Hurricanes Fix and Sabres De-Edge Third

Carolina Hurricanes, by Scott D:

We begin today with a Hurricanes concept by Scott, who runs his own blog called The Concept Corner.  This concept proves that the Hurricanes could have gone with a classic look, while still keeping the hurricane-flag pattern.  Scott has actually used more of that pattern than the Hurricanes ever did, by putting it on the sleeves and also on the pants, which I think is a good idea.  I do miss the unique shoulder yoke on the road jersey, and I also prefer the Hurricanes in red pants because I think red pants help set them apart from other red and black teams.  Those two issues are just personal preferences though, there is nothing wrong with the way they are now.  Overall I think Scott did a great job fixing the Hurricanes new jersey.

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Buffalo Sabres Third:

I used a yellow road jersey for the Sabres, so I decided to give them a white third jersey (since they have always had a white jersey).  The striping is inspired by the home and road jerseys from this series, but with a shoulder yoke and only one set of stripes on the sleeves.  The fonts, pants and gloves are the same as with the home and road jerseys, but there are new white helmets and socks.

Full Set:

Here is a look at the full set.

Enjoy the rest of your day!

Bruins De-Edge Third

Boston Bruins Third:

This is basically a yellow version of the home and road jerseys, but the "B" escapes from the spokes.  I did this because I wanted the Bruins to have a yellow jersey, but I wanted to keep the traditional Bruins look.  To fit in with the rest of this series, this would actually be a light coloured jersey (hence the yellow helmet), and it would be worn against other team's home jerseys (similar to Toronto's white third jersey from a few years ago).  Pants and gloves are the same as the primary jerseys (and really the socks are the same as the home jersey), but there is a new helmet.

Full Set:

Here is a look at the full set.

Thanks for visiting.

Battalion and Ducks De-Edge Third

North Bay Battalion, by Alan:

We start off today with a North Bay Battalion concept by Alan.  He has created a great new set of logos based off of the team's current script (you can read his description on the concept itself).  Those logos are paired with classy yet some what modern looking jerseys.  For the most part I really like the jerseys, but I kind of think the green jersey could use some black on the sleeves.  I don't know if the black would work on the top part of the sleeves, but it might work on the bottom part of the sleeves (or it might be best the way it is).  Overall, I think these are much better than North Bay's current uniforms.  If you want to see more of Alan's work check out his blog AJH Hockey Jersey Art.

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Anaheim Ducks Third:

The striping pattern I used for the third jersey here is similar to the home and road, except the striping is angled not curved, there are hem stripes instead of side panels, and orange is continued to the bottom.  If you look at all the socks in the image below you might get a better idea of what I mean.  I used the recoloured Mighty Ducks logo as the main logo, and the D-foot logo as the shoulder patch.  The fonts, pants, and gloves are the same as the primary jerseys, but there is a new helmet.

Full Set:

Here is a look at the full set.

Have a good day!

Aces and De-Edge Extras

As promised here is the bonus De-Edge post, but first I have a guest concept by Jake88.

Alaska Aces, by Jake88:

To start off I think the home and road are great.  The alterations made to the old Flyers and Thrasers template look good, and it gives the Aces their own distinct look.  The number font also works well with the Aces' logos.  The third jersey isn't as good in my opinion, simply because it's just a recolour of the Flames jerseys.  If you made some alterations to that template, like you did with the home and road, I think it could be much better.  Also I want to mention Jake's concept blog Jake88JerseyConcepts, check it out if you haven't already.

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I've added a page for all the De-Edge concepts, like I did for my NHL and IIHF redesigns.  To get there click on the NHL De-Edge Series image on the right hand side of the page (or on this link right here NHL De-Edge Series).

Sleeve and overhead views:

I didn't start using the side view of the sleeve right away, and I only used the overhead view for Tampa Bay, so here are some team's I missed at first but thought benefited from these extra views.

Versus:  Here are what some match-ups would look like using jerseys from this series.  I tried to pair up rivals the best I could, but eventually I ran out of rivals.

And like I said on Thursday, I'm not done this series yet, I'm still going to do third jersey concepts for about half of the teams.

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!

Washington Capitals De-Edge

Washington Capitals:

I really like the Capitals current modern looking jerseys, so for this concept I wanted to keep a modern feel.  I started off with the side-panels from the front of the Sharks 1998-2007 uniforms, and then built the rest of the jersey based off of that.  I used the Weagle logo as the main logo, and kept their current name and number fonts.  I also added stars to the sleeves and pants, like the Capitals had on their original uniforms.

Only one more team left.

Vancouver Canucks De-Edge

Vancouver Canucks:

For this concept I modernized the Canucks 1970-72 jerseys.  I added a silver outline on the striping to match the logos, along with a few other changes.  I know this isn't as creative as some other concepts in this series, but as a Canucks fan I find it hard to make creative concepts that I would actually want the Canucks to wear.

Thanks for visiting.

Toronto Maple Leafs De-Edge

I'm sure most of you have already seen this, but Icethetics is reporting that Canada may have a black third jersey.  The cool thing is that Chris asked me to do the mock-ups for the article.  If you haven't seen it yet, click the link above.

Toronto Maple Leafs:

I didn't change much for the Leafs.  The logos, name and number fonts are all the same, and the only change I made to the equipment was adding a single stripe to the pants (like what they wear with their third jersey).  The striping also looks somewhat similar but that was unintentional, it is actually inspired by their logo.  To show you what I mean I created the image below.

As you can see in the image above, the three white spaces in the striping line up with the words in their logo.  The thin blue stripes line up with the spaces between the words, and the bottom thick blue stripe lines up with the space below the words.

Hopefully that description wasn't too confusing.  Have a good day!

Tampa Bay Lightning De-Edge

Tampa Bay Lightning:

I was a big fan of Tampa Bay's original uniforms, so I used them as inspiration for this concept.  I also used lots of angles, because I think they complement the Lightning's logo (as you can see I brought back their old logo).

Top View:

I included a side view of the sleeve in the concept above, but I also thought I would post this top view to give you a better idea of the design of the shoulder yoke.

St. Louis Blues De-Edge

St. Louis Blues:

I wanted to try a super-sized shoulder yoke in this series, and since all of my favourite Blues jerseys have had shoulder yokes (and I didn't have any other ideas for them) I decided to try it on a Blues jersey.  At first I tried it styled after their 1968-84 white jersey, but I didn't like the way the blue jersey looked, so it ended up being styled after their 1998-2007 jerseys.  I also slightly changed the logo, getting rid of one of the outlines.

Thanks for visiting.

Wild Review and a Guest Concept

Photo from wild.nhl.com

The Wild unveiled their new road jersey this past Sunday (actually they leaked it on Saturday), and I'm a big fan of the new look.  I was also a big fan of their previous road jersey, so I was nervous the new jersey would be a downgrade, but it wasn't.  I was most nervous that they might remove their awesome bear-head logo from the front of the sweater, so I was very glad to see it was still there.  The new striping pattern also looks good, and it fits in with their third jersey.  One thing that seemed a bit unpopular was the red numbers, but I actually like them, they make the jerseys more interesting and it fits with their logo nicely.  I'm not going to call this an improvement over their last jersey, but their old jersey had been around for a while so I am glad they made this change.

SG-94 Concept, by Jake88:

Jake88 sent in this awesome concept for the blog.  I love the striping pattern used here, it works great with the logo in my opinion.  I also like how the logo is on a green background on both jerseys, because I think this logo looks best on that colour background.  I have no complaints about this concept at all.