Proposal: New third jersey

[Daddy Longlegs]

The Hartford whalers jerseys. Would be awesome.

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[Carolinas Identity*]

I don't know how the trademarks would work, but I've often wished that once or twice a year we could rock them. Like do a retro nite against the Avs and rock the ole Whalers vs. Nordiques jerseys or something.

 

[Goodafternoon]

Our 3rd jerseys are pretty much our most popular ones. I wouldn't mind them becoming our main jerseys. They look pretty original, where as our current homes look unoriginal.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

I recommend: any jersey with readable numbers and font. That would be awesome.

--hank

 

[tarheelhockey]

I get the sense from other fanbases that our playing up the Whalers connection would not be appreciated.

 

[Revenge of the Sieve]

I read somewhere that the City of Hartford still actually owns the Whalers trademarks, and that is why the Canes haven't worn any throwbacks or anything like that.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

This has come up many times. Revenge is right, we don't have the rights to wear them and likely wouldn't be able to get them. It's pretty much a non-issue. Never gonna happen.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

This has come up many times. Revenge is right, we don't have the rights to wear them and likely wouldn't be able to get them. It's pretty much a non-issue. Never gonna happen.

If we're feeling nostalgic, we can all just sing Brass Bonanza instead.

--hank

 

[What the Faulk]

Given the way the team talks about the past, I'm not sure they want the rights either.

 

[Identity404]

Speaking of the third jersey. shop.nhl.com has a promotion for an extra 40% off sale items right now. fanatics.com (the company behind the nhl and nfl stores) has the same promotion. If you go through fanatics you can stack another 20% off coupon and get free shipping. So you can get a Premier Jordan Staal 3rd for $59.99.

I had some fanatics rewards points so my total was less that $10 for the jersey. Not a big Jordan fan but couldn't pass up the deal

 

[TheBigKahuna]

Rutherford was asked about doing something with the Whalers colors or logo once, and quite authoritatively said it would never happen. For one, it can't legally.

 

[Daddy Longlegs]

I read somewhere that the City of Hartford still actually owns the Whalers trademarks, and that is why the Canes haven't worn any throwbacks or anything like that.

Didn't know that. That's just to bad then. Loved those jerseys.

 

[garnetpalmetto]

I don't know how the trademarks would work, but I've often wished that once or twice a year we could rock them. Like do a retro nite against the Avs and rock the ole Whalers vs. Nordiques jerseys or something.

It'd be two of the ugliest jerseys known in the NHL on the ice at once. No thanks.

 

[Zezima]

Push forward and avoid nostalgia at all costs. Our old home/away's were some of the league's most innovative designs. Ditching the warning flag hurt...but the current third jerseys keeping it alive.

 

[Carolinas Identity*]

If we can't use the Whaler's colors anymore, for a bit of nostalgia, what if we just played the Bruins in a shopping mall once a year?

 

[Lazyking]

No thanks. That's like the jets wearing the thrashers jersey.. and how the whalers keft, i think it would be disrespectful

 

[TheBigKahuna]

It's a bad idea. You won't catch the Avs wearing Nordique's unis, Devils wearing Rockie's unis, etc. It just doesn't work that way.

 

[Novacane]

Nope. Enjoy the conspiracy theories if you decide to do so.

 

[Marina]

Absolutely not.

 

[nobuddy]

^ Good insight.

 

[USNCANIAC]

No. No No. No. Hartford had this team, they lost them, let it go. Like it was said above, I am pretty sure that Colorado is not going to have Quebec Nordiques third Jerseys. This team already gets no respect from around the league because it seems that all of the broadcasters have to at some point refer to this team as the former Hartford Whalers. Name another team that has to fight that stigma night in and night out. Is Phoenix referred to as the former Winniped Jets, Colorado as the former Quebec Nordiques? The answer is no. Hartford is a s**tpit. I lived in Connecticut (stationed there in the Navy) they are fair weather at everything. They hated the Navy until the base came up on the closure list and all of the sudden they love us and are our best buds. Connecticut can fall into the Long Island sound as far as I am concerned. They had a chance to keep the hockey team but they didn't. So back to the original point, a Hartford Whalers third jersey is a horrible idea and if it happened to occur would just add fuel to all the naysayers of this team.

 

[Joe McGrath]

It's amazing the simplistic view some people have on situations they clearly don't have a clue about.

Anyway, no it's over, stop with the Whaler nonsense. I liked it better when I saw someone with Whaler parafanalia I knew they were a fellow fan and not some hipster dufus who wouldn't know who Kevin Dineen was if he spit in their face.

 

[the halleJOKEL]

phoenix is referred to as the former winnipeg jets fairly often still tbh

 

[garnetpalmetto]

It's amazing the simplistic view some people have on situations they clearly don't have a clue about.

Anyway, no it's over, stop with the Whaler nonsense. I liked it better when I saw someone with Whaler parafanalia I knew they were a fellow fan and not some hipster dufus who wouldn't know who Kevin Dineen was if he spit in their face.

Well he was right about Hartford being a hole. He does get points from me for execution in so-called "traditional market" bashing, but deductions for style.

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

phoenix is referred to as the former winnipeg jets fairly often still tbh

But did they ever wear jets jerseys in a game just to be nostalgic?

Nope.