There was some confusion in last week's NHL JerseyWatch update as to whether the Islanders would be altering or even dropping their new black third jersey. They put the rumors to bed with a tweet from their official Twitter account, but that doesn't mean we can't improve the jersey on the Concepts page. Matt Marczel has this to offer.
Hey, look! It's a Monday without an L.A. Kings concept. Weird. Seriously though, I wanted to go with a team we haven't had a concept for yet. And this one by Todd Omotani for the Calgary Flames is pretty cool, even if it wouldn't necessarily work in a game situation. Way too dark. It looks great. All the black and grey really make the red and yellow stand out. Looks a lot more fiery.
It's been eight months since this was posted, but Todd felt like creating a revised version based on reader feedback. Enjoy!
The Vancouver Canucks are starring on the back half of this Retro Weekend. That's mainly because today is my wife's birthday and she likes the Canucks and Cory Schneider. And this is the only way I'll ever get her to look at the site. As luck would have it, Jared Pozzobon has just the ticket. So happy birthday to her! To the rest of you, how do you like this modernization of a very 1990s Canucks jersey?
It's a Retro Weekend so Micah Loyed is digging up the past with his New York Americans concept, which is absolutely superb, in my view. I'm especially enjoying the secondary logo. But overall, I like the simplistic look. More NHL teams could stand to look this good.
Ross Taylor continues to surprise week after week with his Freak Out Friday series. Just when you thought there are no more teams left to do, he finds another. This time it's the Buffalo Sabres, who've endured more than their share of identity issues over the last 42 years. But with this set, Ross is ignoring the Buffaslug years. Pretending that era never happened.
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One of Ross's earliest creations was also his most popular. Readers had a lot of love for his Colorado Rockalanche concept (a mix between the Avs and Rockies) back in March, so he decided to put the full uniforms on display.
Ross read your comments and made some changes, most notably with the addition of some yellow striping.
