Oilers Darkening blue to navy for jerseys next year

[Del Preston]

If they can darken it and move the numbers down it might be the best jersey ever.

 

[rickysusedsht]

That looks pretty sweet

 

[SK13]

Horrible. Why would we change the orange?

Why wouldn't you?

It's eye-rending and horrible.

 

[KCC]

Pretty good mock. I'm down.

 

[LemmyUlanov55]

Pretty much what I was hoping for..

 

[Oil Gauge]

honestly, he talks like he is unsure. I think its an optical illusion from darkening the blue. the guy who photoshopped theMcDavid jersey to give an estimate of the tone of the new jersey actually had a crossover effect minimally but noticeable to the orange as well (got darker).

wait until we see them I guess.

personally I think its a jinx to switch the colors...but they have a new supplier so changes might be made just for that (last I checked...ADIDAS owned RBK// and Bauer is NIKE...so not even changing companies as much as the actual sourcing factory/label)

I'm pretty sure Bauer is just Bauer now. Been apart from Nike for almost a decade now.

 

[Jeff Lebowski]

Is this a darker blue on this jersey already or is it just the lighting?

Edit: Actually, it looks like it's still the Reebok jersey.

 

[ujju2]

Lighting. Already saw this on the forums on Chris Creamer's site. It still has the reebok logo and everything, so it's the old one, just dark lighting.

 

[Del Preston]

Here's the first teaser.

 

[Diamondillium]

Here's the first teaser.

Hard to judge much based on that picture. The way it's lit, you could even get away with not noticing the different shade of blue at all and just assuming weird lighting.

 

[La Bamba]

Here's the first teaser.

What a lame teaser... you can't even tell if the blue and/or orange is different or not

 

[Oil Gauge]

What a lame teaser... you can't even tell if the blue and/or orange is different or not

That's the point of a teaser. Its supposed to tease you, get you excited without giving it all away.

 

[La Bamba]

That's the point of a teaser. Its supposed to tease you, get you excited without giving it all away.

I don't like being teased

I did some amateur investigation work and I compared the Islanders blue to the Oilers blue in the teaser and the Oilers' is much darker in shade so that has to confirm a darker blue. I also compared Philly's orange to the Oilers' orange and it looks like the orange is darker too.

 

[M00se]

Please.... no more orange!!!

Thank you! I thought I was the only one who hated the orange.

 

[JordanGalhanth]

New teaser on Facebook today.

 

[ToeMcDrag83]

 

[Diamondillium]

Okay, I think I might actually end up liking these.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

definitely darker....I like!

 

[Stud Muffin]

Not sure I like the white letters

 

[Diamondillium]

Not sure I like the white letters

I always felt the blue letters with white outline on orange was a really awkard feel and actually hurt my eyes a bit. The lettering has always been actually one of my biggest dislikes about our oranges.

I think using blue as the 'separator' color works much better and makes it far more readable in my opinion.

 

[ujju2]

Blue isn't vibrant enough imo

 

[40oz]

I wonder if the name plates will be easier to read now, some people seemed to complain about that last year.

 

[scb23]

Interesting. White letters with what looks like a black outline... this could mean the number colouring is reversed too. Not sure I'm a big fan of that, especially if it's black (maybe it's just a dark navy, hard to tell). Also, the lettering looks like it's just screen printed like the crappy cheap crested jerseys you get in foot locker. I really hope you can still get a properly crested one similar to the ones you get at Rogers/Oilers store etc.

 

[ujju2]

This looks decent on second thought. Looks more professional. Still not a big fan though.

Edit:hoping for an orange collar, seems unlikely though

 

[Alberta]

This looks decent on second thought. Looks more professional. Still not a big fan though.

Edit:hoping for an orange collar, seems unlikely though

You can actually see the collar in the shot (it's blue). It just isn't obvious. Look at Nashville:

Bigger version of Edmonton: