Central Division De-Edge Vintage Jerseys

I'm back with part two of the vintage jersey program for my De-Edge series, this time for the Central Division.  Also, as you can see, the vintage header at the top of the page is now onto my shield logo.

Chicago Blackhawks Vintage Set:

The Blackhawks wore these jerseys won they won the Stanley Cup in 1961.

Colorado Avalanche Vintage Set:

These are the classic Avalanche jerseys, but specifically from 1999-2007 (darker shade of burgundy).  They won the Cup in 2001 wearing this set.

Dallas Stars Vintage Set:

The Stars wore these jerseys 1995-99.  The Stars won the Stanley Cup in 1999 when these were their home and road jerseys (although they did wear their third when they won the Cup).

Minnesota Wild Vintage Set:

These are the Wild's original jerseys.

Nashville Predators Vintage Set:

I also went with the Predator's original jerseys.

St. Louis Blues Vintage Set:

The Blues wore these jerseys from 1968-73.  The went to the Stanley Cup final three times during that time.

Winnipeg Jets Vintage Set:

This may surprise some people, but I went with the Jets current jerseys.  I wasn't going to throwback to the original Jets since they are a different franchise, so my only other option was Atlanta Thrashers jerseys.

Once again you can let me know if you think my choices are good or bad.  Thanks for visiting!

Winnipeg Jets De-Edge

Winnipeg Jets:

This concept is inspired by the old RCAF jerseys, and also a bit by the WHA Jets jerseys.  I wanted to further the military look created by the logo, so I used stencil numbers (that's also the reason I based this off of the RCAF jerseys).  I originally had a silver road jersey, but I soon realized that wouldn't work with a city famous for "white-outs".

Hard to believe I've already done all 30 teams.  This series has really motivated me to make concepts, it seems like whenever I had nothing to do I was making concepts.  In a couple of days I will have a bonus post, and then after that I plan on doing third jersey concepts for about half the teams.

Have a good day!

Jets Third

I am officially scraping the bottom of the barrel for ideas, with my recent BCHL concepts and now this.

Winnipeg Jets:

I took the stripes from the sleeves on their primary jerseys and used it throughout this concept.  Logos, fonts, and equipment are all the same as their current jerseys.   Like I said before, I'm running out of ideas.

What If? - Winnipeg Jets

As promised here is my what if post for the original Winnipeg Jets.  This post is a timeline about what they might have looked like if they never moved to Phoenix.  To see what they looked like before they moved check out both www.whauniforms.com and The Hockey Uniform Database.

1999-2007:  The Jets would keep their classic jerseys until 1999.  Before the 1999-2000 season the Jets would update their uniform's.  The blue became navy, silver was added to the colour scheme, and the striping pattern changed up a bit.  They would keep these jersey until the Reebok Edge takeover in 2007.

2007-2011:  A few changes were made to the jersey during the switch to the Reebok Edge cut.  Front numbers were added, the collar changed, and the armpits became silver.

2011 Heritage Classic:  The Winnipeg Jets hosted the Montreal Canadians in the 2011 Heritage Classic.  They wore replicas of their 1976 WHA uniforms, the first year they won the Avco Cup.

2011-Future:  The previous years Heritage Classic jersey becomes their full time third jersey.

Note:  This isn't necessarily what I would have wanted them to do, this is my prediction of what they could have looked like.

Final Three Teams

Here are the last three teams in the NHL Redesign.  There is one more NHL Redesign post left with a few bonus concepts.

Vancouver Canucks:  The Canucks are my favourite team, and these home and road concepts are my ideal jerseys for them.  They're an update of their 1972-78 jerseys, with a updated logo too (the logo is basically halfway between their old and new stick-in-the-rink logos).  The third jersey is green, with johnny as the logo, and a V-pattern on the sleeves.

Washington Capitals:  I changed up their home and road a bit, getting rid of the side-panels.  I then included a throwback red third jersey.  I was considering a blue jersey with the weagle logo, but I couldn't get it to look right.

Winnipeg Jets:  I went with a military theme for the home and road, with the chevrons on the sleeve and the stencil name and numbers.  The home jersey is also the lighter blue, because I thought it provided better contrast with the logo.  The third jersey is inspired by the WHA Jets 1975-77 blue jersey.

So that's all 30 teams completed.  Anyone have a favourite concept?  Anyone think I messed up a team?  Let me know.

My Concept History

A special post today about the history of my concepts.  The execution is pretty bad on some of these, but please don't laugh.

I first starting making concepts near the end of 2009, when my local minor hockey association got new jerseys.  These "concepts" were basically me recolouring jersey from The Hockey Uniform Database, like this Team USA concept from January 2010.

A few months later I found the website Icethetics, and I took someone's concept to make a better template.  Here is a St. Louis Blues concept I made in May 2010, using that template.

Later that year I found a cleaner template, and decided to attempt an NHL series.  That series was very incomplete, I only made concepts for about half the teams, and many of the concepts were incomplete.  This Canucks concept from July 2010, and this Ducks concept from November 2010, are from that NHL series.

By the beginning of 2011 I had started using a brand new template.  This new template was a lot harder to use, but I thought it looked better.  I also didn't put numbers on my jerseys, because the numbers for the other template were to small.  This Predators jersey from February 2011, was my prediction of what their new jerseys for 2011-12 would look like.

I was still using the older template as well, and in March, when it looked like the Coyotes might move to Winnipeg, I sent Icethetics this concept.  This was my first concept posted on the Internet.

Image from Icethetics

Then two months later, when we knew the Thrashers were moving to Winnipeg, I sent in this concept to Hockey Jersey Concepts.  This was my first concept on HJC.

By summer 2011 I almost quit making concepts.  It just took too much time to create a concept on the template I was using.  Finally, by the end of August, I decided to switch back to my old template, and use my name and number on the back to save time.  I also made an attempt at an NHL series.  This Sabres concept from September 2011 was from that series (which I didn't complete).

For Christmas 2011 I got a new Laptop, and downloaded Paint.net (previously I was using MS Paint).  I also added a double outline to my concepts, and started posting concepts to CCSLC.  This Stars concept was from January 2012.

Most recently I started another NHL series, which I will complete, and I started this blog.  I hope you enjoyed reading about the history of my concepts.  The next NHL Redesign will be posted in a few days.