I'm always inspired when a new kit manufacturer takes over. Thinking all those possibilities and creativity that just might take place. Optimistic that I am, I usually get to disapointed in the end, but hey whatta hell! I can always do it "better" myself right? :-)
Now first of all, I'm pretty sure that when Adidas do take over the manufacturing from Reebok, nothing major changes will happen. Maybe few newer teams got a new design alltogether, but Blackhawks stripes will be there were they are supposed to be. And I'm quite sure that we won't be seeing the famous Three Stripes anywhere. Jerseys template and cut will change, obviously, and the manufacturers name will change in the neck, but otherwise nothing too drastic will come out this.
Adidas might make entirely new templates for the NHL, but I went with the very nice World Cup 2016 -template, created by Matthew McElroy (https://dribbble.com/shots/2564726-Adidas-World-Cup-Template). One of the guiding principle I had, was to try to imagine what the jerseys would actually look like, so many teams remain pretty much as they are. But then again, some don't... ;-) One thing I had to consider was those Three Stripes. Now like I said, I strongly doubt Adidas will include them to the final designs, like was in the case of NBA. But I decided to go with them, but instead of using them as a prominent design element, I went with a more subtle approach. Think that was a good solution, and one that Adidas should go, should they decide to have their stripes in the kits.
Now I will post the teams here as I get them done. And I am going alphabetically, so the first one will be the Mighty Ones from Orange County...
ANAHEIM DUCKS
One of the most intresting color combination of black, gold and orange. But I don't like their current jerseys; the design is too noisy for my taste. You got strong color contrasts some the best way to go, is to use those and go with a more subtle aproach. Also I'm not a great fan of their logo, so I made a quick one myself, which I think is a lot better than their current one. That is not so muc of a statement of the greatness of my design, but rather just pointing out how awful that "duck feet D" is.
But anyways, there they are, Home and Road jerseys for Anaheim Ducks. Please feel free to comment!
