The Nordiques unused jerseys

[Old School Fool]

I honestly feel bad for Quebec. They won the cup a year after moving to Denver. I can't imagine how pissed Nordiques fans were after that.

[spyboy1]

Great work on correcting the accepted history! Far too often, we simply accept things for what they are when there's obvious evidence to the contrary. This definitely should be corrected, on the mothership and elsewhere, and right here is where the rally started. Keep fighting the good fight!

Thanks for the support. Like what the Nordiques were going to do or hate it, at least know what the correct colors were supposed to be.

I suspect the incorrect recoloring originated on this board, as it was THE home for concepts back in the day prior to the dedicated websites that have sprung up since then.

Were these jerseys ever sold or just announced and then the team moved? I'm young to remember sadly.

Someone posted a comment stating that they were sold to season ticket holders, but I've never, ever seen one come up for sale since I joined ebay in 1999, so I'm doubtful of that claim. Only once before did someone remake them for a brief period of time, but he was a notorious flake and regularly appeared on ebay with a new account a couple of times a year before not filling orders over and over. Perhaps a few of his Nords unused jerseys made it into the public's hands, but those were not actual CCM's.

from what I remember by seing another picture of the blue jersey is that the fleur-de-lis was in a triangle like the husky in the main logo

If anyone has any pictures of the actual, original jerseys beyond the one known photo, please post it here. The original was cropped on the bottom and didn't show the back at all or shoulders very well.

the eBay jerseys are incorrect

I'll try to get back the never seen on the web picture my former coworker have

There are actually now two sellers with them on ebay, one based on the incorrect periwinkle colors and another that I linked to based on the actual photo of the jerseys colors with the teal and black, which you claim is also wrong. We certainly need to see your proof to shed more light on this.

Now we need Chris to correct the illustrations on SportsLogos.net.

http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=c72hgmvtcvxu8bmqvogo

http://www.sportslogos.net/logo.php?id=gix9im6ss65bioz20fhd

I've sent him a PM with an offer to send him the corrected color versions but have yet to get a response.

[nash61]

A google search turned up this. Is it one of the few correctly made knockoffs?

[xTr1pleXx]

I've actually seen the correct version far more often than the one with more muted colors.

Frankly, the "fake" one looks way better. That Nordiques color scheme would've been purely hideous.

[walby2]

I don't know if the teal just brings it out or what, but that jersey always looks purple to me instead of blue. Very Orlando Solar Bears.

[spyboy1]

A google search turned up this. Is it one of the few correctly made knockoffs?

Yes, that is one of the recently made versions of the Nords proposed jersey. The color balance of that photo is way off and could contribute to the blue looking purple. Either way, in my mind I keep thinking purple was a part of the scheme all the time!

Think what you want about the wrong colors vs the actual colors, but at least we know know which was the actual intended plan.

[Reaper]

I had to log in to reply to this (I haven't been a regular reader or contributor here for nearly ten years).

I drew the famous "incorrectly coloured" jerseys in Adobe Illustrator based on a black and white photo scanned from a newspaper. I knew that navy was the main colour but completely guessed on the shades of the others. When I drew them over a decade ago THERE WAS NO GOOD INFORMATION ON WHAT THE ACTUAL COLOURS WERE so perhaps we could tone down the rhetoric about drawing them "with no regard."

I did post them on this board but I did not intend for them to become the definitive image of the unused Nordiques jerseys.

As far as incorrect graphics goes, I'll admit it is frustrating to see logos, etc. that are rendered incorrectly if logos and crests are your "thing." I tried for years to get the Detroit Free Press to stop using my incorrectly drawn Red Wings logo but to no avail.

The internet is forever, kids. Try not to read too much into it.

[Cody21]

If anyone read the actual blog, you would have seen a jersey from HJC based off the nordiques never-used sweaters. that jersey set was made by me! LOL! i never knew i was using the wrong colours.

[spyboy1]

I had to log in to reply to this (I haven't been a regular reader or contributor here for nearly ten years).

I drew the famous "incorrectly coloured" jerseys in Adobe Illustrator based on a black and white photo scanned from a newspaper. I knew that navy was the main colour but completely guessed on the shades of the others. When I drew them over a decade ago THERE WAS NO GOOD INFORMATION ON WHAT THE ACTUAL COLOURS WERE so perhaps we could tone down the rhetoric about drawing them "with no regard."

I did post them on this board but I did not intend for them to become the definitive image of the unused Nordiques jerseys.

As far as incorrect graphics goes, I'll admit it is frustrating to see logos, etc. that are rendered incorrectly if logos and crests are your "thing." I tried for years to get the Detroit Free Press to stop using my incorrectly drawn Red Wings logo but to no avail.

The internet is forever, kids. Try not to read too much into it.

