OT: Which threads blow you away? The great jersey debate

[Nikishin Go Boom]

just for @Boom Boom Apathy

No whalers stuff, thanks

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[Svechhammer]

Personally, I think our best look right now is the current alternates. Black, grey, and red for the pop is unique and we pull it off very well. Wish it was our full time home with an away of the same styling. Feel like we could lean into the black and dark grey more and it would work very well with the storm aesthetic of the brand.

I like the design of the current aways on their own, but wish it had the main logo instead of the wordmark on the crest. Also wish the dimension of the flag stripe on the home was the same as the aways but with the same black-white-flag-white-black to the hem stripe we use on the homes. And I would like the flag logo on the shoulders.

Oh and while we are on it, I'd love to de-emphasize the Whale branding for a little while. Don't mind a singular Whalers Night, but reverse retros should be Canes centric and not the Whale. We have 25 years of history in Raleigh, time to embrace that instead of Hartford.

 

[Derailed75]

Personally, I think our best look right now is the current alternates. Black, grey, and red for the pop is unique and we pull it off very well. Wish it was our full time home with an away of the same styling. Feel like we could lean into the black and dark grey more and it would work very well with the storm aesthetic of the brand.

I like the design of the current aways on their own, but wish it had the main logo instead of the wordmark on the crest. Also wish the dimension of the flag stripe on the home was the same as the aways but with the same black-white-flag-white-black to the hem stripe we use on the homes. And I would like the flag logo on the shoulders.

Oh and while we are on it, I'd love to de-emphasize the Whale branding for a little while. Don't mind a singular Whalers Night, but reverse retros should be Canes centric and not the Whale. We have 25 years of history in Raleigh, time to embrace that instead of Hartford.

I agree about the Whalers, while I dont hate it I am a Canes fan and was not until they moved here. I think the amount of fans that were Whalers fans that still follow the team is miniscule.

 

[HisIceness]

Not going to lie, I actually love the current roads more than I thought. They look really good on TV.

Really anything except that bullshit home jersey with the bottom white stripes from 13-16 or whatever it was. Not only ugly, but worn during an ugly stretch of franchise history.

 

[Sigurd]

Personally, I think our best look right now is the current alternates. Black, grey, and red for the pop is unique and we pull it off very well. Wish it was our full time home with an away of the same styling. Feel like we could lean into the black and dark grey more and it would work very well with the storm aesthetic of the brand.

I like the design of the current aways on their own, but wish it had the main logo instead of the wordmark on the crest. Also wish the dimension of the flag stripe on the home was the same as the aways but with the same black-white-flag-white-black to the hem stripe we use on the homes. And I would like the flag logo on the shoulders.

Oh and while we are on it, I'd love to de-emphasize the Whale branding for a little while. Don't mind a singular Whalers Night, but reverse retros should be Canes centric and not the Whale. We have 25 years of history in Raleigh, time to embrace that instead of Hartford.

Like I said in the Burns topic, I want us to either have home and away jerseys based around those stadium 2021 jerseys (with that fantastic looking eye/swirl logo IMO; *chef’s kiss*), or have our alternate jersey become our home and with a white version for our away jersey; the latter option should have the red/traditional home jersey as the alternate jersey. Either way, the organization will love having new jerseys to make a lot of money from.

Not going to lie, I actually love the current roads more than I thought. They look really good on TV.

Really anything except that bullshit home jersey with the bottom white stripes from 13-16 or whatever it was. Not only ugly, but worn during an ugly stretch of franchise history.

Yeah, I think our previous home jersey/wannabe Red Wing's jersey, is probably our worst jersey in Hurricanes history. Not a fan of the "Canes" away jersey we have currently though as I said previously, but it's certainly still better than our previous home jersey. I personally want to see matching home and away jerseys, but people that previously mentioned Dundon wanting to give people different options isn't an awful reason.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

The current 3rd is good. I just wish it had the flag print. That is something that should be consistent jersey to jersey, rebrand to rebrand. It’s uniquely Carolina. I will forever loathe #NewStorm for taking that away.

The original 3rd is my favorite in team history, improper number of flags be dammed. They just pop off the screen with the red and gray less emphasized. Color rush before color rush was a thing.

 

[SlavinAway]

Can anyone do a mock-up of what an away jersey modeled after the current alternate would look like?

 

[Svechhammer]

Can anyone do a mock-up of what an away jersey modeled after the current alternate would look like?

This is pretty close, if you ignore the lack of shoulder patches

 

[SlavinAway]

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This is pretty close, if you ignore the lack of shoulder patches

Thanks. I don't like this as much as I thought I would.

 

[AD Skinner]

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This is pretty close, if you ignore the lack of shoulder patches

Not enough red there IMO. I think you could do black numbers but the stripes could stay red.

 

[Svechhammer]

Not enough red there IMO. I think you could do black numbers but the stripes could stay red.

I tried a few variants....

Here's the one you suggested:

And just for shits and giggles, here's it with the current away numbers:

In my opinion, both of these are too red heavy when you consider the home would be the black jersey. So what if you considered everything from the stripe down on the sleeves a static design element? Well....

I think I might like that one the most, to be honest.

 

[SlavinAway]

I tried a few variants....

Here's the one you suggested:

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And just for shits and giggles, here's it with the current away numbers:

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In my opinion, both of these are too red heavy when you consider the home would be the black jersey. So what if you considered everything from the stripe down on the sleeves a static design element? Well....

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I think I might like that one the most, to be honest.

I feel like the last one needs a small band of black above the red at the bottom.

