Canucks Black Skate Night

[Buff]

In February the Canucks will bring back their "Black Skate" jersey.

http://www2.tsn.ca/bardown/Story.aspx?The%2BVancouver%2BCanucks%2Bare%2Bbring ing%2Bback%2Bthe%2Bblack%2Bskate%2Bjerseys&id=555460

Actually, I think those were the best of all the Canucks jerseys and they were still not very good.

[CroFlames]

To me, that is the Canucks' identity. Maybe it's a product of me becoming a hockey fan when they were wearing those, but when I think of the Canucks, I think of that jersey and logo.

It's no Flaming C, but it's their best logo.

[Poe969]

Will there be any kind of ceremonies and will Anson Carter be there for them?

All of their logo's are terrible, this one is just the least terrible of them all.

[calumniate]

Black and yellow black and yellow

[Tyler]

I dunno.

That jersey doesn't have VANCOUVER anywhere on it, so I find it really hard to remember what city they come from

[browna]

Part of the 20th anniversary of GM Place/Rogers Arena festivities.....of course they never worse those jerseys in GM Place, switching to the Orca C, while also bringing Messier and Keenan in tow that inaugural season

[JD]

Of course this is mostly just a money grab for the Canucks and the NHL, but I'm with a few in this thread; this was the best of the Canucks' unis. Might as well.

[albertGQ]

Of course this is mostly just a money grab for the Canucks and the NHL, but I'm with a few in this thread; this was the best of the Canucks' unis. Might as well.

So what? anything that has to do with jerseys is a money grab

News flash. THe NHL is a business!

[tete]

Huh, I never realized that there was an image of a skate in their logo - it always just looked like Saturn to me. :bag:

[CroFlames]

Huh, I never realized that there was an image of a skate in their logo - it always just looked like Saturn to me. :bag:

I basically thought this until about 2012 lol. No shame in that, it's a silly logo to begin with.

[albertGQ]

Huh, I never realized that there was an image of a skate in their logo - it always just looked like Saturn to me. :bag:

Did you know the Wild logo is in a shape of an animal?
The Whalers logo has the letter "H" in it?

[firecenter]

Part of the 20th anniversary of GM Place/Rogers Arena festivities.....of course they never worse those jerseys in GM Place, switching to the Orca C, while also bringing Messier and Keenan in tow that inaugural season
Keenan and messier were late 90's, arena opened in '95, yellow and black until '97.

[N-E-B]

Huh, I never realized that there was an image of a skate in their logo - it always just looked like Saturn to me. :bag:

I learned it was a skate just a couple of years ago, I always thought it was a plate of spaghetti when I was a kid. Just a disaster of a logo. Vancouver has yet to wear a jersey that looks good.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Vancouver Canuck jerseys are no good.

[tete]

Did you know the Wild logo is in a shape of an animal?
The Whalers logo has the letter "H" in it?

Yes, though it did take a while to realize that. Especially the Whalers logo.

[JD]

So what? anything that has to do with jerseys is a money grab

News flash. THe NHL is a business!
Um, that's what I said. Thanks for the newsflash anyway.

[zyzz]

I always liked that jersey

[MrMastodonFarm]

Biggest identity crisis team in the NHL?

Nothing like seeing a game in Vancouver filled with Canuck fans and seeing a handful of different jerseys with a handful of different designs.

Staggering how many they have and how many they've reused recently.

[DionTheDman]

Nevermind different designs/logos.. they can't even settle on a consistent colour scheme.

[Hemi-Cuda]

You could have an entire playoffs of teams wearing different Canuck jerseys and never have to worry about confusing who's on which team

[Dion]

The Canucks have always had the reputation of having the ugliest jersies in the league.

[handgroen]

well good for you vancouver

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/19hd1ile09il9gif.gif

[Reggie Dunlop]

You could have an entire playoffs of teams wearing different Canuck jerseys and never have to worry about confusing who's on which team

A mass epidemic of burned retinas would surely result.

[FireGilbert]

For a team that has had a history of bad jerseys this is their worst non-3rd. The logo is one of the worst sights ever created by man and it doesn't have the "so bad it is amazingly good" quality of the V jersey.

Also, with the Canucks' history of jersey changes I wouldn't be surprised if they go back to these permanently in a few years.

[FireItUp]

Canucks can't skate, those jerseys are false advertisement. Only a team with P.Bure should be allowed to wear those jerseys.

[Jacks]

and it doesn't have the "so bad it is amazingly good" quality of the V jersey.
AKA orange pajamas, not good.

