[Madrigal]

Two Tense, on Aug 30 2007, 08:59 AM, said:

In my regards I appreciate the fact that we have decided to keep with tradition...

back to having the ugliest jerseys in the league.

Haha!! So true. Ugliest jersey. Bar none!! Hopefully we won't have to suffer through a decade of it though and they will come to thier senses next year.

[topcorner]

i actually love the new uniforms.

there were a lot of feelings going through my head when the league announced the jersey switch last year.
one of the conditions of the agreement with reebok originally stated that all the teams would use the same template for the new jersey - vertical stripes up the sides and up the arms, no horizontal striping.

i was livid with the idea that Vancouver would have to change everthing to please some guy in a fat suit in new york. absolutely livid. almost every night i went to bed hoping for horizontal stripes.

also, after a rough start to our friendship, i eventually grew rather fond of our neighbour whale. When people were posting in different threads this past season saying "GET RID OF THE WHALE! BRING BACK JOHNNY CANUCK, OR EVEN A FIGHTER PILOT OR THE SKATE OR THE RINK, ANYTHING ELSE!!"

I would always stand up for our good friend the Orca, which is probably the fiercest mammal represented by our league. Hell, even great white sharks don't stand a chance against our whale.

See Orca Eats Shark here.

Also, while the canucks were playing last season, i started to get tired of our navy blue jerseys with the red. not that i didn't like it, i just felt it was more symbollic of a group of players that had moved on. to me, that colour scheme, as great as it was, represented the old west coast express, the highflying offensive, bring you out of your seat with rush after rush, but prone to defensive mishaps canucks with the core group of Marc Crawford, Cloutier, Jovanovski, Bertuzzi, Naslund, Morrison and Ohlund.

and even though half of that core remains, this is distinctly a different team. new coaching staff, new mentallity. I liked the vintage colours so much last season, and i was really pulling for a return to that colour scheme in the future.

As for the Vancouver wordmark? I saw someone post this picture weeks ago:


and after studying it for a while, i grew really fond of the wordmark. I figured, the Canucks are Vancouver's team. they are OUR team. Why not flaunt our city's name on the jersey? It is a great representation of who we are and where we're from. I am a proud Canuck fan, and a proud resident of Vancouver. Also, i liked how retro the idea was. I researched a LOT of old old jerseys - you know the ones that are so old the pictures are all sepia toned? and many of them had the arched team/city name. Also, i don't think any other team in the league will have that, so i liked it. I was also pulling for the typeface. I thought it looked just aggressive enough to not look tacky. i thought it looked very modern, and suited the brand very well.

So? after all this was said and done.. everything that i wanted in a Canuck jersey? lets see....
Horizontal Striping? Check.
Vintage Colours? Check.
Keeping the orca? Check. (This i really like, because as i said earlier, half of that core remains, so keeping part of the identity of that is a good thing, just moving it in a new direction)
the Vancouver wordmark and typeface? Check. I also like how they used the typeface for the numbering and the nameplate (by the way, for those interested, the typeface is Agency and you can find it here.

So basically, when i first saw naslund skating out wearing those jerseys? I was in love. I love them, so much. they are EXACTLY what i wanted.

[Iron_Gland]

Anyone know what the biggest differences are between the Authentic and Replica jerseys? Is it really worth shelling out an extra $200 for better stitching and fight straps? Is the material different at all?

[Lager Hog]

Iron_Gland, on Aug 30 2007, 11:31 AM, said:

Anyone know what the biggest differences are between the Authentic and Replica jerseys? Is it really worth shelling out an extra $200 for better stitching and fight straps? Is the material different at all?

Another difference is that replicas don't normally come with a name on them. You can get one put on, but it's typically more.

[Iron_Gland]

T-Linden, on Aug 30 2007, 11:33 AM, said:

Another difference is that replicas don't normally come with a name on them. You can get one put on, but it's typically more.

I'm assuming they're stitched on the same way though. Will the replicas have the new dry-fit polyester or whatever it is? I just don't want the same type of jersey as the old CCM's but with new colors.

[Two Tense]

These jerseys remind me of the US elections

its almost 50/50

half the people don't like it, and the others are morons.

[blue.dragon258]

Two Tense, on Aug 30 2007, 11:37 AM, said:

These jerseys remind me of the US elections

its almost 50/50

half the people don't like it, and the others are morons.

Well, like South Park pointed out... an election's always a battle between a douchebag and a turd sandwich.

[awalk]

KyanMehwulfe, on Aug 29 2007, 09:17 PM, said:

Cry more.

that's what you're going to do? impressive

[Nucksanity]

Does anyone have a link to the entire episode of Connected from last night? My friend called this morning to say my clip was on, but I missed the replays this morning and the clip on the website doesn't have the full segment.

Thanks in advance.

[Lager Hog]

Nucksanity, on Aug 30 2007, 12:18 PM, said:

Does anyone have a link to the entire episode of Connected from last night? My friend called this morning to say my clip was on, but I missed the replays this morning and the clip on the website doesn't have the full segment.

Thanks in advance.

Your clip ?

[1915is2Luongo]

The Vancouver text screws up the look. I don't understand take the johnny canuck circle design, put in the orca instead and it would have looked great. Instead it looks like its been designed by committee. On the plus side, this is Linden's 16th season (Matching jersey number), and the last time this city won a stanley cup there was a moroon and white V with Vancouver stenciled in it.

Nice omen?

[wes.janson]

orcas are badass people! and they aren't whales.. they are more closely related to dolphins than whales and as we all know.. dolphins kill sharks with their NOSES!

[Two Tense]

To anyone who actually like the Jerseys...

have you seen them in person or only on photo?

When I say them, there were hideous, imo, don't care about yours, and I couldn't get the fugliness out of my head, but today, when I saw them in the paper, they didn't look exacually as bad as they did in person. There jerseys are kinda photogenic...

wait til you hold it in yer hands and have "son of a female dog, how much did I pay for this?" go through yer head.

[Two Tense]

wes.janson, on Aug 30 2007, 12:22 PM, said:

orcas are badass people! and they aren't whales.. they are more closely related to dolphins than whales and as we all know.. dolphins kill sharks with their NOSES!

how do they fare with ducks?

[nucks91]

The new jersey has really grown on me.

[VintageNaslund]

im not crazy about the new jerseys but i do kinda like the like one.

[benjamming]

do you have the same feeling that i have with the second look? : way better than my first look, don't know why.
The fans will get used to it,.. i hope.

[Two Tense]

i agree.

its horrible at first.

have no choice but to get used to it though.

looks better in pictures then in yer hands.

[_Kick_Save_]

1915is2Luongo, on Aug 30 2007, 12:21 PM, said:

The Vancouver text screws up the look. I don't understand take the johnny canuck circle design, put in the orca instead and it would have looked great. Instead it looks like its been designed by committee. On the plus side, this is Linden's 16th season (Matching jersey number), and the last time this city won a stanley cup there was a moroon and white V with Vancouver stenciled in it.

Nice omen?

good point. i love the blue jersey but i dont like the orca in the white other than that is perfect.

[Turnerinc]