Mystery solved! Thanks for the reply and shedding light on the origin of the "incorrectly colored" graphic. I am going to go back and edit the story to reflect the facts as they are. I did a search of the board to try to find out if that image did come from this board but was unable to locate it and had to speculate on it's origins. I'm also going to post an update topic of it's own tomorrow with the same additional information.

Your work certainly did become one with a pretty durable lifespan and I suspect will continue to be reposted going forward as well.

I'd still like to hear from Chris concerning changing the images on Sportslogos.net though. Perhaps I will send him a note via twitter where he is rather active these days.

[docrocket]

A couple of hours ago I was picking up groceries at Quality Foods here in Nanaimo, turned up an aisle, and there in front of me was a guy wearing that (almost) Nordiques jersey! I caught up with him at the cashier and said to him "...nice jersey...that's the one they never wore." He was thrilled that he encountered someone who "got it" and didn't have to tell the whole story. Sorry...no pictures!

[The_Admiral]

You couldn't pay me to strike up a conversation with a stranger at the grocery store. Being talked to whilst shopping is one of my biggest pet peeves. If I wanted your thoughts on my oatmeal, I'd have asked you, except I wouldn't have, because like I said, it's weird. Even if he's wearing a purple/teal/black unused Nordiques sweater!

[-kj]

You couldn't pay me to strike up a conversation with a stranger at the grocery store. Being talked to whilst shopping is one of my biggest pet peeves. If I wanted your thoughts on my oatmeal, I'd have asked you, except I wouldn't have, because like I said, it's weird. Even if he's wearing a purple/teal/black unused Nordiques sweater!

Ahh, we've missed your weird, loner insight.

Seriously, it's not that weird to talk to someone about that.

[The_Admiral]

To talk about food they're buying, or about their hockey sweaters? I guess you could argue that if you're going to be into rare sports logos, you might as well share it with the like-minded, since they're all but guaranteed to be on your wavelength. If I see a guy in a Nords sweater, perhaps I will say something. It's stuff like unsolicited poultry recommendations that makes me uncomfortable. It's my one un-midwestern trait, I guess. Lmtfa at the grocery store.

[hockey week]

Are you kidding me? Jerseys are one of the best conversation starters, and if you're wearing one, especially away from a game, you should expect fellow fans to talk to you and even for fans of rivals to heckle you. It's all part of being a jersey fanatic. I certainly would've commented on that guy's jersey, and you probably made his day for knowing it

[docrocket]

You couldn't pay me to strike up a conversation with a stranger at the grocery store. Being talked to whilst shopping is one of my biggest pet peeves. If I wanted your thoughts on my oatmeal, I'd have asked you, except I wouldn't have, because like I said, it's weird. Even if he's wearing a purple/teal/black unused Nordiques sweater!

Hey, until today I'd never initiated a conversation with anyone in a grocery store!

By the way, nice oatmeal...instant or steel-cut?

[spyboy1]

It's stuff like unsolicited poultry recommendations that makes me uncomfortable.

Dude, she was hitting on you. Grocery stores are a great pick up place.

[docrocket]

It's stuff like unsolicited poultry recommendations that makes me uncomfortable.

Dude, she was hitting on you. Grocery stores are a great pick up place.

Yeah...did you think "nice thighs" actually meant she was referring to the poultry in your basket? Sheesh!

[Stampman]

It's stuff like unsolicited poultry recommendations that makes me uncomfortable.

Dude, she was hitting on you. Grocery stores are a great pick up place.

Ask her where the toast is...

[BBTV]

You couldn't pay me to strike up a conversation with a stranger at the grocery store. Being talked to whilst shopping is one of my biggest pet peeves. If I wanted your thoughts on my oatmeal, I'd have asked you, except I wouldn't have, because like I said, it's weird. Even if he's wearing a purple/teal/black unused Nordiques sweater!

I think the weirder thing is that the person in the Nordiques jersey actually looked in his closet that day for an outfit to wear to the supermarket, bypassed all of his t-shirts and polos, and settled on a hockey jersey.

[njmeadowlanders]

You couldn't pay me to strike up a conversation with a stranger at the grocery store. Being talked to whilst shopping is one of my biggest pet peeves. If I wanted your thoughts on my oatmeal, I'd have asked you, except I wouldn't have, because like I said, it's weird. Even if he's wearing a purple/teal/black unused Nordiques sweater!

I think the weirder thing is that the person in the Nordiques jersey actually looked in his closet that day for an outfit to wear to the supermarket, bypassed all of his t-shirts and polos, and settled on a hockey jersey.

Hey, to each their own. It wouldn't piss me off to see that, but I wouldn't do it myself.

Though I will say my favorite are old guys with really awful toupees. They just look really ridiculous and I always think to myself before they left the house they put it on, looked in the mirror, and thought "Yep, this is the look I'm going for!".