2018-19 3rd Jerseys

JFleegs

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Tried to make a quick mock up if Tampa bay decided to mix current with retro for the third
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Zenos

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I sincerely hope the oilers simply make a navy version of their "classic" blue jersey and just leave it be for a while.

Seriously, we've already gone down the road of copper, red, and navy-blue and then back again to the original royal and orange, only to ditch the royal again in favour of navy.
They need to just pick one colour-scheme and stick to it.

Why mess with a classic?
 

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Jerseys are such a weird thing and this is why i think it's important that teams don't get too crazy and switch up logos/color schemes too often. Everyone loves original 6 team jersey because they don't switch them up ever and their fans never long for something they used to have.

I always think about how Washington introduced their current jerseys back in 07 and everyone fell in love with them because they were retro and now that they've had them for a while lot's of people miss the old black and blue ones with the eagle on them.
Edmonton finally went back to their retro colours and now i find myself kind of missing the copper and blue.....
The old coyotes jerseys were considered some of the ugliest in the league and now most people love them because they aren't there anymore.
Does anybody really prefer the current Kings jerseys to the old black and grey ones? or even the purple and gold?
The Dallas stars? anybody missing their old jerseys yet?
Old Sens jerseys? >> current Sens jerseys.
People liked Tampa Bays new logo / color scheme now they miss their original logo / color scheme

I like teams like Colorado/San Jose who have kept the same color scheme logo since entering the league and i hope they never rebrand / change.
I don't really think many fans are calling for those. Personally i always hated them. Caps are always red, white, and blue to me.
 
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tarheelhockey

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I don't really think many fans are calling for those. Personally i always hated them. Caps are always red, white, and blue to me.

I’d agree. The old blue/bronze look was nice enough for an expansion team or something, but it wasn’t in line with the Capitals identity. As soon as they went back to the reds, they seemed “right” again.

The old Coyotes jerseys were just ugly. The only thing keeping that going is nostalgia... if they rolled it out today as a new look, people would be horrified.
 

Zenos

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I’d agree. The old blue/bronze look was nice enough for an expansion team or something, but it wasn’t in line with the Capitals identity. As soon as they went back to the reds, they seemed “right” again.

I tend to agree with this. A lot of NHL teams messed with things in the 90's: Isles, Oilers, and Blues all added/tweaked their classic looks, while Buffalo, the Caps, and Vancouver rebranded entirely.
Taken in isolation, most of them were actually pretty solid uniforms. But there's a reason they've all returned (in one form or another) to their classic looks.
 

Svechhammer

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I don't really think many fans are calling for those. Personally i always hated them. Caps are always red, white, and blue to me.
Agreed the Caps look better now than they were before. That said, I never hated the 90s look for them, and I actually liked this look for the jersey.

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Modernize that a bit in the current colors, and I think it could have worked. I know its busy, but as a large logo on the front of a hockey jersey, I thought it looked good.
 
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Seattle Totems

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It annoys me when I have to really look hard to determine who is playing when I turn a game on. Even more so when it's an original six team.

The Bruins don't look like the Bruins with stupid black socks.

The Leafs look like a generic blue and white team without the socks and dual hemstrips that they had since the 30s.

The Oilers do not look like the Oilers in flipping navy

I could go on. Jersey announcements used to excite me. Now its just meh. Teams have no issue with tossing their identity and the unique elements that defined them to sell a few jerseys. I wish they would just stop.
 

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Agreed the Caps look better now than they were before. That said, I never hated the 90s look for them, and I actually liked this look for the jersey.

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Modernize that a bit in the current colors, and I think it could have worked. I know its busy, but as a large logo on the front of a hockey jersey, I thought it looked good.

If they were to re-do it, I’d suggest making the Capitol dome an outline behind the crossed sticks.
 
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DannyGallivan

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I sincerely hope the oilers simply make a navy version of their "classic" blue jersey and just leave it be for a while.

Seriously, we've already gone down the road of copper, red, and navy-blue and then back again to the original royal and orange, only to ditch the royal again in favour of navy.
They need to just pick one colour-scheme and stick to it.

Why mess with a classic?

Navy should be outlawed. It's even more drab and boring than grey.
 

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