Toronto Maple Leafs

[Lights Out]

Just a quick minimalist concept from me this time. I've always noticed how the Leafs' logo could be used to make natural trim on a uniform, and wanted to try out the effect. I also swapped scripts, putting the old '60s "Toronto Maple Leafs" script on the current logo, and I picked a NOB/number font that pretty much matches it exactly. Comments?

(And yes, I realize that Phil Kessel is not an assistant captain for the Leafs, I just wanted to show a patch.)

[skier14]

I like this, its a nice idea and was executed effectively.

However, the first thing that comes to my mind when I see these jerseys are: This and this. I can see why I did, but I still think its strange making that connection.

This is a very interesting concept that I really like a lot. Nice work!

Edit: Also is similar to this

[officeglenn]

Huh ... very interesting. Never would have thought it could work as well as it does here. I think the sleeves need something more, but, then again, I've never been a fan of straight-up blank sleeves on any concept. The only other thing I would worry about is if you get a player with a long surname that would extend outside the white area.

[Bmac]

What about the Leaf's classic striping design on the sleeves? It might not look great, but I think it could work.

[Lights Out]

Here it is with the classic striping design:

I'm not so sure about it, to be honest. I think it takes away from the minimalist design. Comments?

[kbaker19]

I like it a lot better with the striping. I definitely think this would work.

[BrianVlietDesign]

This is so good. Not only have you been able to modernize the Leafs identity, but you've been able to keep them neat and classic.

[Lights Out]

Thanks, everybody! Truth be told, I expected most people to hate it, but thanks for the positive critiques.

[kbaker19]

Taking another look at it, I would make the logo smaller, but another than that, this is great.

[loogodude90]

That looks awesome, only slight complaint i have is that the white uni seems to have too much blue, and the blue uni seems to have too much white (so much to the point that it might actually cause confusion if, say, they wore their white unis against a blue team), that might just be me though. Nice job!

[Bmac]

That looks awesome, only slight complaint i have is that the white uni seems to have too much blue, and the blue uni seems to have too much white (so much to the point that it might actually cause confusion if, say, they wore their white unis against a blue team), that might just be me though. Nice job!

A possible solution could be to make the ends of the sleeves the opposite color. White sleeves with a blue end and vice-versa. Just a thought.

[IceCap]

As a gimmick to sell at gift shops it's fantastic. As a sweater to be worn on the ice? Sorry, not feeling it. The Leafs are the second oldest team in existence. Something like this wouldn't fly.

[aci]

I really really like this.

One thing I'd consider changing is to make the shape of the leaf a very thick outline on the blue jersey. Right now, it feels like there is too much white on the blue jersey, which could lead to a lot of confusion when watching the game. Think of it like the Red Wings uniforms, where the sleeves are red no matter what.

[oddball]

I like the stripes. The only issue I have is that your "1's" are upside down on the sleeves.

[aci]

Oh, and your sleeve numbers seem to be upside down.

*edit* Darn, oddball beat me to it.

[Spectre]

Very clever, too bad something like this would be close to impossible with the RBK Edge system. Maybe scale down your emblem though too, looks a little big.

[wildwing64]

This is a very cool idea, but I think the all-white sleeves on the dark jersey, and the all dark sleeves on the white jersey are a bit impractical.

You could add a chunk of blue to the bottom of the dark jersey's sleeves, and vice-versa for the white jersey.

[uniformity]

That's something that is worn to a monster truck rally

[Lights Out]

Updates:

Contrasting colors have been added to the end of the sleeves, the "1"s on the shoulders are fixed, and the emblem has been reduced in size.

[rcb05]

I like em. Similar to concepts that VitaminD and myself came up with a few years ago, but definitely more modern.

http://boards.sportslogos.net/index.php?showtopic=39855&view=&hl=&fromsearch=1