Oilers Darkening blue to navy for jerseys next year

[Kolja]

On a side note, where does one find authentic jerseys online at a decent price? Doesn't have to be the most current jersey (wouldn't mind one of those retro jerseys from back in the day a.k.a 2017).

Need one for the season starter in Gothenburg.

 

[Little Fury]

classic Oilers...how did they forget Hamilton? just look up at the banners for crying out loud

Yeah it wasn't an oversight. They never honor the WHA years.

 

[Del Preston]

They might just be including the numbers of players who are in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

 

[oXo Cube]

They might just be including the numbers of players who are in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

Well if that's the excuse it's a pretty stupid one.

 

[Del Preston]

Well if that's the excuse it's a pretty stupid one.

It is. I don't know what other reason except someone was too lazy to look up at the banners in Rogers.

 

[oXo Cube]

It is. I don't know what other reason except someone was too lazy to look up at the banners in Rogers.

I've got 2 leading theories, both are really silly but we're talking about the Oilers here.

1) He didn't play for the 80's dynasty so the current Oilers brass just don't care about him.

2) They decided that it was too difficult to make 7 numbers look nice on the patch, so they just omitted the one they figured people were least likely to notice.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I've got 2 leading theories, both are really silly but we're talking about the Oilers here.

1) He didn't play for the 80's dynasty so the current Oilers brass just don't care about him.

2) They decided that it was too difficult to make 7 numbers look nice on the patch, so they just omitted the one they figured people were least likely to notice.

Or they could just omit the whole "retired numbers" part and save themselves from embarrassment

 

[Stud Muffin]

I would have rather they just make it with the new colour scheme, it’s just weird to me to have 2 different colour schemes, even if I do the love the classic look.

 

[oXo Cube]

Or they could just omit the whole "retired numbers" part and save themselves from embarrassment

Oh I agree, but it's obviously a zero sum game.

You either go will all of them or none of them.

 

[Supermassive]

They might just be including the numbers of players who are in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

I may be in the extreme minority, but I don’t think Hamilton’s number should have been retired in the first place, and it’s kind of embarrassing to have a good but regular dude’s number alongside the all-time greats. I only consider him a WHA guy, so it is fitting they left #3 off the patch.

Here’s hoping they go back to the classic home and away jerseys after the 4 game trial this year. Tired of having new jerseys just for the sake of marketing and sales.

 

[Section337]

Even the banner implies that Hamilton is a different type of retired number.

 

[Del Preston]

Even the banner implies that Hamilton is a different type of retired number.

How so?

 

[Section337]

How so?

The stripes are a different size on his banner:

 

[Del Preston]

The stripes are a different size on his banner:

The #3 also only has a white outline, but I always thought they did that because that's what he was wearing when he retired.

It seems weird or a mistake that he was omitted from the patch when he's usually included.

 

[oXo Cube]

Even the banner implies that Hamilton is a different type of retired number.

???

The only thing the banner implies is that he wore a slightly different looking jersey.

 

[Mr Tadakichi]

The stripes are a different size on his banner:

Huh, never noticed it. Does it really mean he should be left out though?

 

[bone]

Was thinking maybe since it's a patch for 40 years in the NHL that could be the cause as he's usually linked to the WHA Oilers rather than NHL Oilers, but forgot he did play about 30 games for the Oilers in the NHL before the injury.

 

[onetweasy]

He played 30ish games for the Oiler franchise.... I don’t see a big issue but in today's age this probably means someone is going to start burning Oiler jerseys on social media for the attention.

 

[Niten Ichi Ryu]

I wish they would change the jerseys back to the classic blue. It really defines the Edmonton Oilers, they won 5 cups in those colors. The only reason they changed it to orange is because McDavid wore it on draft day and people loved it, because it was new. People love new looks,but it wears off pretty quickly. I'm not a fan of this orange crush theme they try to push in the playoffs, I hope some season soon they revert back to the defining Oilers colors

 

[Dohilers]

Jacques Plante, Norm Ullman, Adam Oates and Chris Pronger are former Oilers in the Hall of Fame and their numbers aren't retired or listed on the 40th Anniversary patch either. Neither are Clare Drake, Glen Sather, or Pat Quinn. If you're going to waste any time and energy getting upset about something irrelevant, you might as well go all the way.

 

[Supermassive]

Just because it hasn't been said:

- The "retro" jersey is exactly as it should be.
- The patch looks great, AND is color-matched to the jersey colors - smooth.
- As an 80s kid who knows future success is unlikely, I love the Cups on the patch. Nostalgia is good when the present sucks.

 

[Jeff Lebowski]

I don't care for the player numbers on the patch. Should have left that off.

 

[The Panther]

Let's take a minute to remember how bad the change was for us last time we switched suppliers. Easily worst jerseys in our history.

 

[joestevens29]

Clearly they omitted him so that they can add him at some point and sell even more jerseys

 

[ujju2]

I wish they would change the jerseys back to the classic blue. It really defines the Edmonton Oilers, they won 5 cups in those colors. The only reason they changed it to orange is because McDavid wore it on draft day and people loved it, because it was new. People love new looks,but it wears off pretty quickly. I'm not a fan of this orange crush theme they try to push in the playoffs, I hope some season soon they revert back to the defining Oilers colors

I think they should return to the royal blue full time, but I like the orange crush for the playoffs. I hate the current orange though. The 2016-17 set was perfect - royal blue home, white away, and orange third and playoffs.