2013-2014 NHL Uniform & Logo Changes

[The Giant Pacific Octopus]

Alternate very likely to be scrapped.

Thank God. Those jerseys were terrible. Anyone who thinks roundel logos are cool, better not sail their old style ships near me or else.....

[Lights Out]

St Louis Blues looking at a uniform change...

What I hope it will look like:

What it probably will look like, judging from recent boring NHL changes:

[Morgan33]

St Louis Blues looking at a uniform change...

What I hope it will look like:

What it probably will look like, judging from recent boring NHL changes:

Well played

[andycumbee19]

St Louis Blues looking at a uniform change...

What I hope it will look like:

Man were those home whites ever pretty....

[Sport]

St Louis Blues looking at a uniform change...

What I hope it will look like:

What it probably will look like, judging from recent boring NHL changes:

In fairness, we haven't seen the Stars or Hurricanes full uniform changes yet so you can't say they'll be boring. Only the Lightning have had a boring change.

[tigerslionspistonshabs]

The Blues have so many options and so much potential to have beautiful uniforms, and have some in their history to draw from:

Their template now absolutely sucks. That apron? Yuck.

[Kevin W.]

There's a very simple solution for the Blues: go the route of the Islanders and the Oilers and go back to the only uniform they ever needed:

[dgnmrwrw]

I'm...I'm not seeing it. Where is this black stripe? The breezers, to me, look solid red.

Not that this is a good thing.

I don't see it either. And today's picture doesn't seem to reveal anything.

As far as the comparisons to the Lightning's recent overhaul go... I really didn't like it when the Lightning--a modern team with a modern name in a non-traditional market--decided to blatantly create some sort of faux-traditional look, almost outright xeroxing other teams' identities and throwing away their own unique (once championship) style in the process.

All that said, I think I'd almost prefer my Hurricanes go down this route, instead of creating some odd mishmash of striping patterns, modern logo, "traditional" styles, and modern yet completely boring typeface... all while losing the two elements (warning flags and unique typeface) that set them apart. Which is what I'm now afraid they have done. Whatever the shortcomings of the Lightning's new look, at least they are crisp and clean and make sense.

I just really hope the Canes are being intentionally vague with the photography and all my fears are wrong.

[nash61]

Far right side, there's a sleeve stripe. Black, white, red.

[dgnmrwrw]

This is the only solution I could see that would make the uniforms rational. The photo from May 25 (with the close up of the black/white/red/white/black) is actually striping from the white sweater, and the photo from May 27 shows the very top of the red sweater's striping pattern on the sock (white/red/black/red/white), so that all you see is the top white stripe and the first bit of the top red stripe. That might give us something like this:

I still don't like that possibility, but I guess I could live with it for a few seasons, until they realize how badly they screwed up. (All that said, I don't think this is actually correct. Just wishful thinking.)

[tigerslionspistonshabs]

The good thing is, it's still quite nice. I'm a sucker for anything without piping/aprons/weird length-wise arm stripes. They'll still be among the top in the league.

The bad thing is, they already had a great set (minus the phantom yoke, hated the alternate). Say what you will about the flag striping, but it was unique.

Also- the waving flag logo must stay as a shoulder patch. That thing was awesome. I know it wasn't accurate or whatever, but it was a great logo.

[habsfan1]

This is the only solution I could see that would make the uniforms rational. The photo from May 25 (with the close up of the black/white/red/white/black) is actually striping from the white sweater, and the photo from May 27 shows the very top of the red sweater's striping pattern on the sock (white/red/black/red/white), so that all you see is the top white stripe and the first bit of the top red stripe. That might give us something like this:

Great job! Now they're gonna look just like the New Jersey Devils.

[dgnmrwrw]

The bad thing is, they already had a great set (minus the phantom yoke, hated the alternate). Say what you will about the flag striping, but it was unique.

Also- the waving flag logo must stay as a shoulder patch. That thing was awesome. I know it wasn't accurate or whatever, but it was a great logo.

