NHL team unveiling special jersey (UPD: Canes to Wear Whalers Throwbacks on 12/23/18)

[Pens x]

wait

I’ve said many times that the Pens were lazy for going back to these jerseys.

 

[UConn126]

Absolutely appalling. As a former resident of Hartford, I find this move embarassing for the Hurricanes and the league.

If you're gonna have a team wear a previous team's jersey, then at least have the courtesy to play the game in that city. If they really wanna pay tribute to their history, they should play the game in Hartford.

[MOD]

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Absolutely appalling. As a former resident of Hartford, I find this move embarassing for the Hurricanes and the league.

If you're gonna have a team wear a previous team's jersey, then at least have the courtesy to play the game in that city. If they really wanna pay tribute to their history, they should play the game in Hartford.

[MOD]

I was luke warm and didn't really care one way or another about them releasing this jersey before, but after reading some reactions like this, I absolutely love it now.

 

[Esq]

YES YES YES

Pucky lives!

 

[Oscar Lindberg]

Boy, you sure are bitter about this, aren't you?

Just take deep breaths and you'll be ok.

I'm not bitter about it

Your team is profiting off a franchise and city they have nothing to do with . And no benefit is going back to them.

Sorry you don't see the issue

 

[BrindAmours Army]

I'm not bitter about it

Your team is profiting off a franchise and city they have nothing to do with . And no benefit is going back to them.

Sorry you don't see the issue

It's literally the same franchise.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I'm not bitter about it

Your team is profiting off a franchise and city they have nothing to do with . And no benefit is going back to them.

Sorry you don't see the issue

You sure seem bitter.

And you are right, I don't see it as an issue. NHL owns the rights to the Whalers logo and can do what they want with it. If you don't like that, well, too bad.

 

[Nordiques1979]

It's literally the same franchise.

it's clearly not you can't separate the identity of a franchise with its city.

Whalers = Hartford, Connecticut
Canes = Raleigh NC
See the difference??

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

You know, I can’t help but notice that there’s something missing in this thread...



There, much better.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I hope they wear Cooperalls too.

 

[Metnut]

Would be cool if they played one game a year in Hartford.

 

[KCC]

One of the few retro jerseys that were actually good and people loved back in the day. mighty ducks and coyotes jerseys were mocked so much back then but now ppl love those. Nostalgia, man I tell you.

 

[FreshSeabass]

Would be cool if they played one game a year in Hartford.

It would have been. That's until their governor trashed our city, team, and fans in a public letter.

 

[DaveG]

Love it!

But honestly, what's the message behind this? Don't think the Avs would make a Nordiques third jersey??!

It's the proof that the Hurricanes identity is nowhere right now, definitely in crisis. If a team have a strong fan base they would have made a retro jersey of the Canes back when they relocated to Raleigh? Instead no, they glorify the identity of another city.

The Coyotes didn't play with a Jets jersey, and I don't think the Jets will ever play with a Thrashers jersey anytime.

Very disturbing for me, but love the jersey.

There's not enough difference between the current homes and the set from 97-07 to do that. In fact just last year they were changed back to something closer to that because the set they wore from 2013-17 was so poorly received.

 

[rojac]

it's clearly not you can't separate the identity of a franchise with its city.

Whalers = Hartford, Connecticut
Canes = Raleigh NC
See the difference??

You may not be able to separate them, but others, including the NHL, clearly can.

 

[New Jersey]

I’ve said many times that the Pens were lazy for going back to these jerseys.

they're pretty though and that's coming from someone who does *not* like you

 

[Critical13]

I am getting one of those sweet Whaler's jerseys. I am thinking Slavin.

 

[Nordiques1979]

You may not be able to separate them, but others, including the NHL, clearly can.

The fact that the NHL still use the Whalers brand doesn't bothers me at all, it's business, they even sell Nordiques merch.

But the fact that a relocated team needs to use it to sell merchandise, even after several new jerseys in the last few years say a lot about those poor Hurricanes.

 

[goldenbladz1]

And people will go crazy

yes one of the best!

 

[sabremike]

Now the NHL has to do the right thing: Give Howard Baldwin an expansion team and BRING BACK MY f***ING WHALERS!!!!!!!!

 

[FreshSeabass]

The fact that the NHL still use the Whalers brand doesn't bothers me at all, it's business, they even sell Nordiques merch.

But the fact that a relocated team needs to use it to sell merchandise, even after several new jerseys in the last few years say a lot about those poor Hurricanes.

We don't need it to sell merch. You truly don't know what you're talking about.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Wow.

For 20 years, all we heard was how they ought to pay tribute to the Whalers.

The minute they announce they’re actually going to do it, it’s like a damn salt mine exploded.

 

[BrindAmours Army]

it's clearly not you can't separate the identity of a franchise with its city.

Whalers = Hartford, Connecticut
Canes = Raleigh NC
See the difference??

Team != Franchise.
City != Franchise.

 

[Svechhammer]

Wow.

For 20 years, all we heard was how they ought to pay tribute to the Whalers.

The minute they announce they’re actually going to do it, it’s like a damn salt mine exploded.

We're Carolina. We're not allowed to have nice things, you know this by now.

The bitterness over "dat durr Southern team" appropriating the Whale is the cheery on top of this sundae, I'll tell ya what.

 

[Nordiques1979]

We don't need it to sell merch. You truly don't know what you're talking about.

If you don't get that new uniforms is a way to increase merchandising selling, I can't help you.

Still, very pathetic to bring back the Whalers for two nights instead of use your own history.