So... When do we get new jerseys?

[Guardian17]

 

[cheswick]

The org is just so disconnected from the paying fan base. This is fantasy hockey.

Or maybe the dozen or so people who are adamantly against the jerseys that post on this board are not a good gauge of the fan base.

 

[cbcwpg]

Like it or not.... it's not going to stop 1000s of people from buying them.

 

[macmaroon]

I fail to understand Chipman's need to force feed the military onto the fan base.

 

[UFO]

They need to put flying saucers patches on the jersey. that would be truly old school.

 

[Stumbledore]

Can't stand the baby blue colour. Reminds me too much of this year's Argonauts hideous baby blue uniforms.

 

[SSCBLUEJET]

Awful, just awful uniforms. They look like someone's final project from a grade 9 sewing class.
Nice to see the c on Lowry tho.

 

[White Out 902]

I almost threw up when I saw these. Holy f*** they're ugly. This organization is committed to making this team fail

 

[Cypruss]

Something like this could work with Brown gloves? Or maybe not - my wife says I have no fashion sense and I tend to agree with her.

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Nailed it!

 

[Flair Hay]

They look a little too Montreal Canadiens for my liking, but there is a pretty good reason for that. I love the brown gloves look. I may get one I'm not sure yet.

 

[Guardian17]

 

[abax44]

Nailed it!

You think those gloves are brown?

 

[Brominator]

Well no need to jump off a cliff for those who don't like them. they're only wearing them 3 times this season (thanks for the video Guardian):

Dec 4, Jan 27, April 1

 

[Slimy Sculpin]

To each their own but that's three times too many! Imo, the blue and red horizontal lines on the body part should have been dropped so that they bi-sect the logo.

 

[Inanna]

Like, isn’t that the idea if they are doing a “1948“ jersey? LMAO… some people, honestly.

Yeah, I'm one of 'those' people, I suppose.

But there's lots of ways to tribute a 1948 jersey without making it look like our grandpas are out there playing NHL hockey.

 

[Inanna]

I fail to understand Chipman's need to force feed the military onto the fan base.

The Jets weren't named to rally Winnipeg around the armed forces. Rather we're in the centre of Canada and planes land here. That's all there was to it.

I don't think Chipman is force feeding you anything. No more than he's force feeding Asian Heritage, or Pride, or Filipino Heritage, or Fighting Cancer on those special game nights.

As for "planes land here that's all there is to it", I can only shake my head. I moved here barely 18 months ago but I know that the team "took their name from the Winnipeg Jets of the Western Canada Hockey League" and that "Benny Haskin was a huge admirer of Sonny Werblin, owner of the New York Jets".

 

[BobEssensa]

I don’t like them, but I will begrudgingly buy the authentic once I can find one on sale for less than $100 at Winners or Marshall’s. I have every authentic jersey since they came back and I don’t plan on ending that streak anytime soon. Lol

 

[abax44]

Goalie Bob reduced to buying jerseys from the bargain bin. Sad.

 

[DannyGallivan]

The more I see them, the more I like them. The 1970’s logo would be better, though.

Great colours, great representation of the 1948 originals. Totally desecrated by the horrible Canada Life garbage logo unfortunately.

 

[kylbaz]

Don't think I've ever seen such extreme opinions from one end to the other

 

[Channelcat]

Like, isn’t that the idea if they are doing a “1948“ jersey? LMAO… some people, honestly.

Exactly. Clearly most of us don't recall 1948, and can't even bother to imagine.

 

[Huffer]

I think they look pretty nice, and I appreciate the nod to our past. Agree with some other comments that it might have been nice to see it with a "retro" look logo as well.

 

[cbcwpg]

This is what the 1948 team looked like:

 

[SSCBLUEJET]

This is what the 1948 team looked like:

Is that Wheeler in the back row?

 

[Andy6]

I don't think Chipman is force feeding you anything. No more than he's force feeding Asian Heritage, or Pride, or Filipino Heritage, or Fighting Cancer on those special game nights.

As for "planes land here that's all there is to it", I can only shake my head. I moved here barely 18 months ago but I know that the team "took their name from the Winnipeg Jets of the Western Canada Hockey League" and that "Benny Haskin was a huge admirer of Sonny Werblin, owner of the New York Jets".

Winnipeg has an important history in aviation, including the major manufacturing and overhaul facilities that still exist, and being the place in which both Air Canada and the predecessor of CP Air were founded, the home of Canada's first international airport and also militarily with respect to the Commonwealth Air Training school in the Second World War. So the name makes a good deal of sense even though it is true that Ben Hatskin liked it because he was an acquaintance of Sonny Werblin. I don't think we'd be watching the Winnipeg Yankees if Werblin had owned a baseball team instead - the name had to make some sense for the city and anyone in the 1960s or 70s would have thought it did.

Scott Taylor wrote a great story on Hatskin beginning on page 7 of this seniors' newspaper: https://seniorscope.com/images/pdfs/v21n4_oct10_22.pdf