New York Islanders: Reverse Retro Jersey: Fisherman is back!

[Strummergas]

Stop yelling at clouds, who cares. It's a cool looking logo and jersey and people will buy it.

You can like it if you insist, but it is NOT a cool looking logo.

 

[Isles Junkie]

I want something new designed around the fisherman idea. It will be lame to just throw the old fisherman jersey on them and call it a day. Do something creative.

 

[Strummergas]

I want something new designed around the fisherman idea. It will be lame to just throw the old fisherman jersey on them and call it a day. Do something creative.

There was nothing creative about it in 1995. You want them to start now?

 

[Throttle]

There was nothing creative about it in 1995. You want them to start now?

Yeah, put the fisherman on a horse with a stick in his hand ala headless horseman.

 

[xECK29x]

You can like it if you insist, but it is NOT a cool looking logo.

 

[Skidrow11]

I never noticed that but just checked and yeah, they look hand drawn. Weird.

No matter what anyone thinks of those jerseys, they can't possibly be the worst addition to the franchise in 1995.

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Imagine the Yankees trading aron judge for a guy who cries about having to go to the Yankees then decides he isn't going to show up, and at the same time the Yankees change their colors and logo, embrace last place, have the lowest payroll in the league...all within less then two years of beating 2 times Stanly cup champion penguins, in second round of the playoffs in a game 7 overtime with turbgeon having about 4 minutes of ice time the whole series. It was a train wreck in every way imaginable. Only the half is glass full, extremely happy people were able to keep going to games and feel joy. The rest of us wanted to have a riot

 

[SI90]

Don’t mind the fisherman. I just hate the wavy stripes.

 

[Isles Junkie]

Don’t mind the fisherman. I just hate the wavy stripes.

does this work for you?

 

[Isles Junkie]

Don’t mind the fisherman. I just hate the wavy stripes.

The overly exaggerated wavy stripes bugged me.

I can totally get behind something more refined/cleaner.

 

[PK Cronin]

Many of us became fans during that time and it represents the start of our journey as fans, sorry some of you can't get past the childish insults hurled by the rival fans. I don't have a problem with bringing it back in some capacity, I just don't think it should ever be the main logo. The recent NY is great and I want more of that.

 

[IslandersFan17]

I'd bet the demand is driven predominantly by a group aged 25-35 who were too young to realize that the Fisherman was embarrassingly stolen from a box of supermarket frozen fish. It was emblematic of an era where the Islanders did nothing right, on or off the ice.

So, the islanders never had bad seasons with the current logo? They didn’t hire a backup goalie straight from the crease the GM role with the current crest?

They didn’t give out one of the worst contract in sports history (even tho I love DP) with the current crest?

They didn’t get left at the alter from their franchise player with the current crest?

They didn’t play in a basketball arena for years because their original home was decrepit and voted down by the community with the current crest?

End of the day merchandising will only go up, the logo sells and the team knows that. They promote and sell apparel with the logo to this day. There is a market for it.

 

[LAIslanderFan]

As a 61 year old Islanders fan, following the team since their inception, I can't wait to buy the
reverse retro jersey if it has the Fisherman logo. I hated it at the time, but the quirkiness has grown
on me over the years. I love the waves as well and the teal shades that were included in the original.
Not to mention the lighthouse on the shoulder.

 

[Quickdraw2828]

The overly exaggerated wavy stripes bugged me.

I can totally get behind something more refined/cleaner.

Now available in the Ladies Department

 

[Throttle]

The recent NY is great and I want more of that.

Bingo

 

[LeapOnOver]

The same people who complain about third jerseys are the same ones who complain about white SUVs, cup holders and goal horns. They lived through the dynasty, walked up hill to school both ways, barefoot, on cobblestone roads in the snow.

Again, the main logo stays and we'll never change it, but do whatever the heck you want with the third jersey. Add some sequins to it for all I care....

 

[Throttle]

The same people who complain about third jerseys are the same ones who complain about white SUVs, cup holders and goal horns. They lived through the dynasty, walked up hill to school both ways, barefoot, on cobblestone roads in the snow.

Again, the main logo stays and we'll never change it, but do whatever the heck you want with the third jersey. Add some sequins to it for all I care....

whoa, the Mariner over that Knicks/Mets alternative black thing - that and the pumpkin jersey were way worse in that people actually thought those we good looking. The Mariner was money grab during the cartoony/startup jacket era of really bad ownership.

 

[IslandersFan17]

Now available in the Ladies Department

It’s 2022 no such thing

 

[SI90]

does this work for you?

I’ve had this saved in my phone for over a year. Love it. Don’t think this is official though. Should be

 

[Mike C]

I'd bet the demand is driven predominantly by a group aged 25-35 who were too young to realize that the Fisherman was embarrassingly stolen from a box of supermarket frozen fish. It was emblematic of an era where the Islanders did nothing right, on or off the ice.

I ate frozen fish sticks as a kid. Now I feed them to my kid!

It's a legacy!

 

[islesfan186]

Putting aside the logo and whatever, they really seem to be confused about the concept of reverse retro. The whole point is flipping the color scheme, and I'd imagine in our case we'd go with an orange, but last season we went with a darker blue and that's rumored in this case too.

I'm personally ok with this but I'd also dig it if they made a classic with an orange base instead of white or blue.

I really liked those “ reverse retro” (aka late 90s-mid 2000’s) jerseys from 2 seasons ago. But I really think a current style jersey with the base color being orange would look pretty sweet

 

[islesfan186]

Now available in the Ladies Department

I think the correct term these days is “birthing person”

 

[periferal]

I never noticed that but just checked and yeah, they look hand drawn. Weird.

No matter what anyone thinks of those jerseys, they can't possibly be the worst addition to the franchise in 1995.

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There's only 6 things in this photo and yet there are a million things wrong with it.

 

[Strummergas]

No opinion is worse than the one you already expressed.

 

[Mike C]

The same people who complain about third jerseys are the same ones who complain about white SUVs, cup holders and goal horns. They lived through the dynasty, walked up hill to school both ways, barefoot, on cobblestone roads in the snow.

Again, the main logo stays and we'll never change it, but do whatever the heck you want with the third jersey. Add some sequins to it for all I care....

Sad sacks those whiners eh?

At least I had shoes

 

[gordie43]

As a fan during those dark years I really hope they do not bring the fisherman back. The jersey doesn’t bother me as much as everything that went on during that time period. I really can not think of anything positive that happened during the fisherman era.