NHL Jerseys
By Overdrive,
I figured today I'd speak about a lighter topic, instead of the usual things I tend to go on about.
As we all know, there are 30 franchises in the NHL: the Anaheim Ducks, Arizona Coyotes, Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Calgary Flames, Carolina Hurricanes, Chicago Blackhawks, Colorado Avalanche, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Detroit Red Wings, Edmonton Oilers, Florida Panthers, Los Angeles Kings, Minnesota Wild, Montreal Canadiens, Nashville Predators, New Jersey Devils, New York Islanders, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Flyers, Pittsburgh Penguins, San Jose Sharks, St. Louis Blues, Tampa Bay Lightning, Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, Washington Capitals, and Winnipeg Jets.
The reason I bring this up is with that many teams means team colors often overlap. For instance, the Rangers, Canucks, Lightning, Sabres, Islanders, Avalanche, Sharks, Maple Leafs, Blue Jackets, Jets, Blues and Oilers all use blue as their primary color. That's nearly half the league. It's understandable that each team uses different shades of blue, but regardless, I think it wouldn't hurt a few teams in the NHL to change their uniform colors. With that, I offer my suggestions as to which teams should have which colored uniforms:
Anaheim: As much as I know people hate it, I think Anaheim could really go for an orange or bronze color as their main, with black, white and/or gray striping on their uniforms.
Arizona: I'd keep the Coyotes' colors the way they are, but they could use a uniform refresh.
Boston: The Bruins are an Original Six team, and have kept the same colors all these years. Keep with it, and keep rocking the black and gold.
Buffalo: When I think of the Sabres, I think of the sword, and as a result, I think silver would work best, with the blue and gold piping and stripes.
Calgary: The Flames' uniforms are fairly vibrant, as their name would suggest. Best option here would be to let them keep it.
Carolina: There's too much red in the NHL. I'd go back to the colors they used in the 70's as the Hartford Whalers: green, silver and blue.
Chicago: The Blackhawks are another Original Six team, but in all honestly, the black, white and red I din't think is really working anymore. If anything, I'd go towards more of a maroon/brown color with the black and white piping and stripes.
Colorado: The Avalanche already have an off-palate color scheme, of the burgundy, blue, gray and black. I'd tweak it to make the burgundy and gray more predominant, cut the blue, and keep the black for stripes.
Columbus: There are 2 teams in the NHL that have the full right to wear red, white and blue: Washington, and Columbus. If anything, add more red and white, breaking up the blue a bit.
Dallas: My thing with Dallas is, it feels like since they moved from Minnesota, they've held on to their old identity, but it works for them. Not too many teams can pull off green, and they do it well.
Detroit: The color is in the name of the team, and has been since the 1920's. Red and White works, and they should keep it that way.
Edmonton:The team is known as the Oilers, and they don't have any oil-related colors in their scheme. My thoughts: Ditch the blue for that deep bronze, the color of oil, essentially. Use orange and white for stripes and piping.
Florida: I'd draw from the crest. Use a deep orange or bronze as the main, and keep the blue and white.
LA: Blue and black are probably two of the most overused colors in the NHL. I'd give the Kings 2 choices, go back to purple, or go silver. Keep the black and white as secondary colors.
Minnesota: Honestly, Minnesota is the only other team that could pull off green, but it would have to be dark. Ditch the gold and white, use a deep red and black as stripes.
Montreal: Another Original Six team. My only thing would be to cut the blue. Canada (last time I checked) does not have blue in the flag anywhere, so red and white should work.
Nashville: Keep it. How many other teams wear gold?
NJ: Devils, black and red. 'Nuff said.
Rangers: I think there's 2 options here. Either keep the scheme they have, being an Original Six team, or go with the scheme from the 2012 Winter Classic:
Islanders: Flip the blue and orange, keep the white. Simple, yet different.
Ottawa: Get rid of the red. Use the Bronze from the crest instead, keep the black and white.
Philadelphia: The Flyers have been orange for a long time, and I see no need to make a change.
Pittsburgh: The Penguins have plenty of options, but there's 2 that come to my mind: The 2005 Winter Classic jerseys (Yes, the powder blue). Either that, or bring Pittsburgh gold back, and use it as a primary color, completing a trifecta with a black home and white away jersey.
San Jose: The Sharks get blue. If anything, tweak it to more of a steel blue, to better go with the Shark name.
St. Louis: Keep the scheme, just refresh the jerseys. You can't really take blue away from the Blues.
Tampa Bay: The team's called the Lightning. Use a bright neon blue, similar to lightning.
Toronto: Original Six team, they get to keep the colors.
Vancouver: The Canucks colors are a part of their history. I wouldn't change them, but improvements could be made.
Washington: The Capitals are probably the most American team in the NHL. Red, white and blue stays.
Winnipeg: Jets go silver, using the white and blue as accents.
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