News Article: Preds 2020 WINTER CLASSIC

[King Weber]

I think it's the whiskers and red tongue that give it the Panthers flavor.

Anyway, i'm seeing comments that since the shoulder is a variation on the main logo (Preds head) that the front of the jersey will likely be a script "Predators", which could really make it a nice set.

Something like this?

Concept: Southern Classic | icethetics.com

 

[FilthyScoresberg]

Well, I’m buying a Duchene Winter Classic jersey regardless, so it’s a good thing I kinda like it.

 

[hockey diva]

It’s not horrible but...

Why is it so bloody hard to design a decent logo for the NHL?!

The new Canes jerseys are horrid and boring.

 

[PredsV82]

It's polarizing. I see people who love it and people who hate it. Not much middle ground though. Just going to have to let it marinate and see how the rest of the sweater looks. Wonder if they're going Dixie Flyers style on the front since this is on the shoulder?

The lines on our logos have always been sharp. This one looks "furry" and therefore like too many generic college football Wildcat/Tiger logos

 

[LCPreds]

It's so funny how opinions can vary so wildly on something like this. I want a white jersey with some variation of that logo. It doesn't look at all like the Panthers to me. Frankly I want it to be pretty different from our usual style.

 

[nine_inch_fang]

The lines on our logos have always been sharp. This one looks "furry" and therefore like too many generic college football Wildcat/Tiger logos

Were they maybe going for a college fb look?

 

[PredsV82]

Were they maybe going for a college fb look?

With the game in Texas that would make sense.

 

[sparkle twin]

It's ok. For a shoulder patch.



The picture in this thread and everything the Preds put out over social media has the logo facing the way our regular pred head faces.

All the t-shirts the players were wearing and all the merchandise with the logo have the logo facing the other way.

Which is it?

 

[AdmiralsFan24]

Why do teams insist on putting a fire emoji for a tweet on uniforms? These are not "lit" and even if they are, let the fans decide how lit they are. Doing it on your own is pathetic and can backfire if the logo is total garbage. This one isn't that but it's not good either.

 

[AintLifeGrand]

This logo is absolutely electric and I wish they make it the main sweater crest

Loving the classic college / high school vibes ... so appropriate with the culture of Dixie

 

[BigFatCat999]

You need two different facing heads because of two shoulders and $ says Dixie flyers inspired. Also better than ads

 

[Flgatorguy87]

Read a few theories on twitter than said they will have font only on the front of the jersey, inspired by the Dixie Flyers.

 

[sparkle twin]

You need two different facing heads because of two shoulders and $ says Dixie flyers inspired. Also better than ads

Oh, duh, lol. Yeah, that makes sense. I was thinking just one shoulder and something else on the other. I didn't even think about it being on both. Blame it on the heat yesterday!

 

[BigFatCat999]

Oh, duh, lol. Yeah, that makes sense. I was thinking just one shoulder and something else on the other. I didn't even think about it being on both. Blame it on the heat yesterday!

THERE IS NO EXCUSE!!! J/k it’s the same with flags on a soldier’s arms

 

[AtlantaWhaler]

I think it’s awesome.

 

[Kebs]

For those saying it looks like a High School/College Football logo you are right. If you skip towards the end of the video Sean Henry repeats that several times talking about the logo. Also keep in mind that we are the road team and the jersey is probably going to white.

I personally love it. I can't wait to score a hat with the logo on it. Looks for the primary crest to be a word mark btw.

 

[Kebs]

Men's Nashville Predators Fanatics Branded Gold 2020 Winter Classic Primary Logo T-Shirt

More than likely the word mark for the front of the jersey

 

[Predsanddead24]

Men's Nashville Predators Fanatics Branded Gold 2020 Winter Classic Primary Logo T-Shirt

More than likely the word mark for the front of the jersey

So almost guarantees that it'll be a Dixie Flyers inspired jersey. I think it's cool that it seems like they are trying to tie the jerseys into the history of hockey in Nashville rather than going with a faux retro look.

 

[Armourboy]

The theme behind the Dallas logo I think pretty much guarantees it's the old Dixie Flyers uniform.

 

[Stephen]

That retro college look gives the Preds head a like Original 6 ish vibe. Really nice.

 

[AintLifeGrand]

Main logo should incorporate a sytlized outline of Tennessee

 

[NoNecksCurse]

jerseys should be released sometime around the second week of November if it follows the date of last years jersey release and winter classic. I wish it was sooner.

 

[OriginalName]

I know that it's a real nitpick, but I don't think they made a good design choice with how they filled in the space between the fangs and the open mouth. It muddies up the design by making you have to look at it for an extra second to separate the foreground and the background, which is work that a cleanly-designed logo should do for you. As it is, upon first view it's a big navy blue blob that tasks the viewer with figuring out which part of that blob is and isn't the tiger -- not that doing that takes the eye more than a second to figure out, but it keeps the design from having that instant recognition factor that an ideal logo's meant to provide.

Every Predators logo up until now has left that space subtracted to differentiate between foreground and background and emphasize the fangs -- the original, the current, the mustard, the skull patch... all of them. The fangs are the distinctive visual element of our mascot -- the negative space is what makes them pop out at you, and every design up until now has utilized that.

I did this real quick and dirty in about a minute with Microsoft Paint, but hopefully this'll illustrate my point.

 

[Roman Yoshi]

I know that it's a real nitpick, but I don't think they made a good design choice with how they filled in the space between the fangs and the open mouth. It muddies up the design by making you have to look at it for an extra second to separate the foreground and the background, which is work that a cleanly-designed logo should do for you. As it is, upon first view it's a big navy blue blob that tasks the viewer with figuring out which part of that blob is and isn't the tiger -- not that doing that takes the eye more than a second to figure out, but it keeps the design from having that instant recognition factor that an ideal logo's meant to provide.

Every Predators logo up until now has left that space subtracted to differentiate between foreground and background and emphasize the fangs -- the original, the current, the mustard, the skull patch... all of them. The fangs are the distinctive visual element of our mascot -- the negative space is what makes them pop out at you, and every design up until now has utilized that.

I did this real quick and dirty in about a minute with Microsoft Paint, but hopefully this'll illustrate my point.

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While i still don't love it, that change alone makes it significantly better.

 

[GoldOnGold]

Potential full logo-