 

[Unsustainable]

This is my favorite to be honest. I wonder if we could redo the black logo into green and blue and replace the whaler logo.

 

[Lempo]

I agree about the Whalers, while I dont hate it I am a Canes fan and was not until they moved here. I think the amount of fans that were Whalers fans that still follow the team is miniscule.

But the amount of fans that buy Whalers merc...

 

[AD Skinner]

I tried a few variants....

Here's the one you suggested:

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And just for shits and giggles, here's it with the current away numbers:

View attachment 572623

In my opinion, both of these are too red heavy when you consider the home would be the black jersey. So what if you considered everything from the stripe down on the sleeves a static design element? Well....

View attachment 572625

I think I might like that one the most, to be honest.

Agree the bottom one is the best. I'd probably ditch the shoulder yoke on both jerseys but especially on the white one

 

[bleedgreen]

Navy blue whale jersey would be sweet.

 

[Svechhammer]

So I have previously thought on how I would tweak the jerseys if need be, and this is what I've come up with:

Couple changes here.

1 - Use the C with flags in it as the captaincy patch. Stupid that we aren't already doing that. Introduce one for the A that has a similar treatment.

2 - Standardized the width of the flag pattern stripe to that of the current aways, and shrink the black-white-flag-white-black border to the same dimensions of the current black-flags-black stripe on those aways. Same design and dimension on the sleeves, just removing the sublimated flags.

3 - Standardizing aways to be the same stripe pattern of the tweaked homes. Standardized the hurricane logo on the crest of both, and flipped the silver outline to black to create a better visual border.

4 - Flipped the away numbers back to those of the 2013-18 set in order to better balance red and black.

5 - Current 2 flag alternate logo as shoulder patches on both homes and aways as a call back to the original 1997 set.

Thoughts?

 

[MinJaBen]

I'd love to see a Whaler jersey in a Canes color scheme; either black or red. That would make a cool specialized jersey for a one-off game.

 

[Svechhammer]

I'd love to see a Whaler jersey in a Canes color scheme; either black or red. That would make a cool specialized jersey for a one-off game.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

having a St Patty's day reverse retro of the Hurricanes jersey in Whalers green is okay. sure do it.

That H W in Canes colors is something awful. That Whale though could work. I think a White one with black contrast might look the best.

 

[SlavinAway]

So I have previously thought on how I would tweak the jerseys if need be, and this is what I've come up with:

View attachment 572634

Couple changes here.

1 - Use the C with flags in it as the captaincy patch. Stupid that we aren't already doing that. Introduce one for the A that has a similar treatment.

2 - Standardized the width of the flag pattern stripe to that of the current aways, and shrink the black-white-flag-white-black border to the same dimensions of the current black-flags-black stripe on those aways. Same design and dimension on the sleeves, just removing the sublimated flags.

3 - Standardizing aways to be the same stripe pattern of the tweaked homes. Standardized the hurricane logo on the crest of both, and flipped the silver outline to black to create a better visual border.

4 - Flipped the away numbers back to those of the 2013-18 set in order to better balance red and black.

5 - Current 2 flag alternate logo as shoulder patches on both homes and aways as a call back to the original 1997 set.

Thoughts?

I like this set!

 

[Svechhammer]

So I have previously thought on how I would tweak the jerseys if need be, and this is what I've come up with:

View attachment 572634

Couple changes here.

1 - Use the C with flags in it as the captaincy patch. Stupid that we aren't already doing that. Introduce one for the A that has a similar treatment.

2 - Standardized the width of the flag pattern stripe to that of the current aways, and shrink the black-white-flag-white-black border to the same dimensions of the current black-flags-black stripe on those aways. Same design and dimension on the sleeves, just removing the sublimated flags.

3 - Standardizing aways to be the same stripe pattern of the tweaked homes. Standardized the hurricane logo on the crest of both, and flipped the silver outline to black to create a better visual border.

4 - Flipped the away numbers back to those of the 2013-18 set in order to better balance red and black.

5 - Current 2 flag alternate logo as shoulder patches on both homes and aways as a call back to the original 1997 set.

Thoughts?

Oh here's the (potentially) blasphemous part....

I'd go with black pants and gloves full time with all of the looks. There's just something about the black hem going to the black pants that just worked this year when we tried it out. Visually simplified our home jerseys and kind of brought it all together.

With the red pants, the visual black stripe with the hem makes it look busier and I actually think it takes away from the look.

Honestly, I never would have thought this without them actually trying it out this year. I never would have thought it would have worked, but it really did. I would very much welcome them going this route full time next year, it looked great in person.

And, given how well (in my opinion) the black pants went with the black hem on the current homes, we should do the same on the aways for consistency. As for helmets, I'm not sure I care if black, red, or white, but its probably best to keep the helmet the same as pants for balance.

 

[Derailed75]

But the amount of fans that buy Whalers merc...

I understand and thats part of why I really dont care too much.

 

[Sigurd]

@Svechhammer, I don't suppose you could make an away jersey of the stadium series design could you? I'd be interested to see that. That red eye probably looks great on a white jersey.

Thanks for the jersey mockups/designs you've posted.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Setting aside the way the Canes played hockey in each of these unis, and looking at it entirely from an aesthetic/design standpoint:

1. Current era 2019-present

2. New Storm era 2013-17

3. CCM era 1998-2007

4. EDGE era 2008-2012

If we're including nostalgic attachments, switch 2 and 3.

So I have previously thought on how I would tweak the jerseys if need be, and this is what I've come up with:

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The white jersey here looks incredible. I would buy that.

Disagree about using black pants with the current set, but it would make a lot of sense with the white jersey above.