Whatever happened to just sticking with what works? Montreal, Detroit, Chicago have had roughly the same look of their uniforms for DECADES, and they still work for the fans, and the jerseys still sell year after year. Sadly, this is concept lost on the Canucks. While starting their NHL existence with a timeless classic that worked
someone within the organization who makes decisions decided to fuck with a classic. To wit, we were given the ‘Flying V’
and then the skate going downhill.
Now we Vancouverites have bashed these designs, we also recognize they represent the pinnacle of our playoff success. Two times in the Stanley Cup final. And hey, two more than Toronto has gotten in my lifetime :P. I just wonder how moot the point may be as to whether or not the uniforms actually blinded their opponents to give the Canucks an unfair edge?
But in the short-lived Messier captaincy, we inheritied the orca
which has extended to the current day. Well, until today. Vancouver has officially unveiled their new look (as the NHL has revamped the overall style of the uniforms, not just the jerseys). And they gave us
Combining a little of old and new. And once again, mixed reaction. Now, I know, it’s the team on the ice that matters, but we do also pine to the symbols. I personally don’t mind them. The blue and green colour scheme really works, and though there’s not so much support, I do like the orca logo. I would have used the rink logo for home and the orca for away, if it were my choice, but it isn’t. Meh. Though the Vancouver text, an obvious tribute to pre-NHL Vancouver hockey, just takes the piss for me. Unless they replace the name and number on the back, and replace it with a map of North America, with an obvious marker as to where Vancouver is, so to give a road map for our differently brained neighbours down south.
That is all.
