Coyotes Guest Concept

Phoenix Coyotes, by Ricky:

Ricky sent in this concept for the Coyotes.  If I understand correctly, he was trying to make a jersey as crazy as the Coyotes 1998-2003 third jersey, but the end result is not good.  I'm sorry but I can't find a single thing I like about this concept.  The colours used look bad together, the hem stripe is too detailed and doesn't look good cutting across the side panels, and the logo doesn't work as a primary logo in my opinion.  My suggestion would be to just scrap this concept and start over.

That's all for today, come back tomorrow for more of the vintage jersey program part of my De-Edge series, and then later in the week there will be more concepts by Ricky.

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!

Pacific Division De-Edge Vintage Jerseys

It's vintage week on SG-94!  Each day this week I'll be bringing back a header (design at top of blog) that I've previously used, and today's is the first header used on this blog.  There were seven different headers I used before I switched to this blog template, so come back each day to see all seven old designs.  The headers are un-altered, besides being extended sideways to fit the current blog template.

Also I'm bringing back the NHL's vintage jersey program for my De-Edge series, but this time it will include all 30 teams, and I've made a few rules for myself.  Fist of all I can't alter anything, the jerseys have to be true throwbacks (not fauxbacks like the recent Winter Classics).  Also both the home and road jerseys must be from the same year.  Speaking of home and road jerseys, I made the home jerseys the light colour and road jerseys dark.  And this isn't really a rule, but I tried to throwback to jerseys teams had success in.

Anaheim Ducks Vintage Set:

These are the jerseys the Ducks wore during their trip to the Stanley Cup final in 2003.

Calgary Flames Vintage Set:

The Flames wore these jerseys when they won the Stanley Cup in 1989.

Edmonton Oilers Vintage Set:

This is the classic Gretzky-era Oilers set.

Los Angeles Kings Vintage Set:

This is the Kings original jersey design, but specifically this set was from 1979-80 (no gold pants but with player names).  The Kings now have five jerseys in my De-Edge series, and none of them are white.

Phoenix Coyotes Vintage Set:

These are the Coyotes original jerseys.

San Jose Sharks Vintage Set:

I also went with the Sharks original jerseys.

Vancouver Canucks Vintage Set:

For the Canucks I went back to the jerseys they wore when they went to the Stanley Cup final in 1994.

Feel free to let me know want you think of my choices for each team.  Have a good day!

Guest Concepts: Islanders, Sharks, and Flames

I'm not ready to post the next part of my De-Edge series yet (hopefully it will be ready by this weekend), but we do have three guest concepts by Ricky.

New York Islanders, by Ricky:

We'll start off with this Islanders concept, which is Ricky's entry into HJC's Make The Fishsticks Logo Look Good Competition.  There are two things that I really like about this concept, and there are two things that I don't like.  First of all, the fact that the primary colour is orange is great.  I also love the shoulder yoke design, it's a unique feature that looks good, something that is not easy to do.  I don't like the use of the Ottawa/Pittsburgh/Old-Tampa-Bay template, it doesn't necessarily look that bad, but it is a very overused template in the NHL.  I also don't like the gold added to the logo, I understand why it was done (the stereotypical raincoat is yellow), but I personally don't think it looks good.

San Jose Sharks, by Ricky:

Ricky's second concept is also an orange jersey, but this time it's for the Sharks.  The striping is pretty good, I like the unique side panels.  The one issue I have with the striping is that the sleeve-length-stripes are cut off by a shoulder-yoke, which I don't think looks good.  I also think the TV numbers are too big, and the player name isn't very readable the way it is now.

Calgary Flames, by Ricky:

For his final concept today, Ricky designs a black jersey for the Flames.  The colour balance is really good, with yellow being used more in the stripes, and red being used for the yokes and numbers.  That being said, I think the red names and numbers would be hard to read.  My suggestion would be to make the names and numbers yellow, but then make the stripes mostly red to keep the good colour balance.  I do like the logo choices, but I don't like bringing back the flaming C captain's patch.

Thanks for visiting.