A Bastian of Tradition

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This entire week's worth of concept art revolves around one guy. Bastian Schmülling is by far one of the most prolific designers submitting work to Icethetics. But it's not just sheer volume that makes Bastian stand out. It's his attention to detail and his eye for a great hockey sweater.

His work has a very traditional and classic sense. I selected these three designs to display today because I think they're a good representation of his particular style. I could see that Blues jersey on NHL ice tomorrow.

Even these Senators and Oilers designs are sharp designs the quality of which is being lost in today's modern Reebok-based NHL. It's great to see someone thinking like this.

As promised, this entire week will be filled with Bastian's designs — and even at three concepts per day we'll still only be scratching the surface of his volume of work. But there's definitely some great stuff to come. Each day will feature a special theme.

Hope you guys like his work as much as I do or this could be a difficult week!

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Chris Smith

8-Bit Sochi

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Who doesn't love some classic 8-bit hockey jersey art? Al McCready is always there for us in that regard. With this submission, he tackles all 30 Olympic hockey sweaters used a couple months in Sochi.

By the way, our Olympic Jersey Tournament is down to the final four so get over there and vote!

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Chris Smith

Southern California Remix

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This could be a neat Winter Classic jersey for the Kings someday. Brian Brideau has mixed a few eras to come up with this look. What do you think?

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Chris Smith

Don't Freak Out, Nashville

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As a follow-up to Tuesday's April Fools' Day post, what if another team tried to use the Sabres' third jersey? It could certainly work for the Predators. You'd just have to think of the sleeve swords as fangs. Avi Stein could do it. What do you think? Is this template any less freaky when applied to another team? Or more?

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Chris Smith

Remaking a Capital Classic

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Ross Taylor is a talented artist and long time friend of Icethetics, so I've done him a disservice by waiting so long to post a concept he submitted way back in 2011. But better late than never, right? It's well past time for the Ottawa Senators to update their uniforms, but I'm not in favor of their heritage jerseys as many others are. Some classics should be left for special occasions.

However, this rarely used alternate logo really needs to see time on the front of a jersey to remind us how good this team looked when it was introduced back in the '90s. Am I alone here?

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Chris Smith