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The logo is a big improvement, but the color scheme is so meh. We have enough red/orange/gold teams in the league, and far too few with green or purple.
Missed opportunity.
Ducks & Kings to Unveil New Logos
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Missed opportunity.
Is silver really needed in the stripes? That's why most teams only go with a primary and secondary color and at most use a 3rd color as a small stripe. Without any white stripes, the dark jerseys are really dark. Using white numbers with only purple and silver stripes on the black jersey would look odd. But, you could then see the numbers better.
Canucks back in their black skate days, had red as their 3rd color, so only a sliver of the outline of the numbers had white. No white stripes. I found their jerseys to be much darker than Pitt/Bos who were also black and yellow but they at least had a strip of white on the stripes which really does brighten up the jersey.
Machinehead
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So, basically swap the Silver numbers and stripes for white then on the dark jersey and only use black and purple stripes on the white jersey.
Third color, if used should be very minimal. But, kind of depends on the color combo. I mean the Blues use 2 shades of blue and yellow. If they opted to keep their numbers yellows when they first went to this double blue look, it would be fine since Yellow against the blue does pop and you can see the numbers. Black and Purple together is very dark. Silver really doesn't brighten it up too much unless you have some white in there.
Sgt Schultz
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Oh, I don't know. Here are a couple of contenders.
This one gets an asterisk, because it is a throwback to a much earlier time
And then, the grand prize winner. This one was so bad, Mike Keenan forbid them from being worn on the game they were scheduled for . This makes the Blues reverse retro red sweaters look like gold.
Not to be outdone, if we expand our search beyond the NHL, the Memphis River Kings would like to have a word with us
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Oilslick941611
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Those are all 3rd, or special event jerseys. Not worn by a team for 8 years.
And to be honest, those 90s 3rd jerseys look way better than what the ducks from 06 to 14. The Montreal centennial jerseys suck ass, but the ducks are worse. All those other jerseys had a timeline for being worn, but the ducks jersey was the main jersey, Not comparable at all.
Sgt Schultz
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I'm convinced the Canadiens' centennial sweaters were designed to cause vertigo in their opponents. But, as I said, they were throwbacks and some of the earliest uniforms were not designed to be fashions statements, which is true in pretty much every sport.
Maybe it's me, but the Ducks have always had a problem. The original unis were rather cartoonish, although we all know the reason. Then it was almost like they tried too hard to go in the opposite direction.
As for the Kings, I'll second @ujju2 on the purple and black unis. Place the crown logo on the purple sweater and get rid of the "Los Angeles" on the bottom (everybody knows where they are from) and it is a winner for me.
Oilslick941611
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im a big fan of removing primarily black jerseys from the game. So the kings going back to back purple gets a thumbs up from me.
As for the ducks, well, I was born in 86. The marketing worked for me. I love thier original colour scheme. It's too bad they ditched it for black and I'll never forgive them for it. Those duck movies got me into hockey and the teal was everywhere in the 90s so I love it. The logo isn't that bad either. Im interested to see what updates they do to it. The ducks got their jerseys right the first time around.
Too early to say on the jerseys. This team hasn't had the best track record in that regard. The best jerseys they've put out post Mighty era were, ironically, variants of the old Mighty Ducks jerseys.
And the second one is still not great because the lower half sleeve striping is basically ripped right from the Ducks' 06-07 socks with is not a great looks for the arms. A lot of people liked the 30th anniversary jersey but I think that while the colors were great and the striping was generally fine, the crest was an overly busy eyesore.
Then there's all these ugly looks.
(there's no getting around how uniquely awful the striping is on this jersey and how this has been the primaries for much longer than the original rebrand kit)
I don't really count the action pose wild wing jersey reverse retro as a modern design attempt so I don't count that against Anaheim's recent failures to nail down a respectable look, but taking nostalgia glasses off, that was one of the fugliest jerseys in league history.
