It is so obvious to me that those uniforms are head and shoulders just plain better than the standard ones that I can't believe Chipman can fail to see it.
I remember thinking when I first heard of Jets 2.0 colour scheme that it sounded a little drab. But when I saw them for the first time I was pleasantly surprised. I am not a hater of the standard Jets 2.0 uniforms. But these are just so effing gorgeous!
I could see tinkering with them a bit so that the new standard would not be identical to the HC ones. Maybe a different logo patch which could be this,
or not. Maybe a little different striping on the pants, etc. But basically this.
Could be a money maker. Drop the Aviator 3rd jersey (sorry all you who purchased one of them). Next HC jersey would be based on the current Jets 2.0 jersey, a flashback to 2011.
Then, in a couple of years come out with a new 3rd jersey based on these, like maybe a red based version, for instance.
I do have 1 problem with the 'home' blue HC jerseys. I find the red numbers hard to read on TV in any wider shots. Fine when they move in closer. Maybe a slightly wider band of white outline would fix that. But if that can't be fixed, I can live with squinting a bit to figure out that Scheifele is still 55, not 99.
Oh , welcome to Winnipeg Nick Shore , if you are wondering what that weird smell is that's the smell of a winner , i know you wouldn't have smelt that before coming from Toronto .
GO JETS GO !!!
