I am a bit surprised that many of you do not get it. There are ten teams or so in the NHL with blue jerseys. Orange is part of the Oilers heritage and is unique. You do not need to be a marketing genius to see the opportunities.
I get it. Just don't like it.
Lots of teams where blue, but you don't see the Rangers switching to another colour because of it. Orange is very trendy right now, like the Canucks Halloween V jerseys were at one time. There is a reason teams don't choose orange as a primary colour.
The Orange is indeed part of the identity if you are older than 25. Our Cups with Orange in our jersey are 5, with no orange , 0
I like both jerseys but man they really need to bring back these bad boys:
Yeah those are the classiest jerseys in the closet. Pretty much perfect except for the red piping around the collar which you could just change to copper or white. Orange is OK for this new crew led by McDavid - but hope they bring the classic 2006 blue uniform back as an alternate.
I like both jerseys but man they really need to bring back these bad boys:
Yeah those are the classiest jerseys in the closet. Pretty much perfect except for the red piping around the collar which you could just change to copper or white. Orange is OK for this new crew led by McDavid - but hope they bring the classic 2006 blue uniform back as an alternate.
Copper and Blue was the best colors ever. Orange sucks.
Love the Blue jersey. Hate the Orange ones. Shame that they are ditching the Stanley Cup history of the team and going orange. I can live with it as a third occasionally, but not permanently.
Would also like to see the NHL go Whites for all home teams and colours for away team. Would be cool to see all the varying colours when a new team pays a visit.
Will be apples and oranges
That's the way I look at it too. The whites are actually my fav so as long as they stay I'm happy as a clam.Like the Orange and have been watching for 30+ years, as long as the blue makes a comeback in future seasons it's no big deal.
I am a bit surprised that many of you do not get it. There are ten teams or so in the NHL with blue jerseys. Orange is part of the Oilers heritage and is unique. You do not need to be a marketing genius to see the opportunities.
Completely agree.
Besides...Oil isn't orange. IIRC the only reason why the Oilers have the Orange and Blue colors are due to Husky Oil sponsoring the team way back when. Orange and Blue were the corporate colors for Husky.
The copper and blue in that photo were by far the classiest/sharpest jersey this team ever wore. No gaudy orange in sight. Also not a fan of the yolk on the shoulders.
As nice as they are I cant see Katz ever bringing back those Copper and Blue jerseys though. They are the jersey of a previous ownership group.
*Gulf Oil
From what i read/understand; the whole reason they have to abandon the Blue jersey is because the new jersey contract will only allow for 2 jerseys per team. No team will have a third jersey.
Now, could the Oilers do Orange and Dark Blue? yes. Technically if the league is ok with it (Nashville makes me think you dont specifically need white anymore as the base of the light jerseys. BUT nobody else uses "mustard" color in their jerseys...a point i will get to later).
The old rules of having a white jersey are from the days of Black and White TV in that spotty 10p resolution. You couldnt have 2 dark jerseys of different colors, or two light jerseys playing against eachother.
In todays era of TV i think we can scrap that BUT i think on the ice its less confusing for players peripheral (officials too where your brain sees an infraction in your peripheral and identifies a color...you turn your head and two guys are skating away but with same base colors?). Imagine Oilers Oranges playing the Islanders original....might be some passes to wrong players.
So it makes sense to stay with the trusted Whites versus darks... or darks versus skins, as my buddies and i like to call it. Nashville can get away with it because no other team likes to wear baby vomit.
That leads to the second part of the discussion...
why orange over blue?
I think Nicholson said it loud and clear. The past will be respected (and the Oranges are a salute to the very beginning of the Oilers franchise) but its time to mark the new era. That is what the Orange jerseys do.
My Weight era of Oilers hockey, that i grew up on is unique. That jersey will always be special to me and ended quickly after the 06 run. The pajamas followed.
I like the Oranges and i think it shows a new era quite well. Id love the Whites to use the old "red" logo but with Orange instead of Red. I think the NHL doesnt like the messing with logos though. If people are unfamiliar with it, it was just a rearrangement of the colors in the logo. that logo was a WHA jersey usage that gave a nod to the past OIL KINGS junior teams.
Oilers have, pajamas aside--which were forced by the nhl, a rich history in jerseys (also i eliminate the original mcfarlane third which was simply a cash grab very necessary in that financially crushing day)