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 Post subject: New uniforms!
PostPosted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 12:33 pm 
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Look pretty much the same as the old uniforms!

https://twitter.com/CanesChantel/status ... 28/photo/1

Wish they had just changed the main logo outright.


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 Post subject: Re: New uniforms!
PostPosted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:23 pm 
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Hello Chantel McCabe.

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 Post subject: Re: New uniforms!
PostPosted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 1:36 pm 
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Away jersey is very Blackhawks.

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 Post subject: Re: New uniforms!
PostPosted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 2:58 pm 
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Looks more "Canadian national team" to me than anything. Gimmicky as they were, I kind of liked the storm-warning flags. Now it's rather generic.

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 Post subject: Re: New uniforms!
PostPosted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 3:17 pm 
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Jyrki21 wrote:
Looks more "Canadian national team" to me than anything. Gimmicky as they were, I kind of liked the storm-warning flags. Now it's rather generic.


Agreed. As I said on Twitter, they took away the best part of the uniform (the Hurricane warning flags, which I assume is where they got the red/black color scheme to begin with) and kept the worst part (the main logo, which looks like Zeus's butthole).

I'm reading the crest on front is made of a more "flexible" material, which is kinda silly. I've never heard a hockey player complain about the logo on the front of his jersey not being flexible enough.


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 Post subject: Re: New uniforms!
PostPosted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 5:08 pm 
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I'm reading the crest on front is made of a more "flexible" material, which is kinda silly. I've never heard a hockey player complain about the logo on the front of his jersey not being flexible enough.

Did you ever hear of one complaining that he feels he could go 9% faster if not for his pesky, jagged jersey? :lol:

I actually like the Hurricanes' logo, because it is relatively simple. It was of course tough to follow in the steps of The Most Ingenious Sports Logo of All Time™, but considering every '90s-onward logo has been insanely detailed, it's kind of nice to have one you can draw – without an intimate knowledge of shadowing effects, aerodynamics, perspective or a copy of the Da Vinci Code.

The other thing I noticed was the disappearance of a shoulder patch. Perhaps these are only early models and one will be added, but it's really surprising to see a missed merchandising opportunity in 2013.

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 Post subject: Re: New uniforms!
PostPosted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:20 pm 
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Friend of mine who works for ESPN's graphics dept says most teams are going with more simplistic logos as people view more "news" and such on phones & other tiny screens. Bolts logo is perfect example, and when he explained it to me, after I said it was too simplistic.

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 Post subject: Re: New uniforms!
PostPosted: Tue Jun 04, 2013 7:31 pm 
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Chris18 wrote:
Friend of mine who works for ESPN's graphics dept says most teams are going with more simplistic logos as people view more "news" and such on phones & other tiny screens. Bolts logo is perfect example, and when he explained it to me, after I said it was too simplistic.


Given the ever-increasing resolution and detail for devices like that, I don't believe that for an instant. To me it appears to be a natural backlash to the way-too-ornate designs of the '90s. More and more you see teams adopting retro looks after stints with positively garish uniforms. The best example is the NBA--hardly any team still has the same look they sported in the '90s.

The only example I can think of where media directly affected a team's look was the L.A. Rams, who switched from blue/gold to blue/white for a time because it looked better on black-and-white television.


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 Post subject: Re: New uniforms!
PostPosted: Wed Jun 05, 2013 12:27 am 
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ok, don't believe me. see if I care!

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 Post subject: Re: New uniforms!
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Chris18 wrote:
ok, don't believe me. see if I care!

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Chris, are... are you... crying?

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 Post subject: Re: New uniforms!
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Jyrki21 wrote:
Chris18 wrote:
ok, don't believe me. see if I care!

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Chris, are... are you... crying?

:cry: who me? no. There's something in my eye.

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