jerseys is a little nuance about sports uniforms that I love.

3) I don't care much for the numbers. I don't know if it's the colors or the double outline. They seem a little too busy. That's not helped either by how close together they are. Perhaps drop one of the outline colors? (I'd vote for removing the grey from the numbers on both jerseys.)

[Milo Meningocele]

I always thought a yellow yoke(proper term?) would look great on the blue jerseys.

Yeah, I'd yoke it too, just to make it consistent with the road white. My belief is that home and road sets should always be symmetrical with one another.

At first I didn't like the gray (probably because I'm old school). But the more I look at it, the more it helps minimize any St. Louis Blues vibe.

[uniguy22]

This looks amazing. Great modernization.

[BBTV]

I always thought a yellow yoke(proper term?) would look great on the blue jerseys.

Yeah, I'd yoke it too, just to make it consistent with the road white. My belief is that home and road sets should always be symmetrical with one another.

At first I didn't like the gray (probably because I'm old school). But the more I look at it, the more it helps minimize any St. Louis Blues vibe.

I disagree about the yoke. I don't think that yokes work when they are lighter than the body color of the jersey. If it's consistency that you want, then just the yellow outline of the yoke could be used, and the stripes changed to white-blue-gray-gold-gray-blue-white. Then it would be totally consistent with the white jersey.

[sigma716]

Love the jersey, cant stand js' logo though. So tired of seeing it come back in different variations. THe logo on the current thirds is perfect.

[Audiodrama]

This is damn near perfect, except for the shoulder logos. Never liked that B with the sword.

[worst. jersey. ever.]

awesome. how many times better than their current jerseys is this? the number hasnt been discovered yet

[OnWis97]

I feel that this is one of about a million updates to the original sabres look. And every time I see one, it just further confirms that they should never have gone to black/red (or the logo that came with it) or the slug. This, like many of the others, is a good update of a look that may have needed a modernization.

If it was up to me, there'd be no gray, but man, if they'd just gone to this, it would be outstanding.

As for the shoulder yoke, I happen to like when teams have them on whites but not on darks. White jerseys are a bit more boring and more in need of that splash.

Aside from grey, the only thing I'd change is get rid of the big hunk of blue on the bottom of the sleeves.

[joshhockey]

I know i may sound dumb but i just want to know what program you use to make your concepts. If you could tell me I'd appreciate it.

[Linus]

A+. Perfect. I have no complaints with this concept at all. Great work.

[ryanlion13]

I hate the NHL. This cocept is great. Fantastic. It should be so easy for teams to do some market research and come up with something like this. Why in the world can't they get something like this done? Why do we endure things like the Slug?

[epper]

perfect perfect perfect.

that is all.