Terry Yake
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patiently waiting to see how bad they screw this up
Terry Yake
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the first one (18-19 3rd) would've been perfect as a full time home sweater with a white away variant. but it doesn't contain any orange so no chance the samuelis would go for itToo early to say on the jerseys. This team hasn't had the best track record in that regard. The best jerseys they've put out post Mighty era were, ironically, variants of the old Mighty Ducks jerseys.
And the second one is still not great because the lower half sleeve striping is basically ripped right from the Ducks' 06-07 socks with is not a great looks for the arms. A lot of people liked the 30th anniversary jersey but I think that while the colors were great and the striping was generally fine, the crest was an overly busy eyesore.
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Then there's all these ugly looks.
(there's no getting around how uniquely awful the striping is on this jersey and how this has been the primaries for much longer than the original rebrand kit)
I don't really count the action pose wild wing jersey reverse retro as a modern design attempt so I don't count that against Anaheim's recent failures to nail down a respectable look, but taking nostalgia glasses off, that was one of the fugliest jerseys in league history.
Well not enough anyway. The sticks are orange. But it's a fair characterization.
Sgt Schultz
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If I were dictator, the only teams that would wear black sweaters are the Bruins and Penguins. Even with that, I preferred the Bruins black sweaters with the gold socks.
Otherwise, black is a good color for pants to contrast with another color sweater and socks......if black is the team's secondary color.
Kings.....go back to purple sweaters. Sounds like the Ducks are committed to orange. I would personally go back to eggplant since it was unique, and they can see how some shade of orange works with that.
Rich Nixon
No Prior Knowledge of "Flyers"
The orange displayed in that Ducks teaser image is the exact same hue as the Flyers' current orange. Makes the Cutter Gauthier situation even funnier to me.
DrandonBudinsky
Black & Blueshirts
The colored in eye makes the Duck mask logo more intimidating
Kind of reminiscent of the Kraken “S” eye.
Or Minnesota fans could be rational adults and accept that the North Stars are gone and that the new Minnesota team s named the Wild. Love n the present not the past.In the NBA, Charlotte was able to get its Hornets name back from New Orleans when NO rebranded to the Pelicans.
I know it’s a pipe dream and will never happen, but I always hope the Dallas Stars would just rebrand as the Dallas Lone Stars so Minnesota can have ownership of the North Stars and that great N* logo once again. MLB has the Red Sox and White Sox. Who’s to say NHL can’t have 2 “Star” franchises?
TheDawnOfANewTage
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These are all fantastic. All press is good press, and this shit presses.
Particularly a fan of the barber pole Habs, because you know some of the players hated that shit on sight. Huge game, special atmosphere, you look like an elf meets a magic eye picture in motion, have a great game.
Anywho, thirds/alternates get a pass from me. Buffalo going with the slug is the worst, all the fans wanted a return to the classic and they said “f*** you, here’s some bullshit, deal with it until long enough passes where we don’t have to admit it was a mistake.”
Looking forward to both new looks, hope they don’t f*** ‘em up.
As a ducks fan looking forward to it. Like the tease. Like the new orange. Looking forward to a new era of hopefully contending for a long time again. This has been the worst stretch in our history.
Rich Nixon
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I can't. How do two teams adopt the exact same shade of the same color 11 months apart?
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Rich Nixon
No Prior Knowledge of "Flyers"
It's a great color, but it's gonna f*** me up when I see the Ducks wearing Flyers jerseys.
Quack Shot
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Apparently it’s better for the cameras to pick upView attachment 883762
Now it’ll be easy for you to imagine Cutter scoring a bunch of goals for the Flyers!
BertCorbeau
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Meh, it’s better than another team with a black jersey
DrandonBudinsky
Black & Blueshirts
Is it the same? Hoping they release some more sneaks. But if it is similar, eh, it happens.View attachment 883762
Hey, At least it’s not like these two.
When they play each other, it sometimes looks like an intersquad scrimmage when the screen is small enough
