I had been putting off the start of this project for a while and then I remembered school is right around the corner and so I thought it better to get it going as soon as possilble. As the title and header image suggest, it's time for another NHL redesign from me. The last one I did came in 2013 and looking back on it, was just awful. I hope that in the 3 years since, my skills have gotten better. Anyways, its another NHL leaguewide redesign, and even with Adidas taking over, I left all the jerseys Reebok branded. Lets get in to it.
The last time I ran through the NHL, I was very sloppy, this time I hope to not be a walking disaster. Anyways, here's a couple rules I'll hope to follow:
- NHL sets a rule on jerseys: 5 can be in the rotation for any given season. Special event jerseys (Winter Classic, SS, Heritage) can be worn after their event if the club desires. Just means one of the 5 pre-determined jerseys gets worn one less time that season
- Have to have a designated home and away set, but the other 3 can be alternates, throwbacks, what have you.
I think one team has 5 jerseys but you'll see why when I get to them. The Bruins are not the team, and here they are:
Call me crazy, but I don't think too highly of the EDGE Bruins uniforms. The overoutlining ruins it for me. Plus, I'm just not a fan of the uniforms. Call it unpopular if you want. I went back in time on their look.
-took the stripes from the '69-'74 jerseys
-kept the more modern looking yoke design
-deleted a few outlines from the spoked B, which improves the look drastically IMHO
-BRUINS bear logo graces the shoulders.
-single color NOB, also fixes the look.
-home socks stay yellow, but both sets reflect the jersey stripes now.
-black pants now feature standalone B on the pant leg.
Alternate:
Having two black jerseys feels really redundant to me, and so elevating the Winter Classic jersey to me felt a very lateral move. So I played with the design a little bit, because I was a big fan of said WC uniform.
-basically flipped the colors on the WC jersey from this past year.
-big ass stripes on the sleeves, and one big ass hem stripe.
-modern bear logo on the chest.
C&C welcome and will have Buffalo up next.