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I feel like that’s basically what I just said
Though the only thing I’d change is that the road team travels on their road trip with whatever color Jersey they want.. and the home team accommodates.
Should the NHL adopt the NBA's new jersey system?
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I feel like that’s basically what I just said
Though the only thing I’d change is that the road team travels on their road trip with whatever color Jersey they want.. and the home team accommodates.
Rangerboy030
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This should absolutely not be allowed. The NHL isn't allowed to be fun. It's super serious. We're the most serious sport there is. Get pucks in deep. Shots on net. I am a plank of wood.
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Those look like the really old NHL all-star game jerseys that were used from the early 70s to 1993.
As for the OP, no need.
Rcknrollkillnmachine
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I wonder how many hockey fans are on the NBA equivalent of this forum telling them where they are going wrong.
I see adverts as inevitable on jerseys (not to the extent as in Europe) but NBA/soccer shirts where teams have countless varieties in the colour schemes should be avoided. If you love your team you bleed their colours. Not a one-off time coloured shirt with no relevancy to the team nor the city/region and history it comes from.
NHL is a niche sport pulling in millions worldwide and so far largely without this 'casual fan' phenomenon that folks keep bringing up. If anything that's impressive. ESPN deal might be a shrewd move in future to pull in new fans but otherwise it stands on its own fine.
I see adverts as inevitable on jerseys (not to the extent as in Europe) but NBA/soccer shirts where teams have countless varieties in the colour schemes should be avoided. If you love your team you bleed their colours. Not a one-off time coloured shirt with no relevancy to the team nor the city/region and history it comes from.
NHL is a niche sport pulling in millions worldwide and so far largely without this 'casual fan' phenomenon that folks keep bringing up. If anything that's impressive. ESPN deal might be a shrewd move in future to pull in new fans but otherwise it stands on its own fine.
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yukoner88
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Too late, the NBA is where Bettman came from when he was hired to be the commissioner
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DrMartinVanNostrand
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It's not a good idea. I don't even necessarily mind the idea of teams having another sweater at their disposal, but the reason why the NHL went back to dark home/white road is because bringing the uniform equipment for multiple sets is a pain in the ass. There's much more involved in it with hockey than there is in basketball. That's also why color vs. color has never really taken off, either. In soccer leagues (in league play, anyway), you usually play one home game -> one road game -> one home game, etc., and even if you do play two games back-to-back on the road, there are several days between games. It's much easier to make color vs. color work in that sport. In basketball, again, much less equipment to carry, so you can make it work there as well. It's just not as feasible in hockey.
Lightning should definitely slap their current logo on the Retro Reverse and make that the alternate sweater, though, and bring back the home and aways from that set and call it a day. So much better.
Lightning should definitely slap their current logo on the Retro Reverse and make that the alternate sweater, though, and bring back the home and aways from that set and call it a day. So much better.
DrMartinVanNostrand
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I feel like that’s basically what I just said
Though the only thing I’d change is that the road team travels on their road trip with whatever color Jersey they want.. and the home team accommodates.
Something feels backwards to me about making the home team accommodate to the road team's uniform choices. It's your arena, your fans, you should be able to wear what you want.
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Absolutely not. Next.
The NHL should go back to wearing white at home and darks on the road. Not sure what genius thought it was good for fans to never see opposing team's bright, fun colors in person, but it was a horrible idea. Home fans know what their team's colorful jersey looks like -- give them a chance to experience other teams' so they can be motivated to buy them.
The NHL should go back to wearing white at home and darks on the road. Not sure what genius thought it was good for fans to never see opposing team's bright, fun colors in person, but it was a horrible idea. Home fans know what their team's colorful jersey looks like -- give them a chance to experience other teams' so they can be motivated to buy them.
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Once the NHL starts selling ad space on the jerseys and the jerseys start to look like European league jerseys, will it even matter any more?
Soon you'll have pink jersey day for breast cancer, rainbow jersey for pride day, green jerseys for saint pattys day, black jerseys for BLM.
The Oregon Ducks model plus European advertisement style is probably the way all sports are going in the next 10-20 years. More trash to sell and more advertising dollars to gain. And people will buy them.
Now if it were up to me, teams would have a home and away with one alternate and no advertisements on their jerseys at all. But it's not up to me, it's up to the bean counters in the league offices.
Either way, the NHL will go in the direction of where the money is.
Also f*** the NBA. The NBA, its cyclical bandwagon/fair weather fans, and its players are literal cancer. Unrelated but I stopped watching the NBA after LeVoldemort created that super team in Miami. League quality has been absolute shit tier since then.
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Golden_Jet
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No. Emphatically no.
NHL teams have too many jerseys now and "update" them with minor cosmetic changes too often. Fewer alternates and less changes would be better.
The NBA is a farce.
NHL teams have too many jerseys now and "update" them with minor cosmetic changes too often. Fewer alternates and less changes would be better.
The NBA is a farce.
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I'm going with a hell yea, I am totally on board with the league doing this.
Variety is good. Keeping things fresh is good. Yeah, stick to your basic home and away every year, but I don't give a shit if teams want to have 4 or 5 different alternate looks that change up every year. Sports are supposed to be fun, lets have some fun with it.
And nothing cracks me up more than talking about the sacred looks of teams. Reminds me of the aneurysms that people had over the Canes audacity to clap in a circle after a win.
Variety is good. Keeping things fresh is good. Yeah, stick to your basic home and away every year, but I don't give a shit if teams want to have 4 or 5 different alternate looks that change up every year. Sports are supposed to be fun, lets have some fun with it.
And nothing cracks me up more than talking about the sacred looks of teams. Reminds me of the aneurysms that people had over the Canes audacity to clap in a circle after a win.
NO. I'm only smart enough to remember 3 colors and I don't appreciate being intentionally confused by the NHL, especially since I'm a real fan.
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