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.

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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.

San Jose Sharks De-Edge

The Sharks are the next team in my De-Edge series, so I thought this would be a good time to provide a brief review of their new look.  I like that they eliminated one of the orange stripes from the sleeve and sock stripes, it makes those stripes slightly more interesting.  I also like the removal of the shoulder yoke, without it the jersey is less busy.  The updated numbers are also an improvement, and I don't even mind the front numbers anymore without the shoulder yoke to crowd them.  The one thing I don't like is the removal of the hem stripes.  Some jerseys look good without hem stripes (like the Sharks third jersey), but I don't like how it looks in this situation.  Overall I would say this was a lateral move.

San Jose Sharks:

This is a combination of my favourite stuff from different Sharks jerseys.  Most noticeably the shoulder/sleeve design from their 1998-2007 jerseys, and the striping pattern from their 2007-2013 jerseys.

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