Ducks & Kings to Unveil New Logos

[njdevils1982]

Eat fresh

off topic but i love how that puke jared fogle got the pulp beat out of him in prison...deserves more

 

[buffa dud]

Just go back to the 80s Kings uniforms, and concede that mistakes were made.

 

[cptjeff]

For the life of me, I don't understand why the Kings can't just put the original crown in black and white. Or use that more modern one from the black and purple era. The chevy sponsorship and the home plate just look stupid, just put a crown on the black and white jersey. Don't overcomplicate it!

 

[Minnesota Knudsens]

Just go back to the 80s Kings uniforms, and concede that mistakes were made.

I find this thread funny. I mean, I’d love the Kings to go back to the retro purple, but everyone back in the 90s thought they were incredible when they went to black and grey. These things go around in circles. I also have to point out despite the fact that I hate black as a jersey colour, the new Tampa 3rd jersey (black with the circular logo) is so popular that you can barely get a hold of one (without a wait at least).

 

[TheMoreYouKnow]

Just go back to the 80s Kings uniforms, and concede that mistakes were made.

The problem with purple and gold is basically right in the same building. It'd not be seen as a reference to purple being the royal color but as a Lakers knock-off. If the franchise wanted to lean in on that, they would have already done it. I think they want to cultivate black/silver as their thing because that's the look with which the team got popular first in L.A. after the Gretzky trade.

 

[StreetHawk]

I find this thread funny. I mean, I’d love the Kings to go back to the retro purple, but everyone back in the 90s thought they were incredible when they went to black and grey. These things go around in circles. I also have to point out despite the fact that I hate black as a jersey colour, the new Tampa 3rd jersey (black with the circular logo) is so popular that you can barely get a hold of one (without a wait at least).

LA has been black and silver since 1988. 3 dozen years now. Think they just stick with the black.
Logo wise not a fan of reading your logo, in having the team name be the main part of the logo like the Chevy and baseball diamond ones. Prefer the crown.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

^^This
A few years ago, I stumbled on a prototype jersey the Kings originally had when they came into the league in 1967. The “crown” they had was less ornate. I wouldnt mind a modernized version of that.
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Pretty cool, where did you come across that?

 

[Minnesota Knudsens]

LA has been black and silver since 1988. 3 dozen years now. Think they just stick with the black.
Logo wise not a fan of reading your logo, in having the team name be the main part of the logo like the Chevy and baseball diamond ones. Prefer the crown.

I get it. I’m just trying to point out that the general consensus at the time was that this jersey change (in 88) was brilliant.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

off topic but i love how that puke jared fogle got the pulp beat out of him in prison...deserves more

‘Hey Jared, I heard you ordered a footlong’

 

[cptjeff]

LA has been black and silver since 1988. 3 dozen years now. Think they just stick with the black.
Logo wise not a fan of reading your logo, in having the team name be the main part of the logo like the Chevy and baseball diamond ones. Prefer the crown.

They weren't black and silver for all of those years, though, for one of those dozen they were a black and purple team with silver only used as a minor accent, not as a primary color. Easy to ignore that era because those uniforms were atrocities, but it did happen.

 

[StreetHawk]

They weren't black and silver for all of those years, though, for one of those dozen they were a black and purple team with silver only used as a minor accent, not as a primary color. Easy to ignore that era because those uniforms were atrocities, but it did happen.

They just added purple as another secondary color. Main dark jersey was still black though on the whites the numbers were purple.

 

[Terry Yake]

the ducks won't ever go back to the old eggplant and green full time because of the samuelis. plain and simple

they got rid of the "disney" branding as soon as they could and have refused to go away from the stupid black and orange look because they simply don't want anything to do with the disney era

i'm assuming the rebrand will be making their orange third jersey the official home sweater and a white version will be the away sweater

 

[Golden_Jet]

Hopefully kings, knights and stars get rid of those helmets.

 

[HanSolo]

Why do the Ducks insist on forcing this orange/black color scheme? The eggplant/green is far more popular and flat-out looks better.

Because Samueli, like Foley, has this obsession with the black and gold look that the Army NCAA rocks. Samueli wanted the Ducks to have more intimidating branding. The old branding was seen as too catered to a family friendly image or something along those lines with a logo viewed as cartoony and outdated. The orange with the black and gold is symbolic of the team playing in orange county. I don't see the team ever moving away from the orange while Samueli is owner, no matter how many times the fans beg for a return to the old colors.

 

[DrandonBudinsky]

Pretty cool, where did you come across that?

I can’t recall where I originally saw it. It was during my research for why the Los Angeles Lakers chose purple and gold for their jerseys and I ran across a description of that early Kings jersey. Then recently saw it again on site where they were doing a NHL prototype jerseys series over the years.

 

[cptjeff]

They just added purple as another secondary color. Main dark jersey was still black though on the whites the numbers were purple.

Purple was a primary part of their color scheme during that era and silver was demoted to an accent. Sorry, but you're just wrong here.

 

[DrandonBudinsky]

They weren't black and silver for all of those years, though, for one of those dozen they were a black and purple team with silver only used as a minor accent, not as a primary color. Easy to ignore that era because those uniforms were atrocities, but it did happen.

I didn’t mind these versions of that black and purple era. Could have done with out the “Los Angeles” at the bottom of the hem though.

Speaking black and purple. Anyone remember when the Ducks had the wordmark jerseys in Black/silver/eggplant?

 

[Terry Yake]

in a perfect world, the ducks and kings would wear the wildwing and burger king jerseys full time, respectively

 

[DrandonBudinsky]

Pretty cool, where did you come across that?

Found one of the initial places I found it:

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Found one of the initial places I found it:
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whoa, very cool. the crown over the sleeve numbers is a nice touch

 

[tsujimoto74]

Excited to see what they come out with. I never cared for the Ducks’ webbed D jerseys, and the Kings’ black and white home plate jerseys are just boring. Hope LA brings back some purple.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Because Samueli, like Foley, has this obsession with the black and gold look that the Army NCAA rocks. Samueli wanted the Ducks to have more intimidating branding. The old branding was seen as too catered to a family friendly image or something along those lines with a logo viewed as cartoony and outdated. The orange with the black and gold is symbolic of the team playing in orange county. I don't see the team ever moving away from the orange while Samueli is owner, no matter how many times the fans beg for a return to the old colors.

I actually do agree that the original logo looked cartoony and didn’t project a serious franchise. There has been a lot of nostalgia projected onto it, ignoring that they weren’t exactly beloved at the time (similar to how the kachina Coyotes jerseys were an eyesore until nostalgia kicked in).

But fundamentally, the color scheme and jersey design was great. A better logo is all that was needed.

 

[JianYang]

Found one of the initial places I found it:
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I mean, that looks like la Lakers sister jersey.

 

[Leonardo87]

Ducks went from having one of the best logos to one of the worst. This needed to be done . I hope the modernization is just the colors.

 

[feichter33]

Both these teams have such quality RR jerseys, that I think they just need to stick to that, with slight reworks. I can't name a soul that even registers the ducks newest unis, they are blaaaaand. Good or bad...least u get talked about. Haha. The worst thing is to not have anyone care.