Would you like it if the NHL did this with home/away jerseys..

[GuitarGuy]

In the Western Hockey League (maybe other leagues does this as well) The home team wears their home/colored jersey for the first half of the season and then the home team wears their white/away jersey for the 2nd half of the season on home ice.

What would your thoughts be if the NHL did this?

 

[Kelly]

But why?

 

[ESH]

What's the point?

 

[Quiet Jack]

Sure. I can't see why anyone would think this is a bad idea,

 

[DJJones]

Needlessly complicating it. Red means home.

 

[Uncle Scrooge]

Don't think i've ever used this gif, but here it seems appropriate..

 

[rent free]

the home team should wear their white jersey and the road team should wear their colored jersey. why did the league change that rule?

 

[SladeWilson23]

the home team should wear their white jersey and the road team should wear their colored jersey. why did the league change that rule?

1. Colored jerseys are more popular sale wise.

2. Most 3rd jerseys were colored jerseys so it made it much easier for equipment guys on road trips to only have to bring the whites.

3. The darks at home is better.

 

[The Panther]

I much preferred home jerseys in white.

What's the history of it? I think the home-whites thing started around WWII or something...?

 

[No Fun Shogun]

I'd actually be in favor of that. Gives a bit more variety to home crowds on what they see game in and game out and it still provides for ample opportunities for the color jerseys to be worn at home as well.

That being said, my ideal uniform breakdown would be to have the colored jerseys be the default for all teams, and for the home team to wear their whites or alternatives when the colors are too similar or if there's an obvious color-blindness clash that could exist. If that's done, road teams still only need to bring one jersey along with them, all teams would be encouraged to adopt different colored third jerseys and we'd see a greater variety in the league, and we'd have ample opportunities to see color versus color matchups that are just more visually appealing, like red vs blue, green vs orange, gold vs black, etc., etc.

So, for instance, if the Hawks were hosting the Wings, the Wings would just wear their usual reds while the Hawks would either wear whites or have an incentive to bring back black alts. Shouldn't be that hard to do and to likewise account for common color blindness matchups that would be no-gos as well.

 

[UnrefinedCrude]

I much preferred home jerseys in white.

What's the history of it? I think the home-whites thing started around WWII or something...?

Originally everyone had one kit. Then they started showing hockey on black and white TV's. The reds and blues looked the same on those TV's. So they had the road team wear an alternate white sweater.

back then on buses and with less advanced facilities the training staff had a hard time keeping the whites "white" on the road, where they didn't always have time to wash and bleach etc. and oft times didn't easy access to washing machines. So the league flipped it to home whites.

Nowadays with air flight and loaded facilites for the road team those impedements no longer exist. Fans overwhelmingly buy their teams' coloured kit over the white, so they switched it back.

IMO, in the modern HD colour TV era, the white sweater isn't needed. It should only be used when teams have too similar a colour scheme (Toronto/Tampa; Isles/Oilers,) etc.

 

[tsanuri]

the home team should wear their white jersey and the road team should wear their colored jersey. why did the league change that rule?

Many don't know this but they actually changed it back to what it had been for years.
But because they either weren't fans or maybe born they don't know that.
But it was already mentioned one of the biggest reasons was because the colored sweaters sell better. So the area more matches the home team. Just a better overall look.

 

[tsanuri]

Originally everyone had one kit. Then they started showing hockey on black and white TV's. The reds and blues looked the same on those TV's. So they had the road team wear an alternate white sweater.

back then on buses and with less advanced facilities the training staff had a hard time keeping the whites "white" on the road, where they didn't always have time to wash and bleach etc. and oft times didn't easy access to washing machines. So the league flipped it to home whites.

Nowadays with air flight and loaded facilites for the road team those impedements no longer exist. Fans overwhelmingly buy their teams' coloured kit over the white, so they switched it back.

IMO, in the modern HD colour TV era, the white sweater isn't needed. It should only be used when teams have too similar a colour scheme (Toronto/Tampa; Isles/Oilers,) etc.

When about 5% of the population is color blind that's not a good idea as much as I'd like it also.

 

[GuitarGuy]

But why?

What's the point?

To change it up a bit and add some variety?

 

[Hockeyholic]

In NBA & MLB, the home team wears white. NHL should follow. NFL should be the only league where the home team wears colored jerseys.

 

[rojac]

I’ll never understand why fans care about stupid stuff like this.

 

[Flamer12]

I would like that

 

[MetalheadPenguinsFan]

Nah.

Seems dumb

 

[Afterburner]

They should have to switch between jerseys at every intermission

 

[SenzZen]

But why?

What's the point?

Don't think i've ever used this gif, but here it seems appropriate..

To increase jersey sales.

 

[Iapyi]

i'm more concerned with what sweaters they are going to wear.

 

[Inkling]

Many don't know this but they actually changed it back to what it had been for years.
But because they either weren't fans or maybe born they don't know that.
But it was already mentioned one of the biggest reasons was because the colored sweaters sell better. So the area more matches the home team. Just a better overall look.

Before 1970, teams wore dark at home and whites on the road. Only after that did they switch to whites at home, which many people think is 'traditional' because it was done this way during their lifetime. They switched back to the 'real' traditional way in 2003.

 

[JoVel]

To me it's obvious you wear your team's colors at home. Every team has a white jersey. I guess many started watching hockey when whites were worn at home and because of that they like it more. And I can't blame them, that's the case for me in many things as well.

 

[Mr Positive]

the benefit of home whites is that it added visual variety. Before, your team would be in white, and the other team could be in any number of colours. Now it's always your own team in it's standard colours, with the occasional third jersey night, and the other team is always in white

 

[Cellee]

the benefit of home whites is that it added visual variety. Before, your team would be in white, and the other team could be in any number of colours. Now it's always your own team in it's standard colours, with the occasional third jersey night, and the other team is always in white

Yeah. I like home whites. Dark home means the home team always looks the same (for their fans) and away teams look more similar to each other than the darks.