Ya, my favorite was the "Flying V" designed by a Psychologist who had apparently never seen a hockey uniform before to save his life, working for a design firm out of San Francisco called Beyl&Boyd. The logo was the skate on the shoulders, while the 'V' color panels stood for "Victory", not "Vancouver" as most assumed. The color scheme was selected for its agressive nature after the somewhat tame Pacific Blue & Emerald Green that preceded it. Stan Smyl commented that upon first seeing it & putting it on, he & the rest of the team were "embarrassed to leave the dressing room" and take to the ice in so outrageous a look. The lighter reverse colored version on the black was just an all out assault on not only good taste but pretty much all of ones senses.....
The "Spaghetti Skate" loop the loop idiocy that followed with skate pointing downward was almost but not quite as hideous as the Flyin 'V's"; couple of tweaks here n' there, then completely abandoned for the Orca & 'C' when they moved into the then new building. That one was designed by a well known local artist, and was a big improvement, (Orca Bay Sports & Ent etc) were it not for the continuing permutations of jersey colors & the trendoid usage of silver. Then along comes the NCAA styled "Vancouver" written over top, as if the logo itself wasnt enough, or maybe folks just didnt know where the team was from having now been utterly confused with so many different uni's when the Nucks came to town?.
To further confuse matters, the Canucks recently acquired the rights for the old Vancouver Millionaires' & the full rights to "Johnny Canuck" of the old WHL, so like many, just waiting to see where all of this is headed next season or whenever. Most people here seem to love the retro with some tweaks rink & stick jerseys, so hopefully they'll go with that home & away for years to come, because lets face it, theyve' really got some identity issue's to be dealing with, and Im talking in pretty much every department.