Couldn't agree more with these three points.

Great job! Now they're gonna look just like the New Jersey Devils.

My first thought too. (They just need to close the stripe gap and switch to black helmets and pants.)

[MDGP]

I'm...I'm not seeing it. Where is this black stripe? The breezers, to me, look solid red.

Not that this is a good thing.

I don't see it either. And today's picture doesn't seem to reveal anything.

I see the black he's talking about. Look directly above the glove. There is a black space between the pants and the sleeve. I thought it was the background at first, but the bottom of the picture clearly shows that the black is not part of the background.

[BigBubba]

It would be nice to see the warning flags appear SOMEWHERE...even on the arm instead of the solid stripes there... So it's not overpowering the uniform... Not sure why they disliked that element so much.

They don't dislike it. They know it's popular, but they are the ones in charge and in line to make some more bucks. Which is why they are going with something uncommon just for sake of change, and it probably saves time and money to sew 20 hurricane warning patches across the waist of each jersey. The Hurricanes are victims of corporate identity thieves. So were the Lightning.

The Hurricane squares aren't sewn on, they're sublimated. If anything, it costs like 0.00000017% more. I mean, if this were Nike doing the uniforms, then I'd understand, but there's no way that's why they're changing it.

Re: Blues

Their current set is God-awful. Let's see...

• Apron piping
  
• No hem stripes
  
• The patch of fabric where the Reebok logo is interfering with the yoke
  
• Having a navy yoke on a royal blue jersey with no white/gold outline to contrast
  
• White numbers on the alternate (akin to black socks for the Bruins)
  

Go back to the pre-Edge set and call it a day. Or go all Dallas and switch your colours to navy/royal/silver!

[Xodius]

This is the only solution I could see that would make the uniforms rational. The photo from May 25 (with the close up of the black/white/red/white/black) is actually striping from the white sweater, and the photo from May 27 shows the very top of the red sweater's striping pattern on the sock (white/red/black/red/white), so that all you see is the top white stripe and the first bit of the top red stripe. That might give us something like this:

I still don't like that possibility, but I guess I could live with it for a few seasons, until they realize how badly they screwed up. (All that said, I don't think this is actually correct. Just wishful thinking.)

I'm fairly confident the jerseys won't have shoulder yokes. The stitching in the first teaser gives me the impression they will have a stitching pattern similar to LA or Florida.

[tigerslionspistonshabs]

The Blues are kind of like the Penguins. Both from the same era, have had a history of beautiful uniforms (for the most part), but are currently wearing 2 of the ugliest, blandest sets in the league, both of which could be SOOO easily fixed.

[Billy B]

The Blues are kind of like the Penguins. Both from the same era, have had a history of beautiful uniforms (for the most part), but are currently wearing 2 of the ugliest, blandest sets in the league, both of which could be SOOO easily fixed.

I think the current Blues uniforms are far from bland. They have a unique color scheme and template that I wouldn't consider boring. Whether they're ugly or not is debatable. I wouldn't call them ugly, but I do think they're the worst uniforms the Blues have worn that don't include red.

[FGM13]

. Alternate very likely to be scrapped.

http://www.icethetics.info/blog/2013/5/28/blues-considering-new-uniforms.html

Why? Those jerseys are beautiful.

[FGM13]

This is the only solution I could see that would make the uniforms rational. The photo from May 25 (with the close up of the black/white/red/white/black) is actually striping from the white sweater, and the photo from May 27 shows the very top of the red sweater's striping pattern on the sock (white/red/black/red/white), so that all you see is the top white stripe and the first bit of the top red stripe. That might give us something like this:

I still don't like that possibility, but I guess I could live with it for a few seasons, until they realize how badly they screwed up. (All that said, I don't think this is actually correct. Just wishful thinking.)

Looks like a mash-up of the Team Canada 2002 and 2010 jerseys.