Winter Classic Prediction

2016 Winter Classic:

For the 2016 NHL Winter Classic I'm predicting that the Bruins will wear a yellow fauxback jersey, while the Canadiens will wear a white throwback jersey.  The striping for the Bruins jersey is inspired by the socks they wore from 1939-67, and the Canadiens jersey is from 1941-44.

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Guest Concepts, and a Canadiens Concept

Calgary Flames, by Scott D:

Hello folks, we have four concepts for today's post, starting with this Flames concept by Scott.  He removes black from their colour scheme, and uses the darker red they used in the Heritage Classic.  Both of those choices are great in my opinion.  I also really like the pants stripe, it's a cool nod to the pants the Flames wore from 1995-2000, and it looks really good.  The striping on the jersey also looks really good, but it's also a bit generic.  The striping is similar to a Stars concept Scott previously sent in, and it's somewhat similar to his Jets concept from a few days ago (all three have sleeve and hem stripes that use a double stripe pattern, and a coloured yoke on the white jersey).  I'd suggest adding the cowboy-shirt-style yoke from the Flames current third jersey, or some other element that's specific to the Flames to make the striping look less generic.  Even with that complaint, this is still a great concept.
Grade:  A

Original Six Concepts, by Jared:

We also have some original six concepts by Jared.  These jerseys look all look to be inspired by retro jerseys, but with a some changes.  The biggest issue here is that the photo was taking from too far away, and that combined with the lack of detail in these hand drawn concepts makes it impossible for me to tell exactly what I'm looking at (like for example, I can't tell what logo is used on Chicago's jerseys).

2018 All-Star Classic, by Jared:

Jared also sent in these concepts for a new event he calls the All-Star Classic, which would replace the All-Star game in Olympic years.  The jerseys look good, they have a good classic-looking striping pattern, and I like the football style numbers on the front.  Also the flags are a cool touch, but I'm not a fan of using the player's NHL team socks, I think a logo would be a better way of representing the player's teams.  Another issue is that both jerseys are white, which would cause confusion when trying to tell the two teams apart.  Execution is also a problem for these hand drawn concepts, but I've already discussed those issues in previous posts.

Montreal Canadiens:

This concept is kind of an updated to the Canadiens De-Edge concept I made last year.  I took the white jersey from that set, made a few changes, and then created a new matching home jersey.  Also, in other news, I've made a minor change to my template.  I've removed the Reebok tag from the inside of the collar, because on a recent HJC post Ryan mentioned that jerseys used in NHL games don't have that Reebok tag, so it doesn't really make sense to include it on concepts.

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Atlantic Division De-Edge Vintage Jerseys

Here are the vintage jerseys for the final eight team's in my De-Edge series.

Boston Bruins Vintage Set:

The Bruins won two Stanley Cups (including Bobby Orr's famous flying in the air goal), while wearing these jerseys.

Buffalo Sabres Vintage Set:

These are the Sabres original jerseys.

Detroit Red Wings Vintage Set:

The Red Wings wore this set from 1948-61, and during that time they won four Cups (1950, 1952, 1954, 1955).

Florida Panthers Vintage Set:

These are the original uniforms for the Panthers.  They also went to the Stanley Cup final wearing these in 1996.

Montreal Canadiens Vintage Set:

This set is from 1966-70.  During that time the Canadiens won three Cups (1966, 1968, 1969).

Ottawa Senators Vintage Set:

Ottawa wore this set from 1997-99.

Tampa Bay Lightning Vintage Set:

The Lightning won the Stanley Cup in 2004 wearing these jerseys.

Toronto Maple Leafs Vintage Set:

This set dates back to 1962-63, a year when the Leafs won the Cup.

My De-Edge series is now finished.  All the jerseys can be found on the NHL De-Edge series page, which you can get to by clicking the image on the right side of the page, or by clicking this link right here.

So what's next for this blog?  There will still be concepts by me, they just won't be part of a series.  I will also still be posting any concepts that are sent in to me, and I will probably being doing more jersey review posts (like the Stadium Series jerseys, Olympic jerseys, etc).  Also starting tomorrow I will have a Christmas design applied to the blog, and then in the new year I might update the blog's design a bit.

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Montreal Canadiens De-Edge

We're halfway done this De-Edge series, or at least we're halfway done the primary jerseys, I'll likely do third jerseys after I've finished every team.  Also if this Canadiens home jersey looks familiar, it's because CCSLC member bigred618 had basically the same idea.  I swear though, I had made this concept before he posted his concept, but since I'm trying to go in alphabetical order I hadn't posted it yet.

Montreal Canadiens:

The Canadiens are often called the "bleu, blanc et rouge", so I thought I would make a jersey that was part bleu, part blanc, and part rouge (blue, white, and red if you don't speak french).  Then the road jersey is basically the striping from the home jersey shrunk down into sleeve and chest stripes.

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Wild Canadien Predators

As promised here are the next three teams in the NHL Redesign.  I'm almost done all the concepts for this series, with just a few teams left to complete.


Minnesota Wild:  In my opinion the Wild had the perfect set from 2003-07, so all I did was edgify those jerseys.  I know it's a boring concept but I think it's the best option.

Montreal Canadiens:  The home and roads are based off of their 1977-97 jerseys.  For the third jersey I used blue as the primary colour, with striping inspired by the home (without the chest-stripe).  You'll notice the logo in the arm-bands, which is inspired by their 1924-25 jersey.

Nashville Predators: I made minor changes to the home and roads, mostly removing the piping.  I then added a blue third jersey, which features a sublimated checkered-pattern in the striping.

Up next are the New York teams; the Devils, Islanders, and Rangers.