[driveway]

It's a shame they have to wear the black one at home. I always thought the white Vancouver skate jersey was one of the better looking jerseys in the league.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Part of the 20th anniversary of GM Place/Rogers Arena festivities.....of course they never worse those jerseys in GM Place, switching to the Orca C, while also bringing Messier and Keenan in tow that inaugural season

They wore those jerseys for a couple years at GM place.

[pylon]

You could have an entire playoffs of teams wearing different Canuck jerseys and never have to worry about confusing who's on which team

And somehow, not one of the teams would win the Stanley Cup that year.

[jayswin]

The only problem I have with these retro nights is I'm weird and almost always like the white versions of jerseys better. Like when the Ducks did their retro thing, everyone gushed and all I could think is "Man, I wish we could have seen the white get up".

To me, I think the dark versions (unless it's a bold colour like the Flames) don't really do as much in present day as the white versions could. The dark versions end up blending in with present day jerseys too much.

Give me the whites in these two sets.

http://img.spokeo.com/public/900-600/jason_marshall_2006_03_12.jpg (http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCPaexOibrscCFcoXkgodLAYH-Q&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spokeo.com%2FJason%2BMarshall %2B1%2FMar%2B12%2B2006%2BGreensboro%2BNc&ei=aNTQVfbKBMqvyASsjJzIDw&bvm=bv.99804247,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNHdx3VhrUHdib7P_48QsjaqDzYL0g&ust=1439835483782192)

http://www.bestsportsphotos.com/sc_images/products/t_19029_07.jpg (http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCKvfg5WcrscCFQZZkgodfy8Beg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bestsportsphotos.com%2Fproduc ts%2Fshaun-van-allen-anaheim-mighty-ducks-8x10&ei=xdTQVevoF4ayyQT_3oTQBw&bvm=bv.99804247,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNHdx3VhrUHdib7P_48QsjaqDzYL0g&ust=1439835483782192)

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/spyboy1/TSG%20Blog/Burerookie.jpg (http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCJKfqP6crscCFZIDkgod-HIO7g&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthirdstringgoalie.blogspot.com%2F 2012%2F06%2F1992-93-vancouver-canucks-pavel-bure.html&ei=otXQVZLGC5KHyAT45bnwDg&bvm=bv.99804247,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNE0Adv8NRCShERJNoGfwqrICstTCA&ust=1439835828547910)

http://www.hhof.com/graphinduct/bure02.jpg (http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCKD1ppGdrscCFQIakgodNu4AGg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hhof.com%2Fhtmlinduct%2Find12 Bure.shtml&ei=ytXQVaBogrTIBLbcg9AB&bvm=bv.99804247,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNE0Adv8NRCShERJNoGfwqrICstTCA&ust=1439835828547910)

[jayswin]

I'm also in the minority in thinking those blue Capitals jerseys were just excellent. The worst thing is, the blues were way better than the whites in this case, but the blue jerseys were a victim of the NHL's lame trend of every team making a black jersey. So the white's got a nice long run while the blues were kicked out really quickly.

There's something about that shade of blue mixed with black and gold that just looked great. The jersey design itself would be a little goofy, present day, but if a team came up with a nice design and used that blue, black and goldcombo it would be incredible, imo.

http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/13/72/43/3123410/3/628x471.jpg (http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCJ-H7eidrscCFc0KkgodGq8DZg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhfboards.hockeysfuture.com%2Farch ive%2Findex.php%2Ft-1281427.html&ei=gdbQVd_CJc2VyASa3o6wBg&bvm=bv.99804247,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNH-aEF2mNpYP6RwsgCma4A0MFNiyA&ust=1439836131696631)

[saskflames69]

Part of the 20th anniversary of GM Place/Rogers Arena festivities.....of course they never worse those jerseys in GM Place, switching to the Orca C, while also bringing Messier and Keenan in tow that inaugural season
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qAcsrPeHKZg/UbETrov8RUI/AAAAAAAAUNg/aHxmNbX2Pz8/s800/VAN+96+Authentic.png

this website rocks. (http://frozennhlrinks.blogspot.ca/)

[Hugh Jahrmes]

Biggest identity crisis team in the NHL?



Nothing like seeing a game in Vancouver filled with Canuck fans and seeing a handful of different jerseys with a handful of different designs.



Staggering how many they have and how many they've reused recently.


Arizona (and soon Vegas) say hi


It is insane the number of changes the Canucks have made .. The weirdest part is they all seem to have come at a time when the team was enjoying a window of success, and had picked up a bunch of bandwagon fans.

Wouldn't they want to keep the same jersey so the fair weather fans could recognize them from the other team?


I actually have a funny pic of 4 of my nuck *scribble*friends *scribble* wearing newish jerseys and they're all different, but not really by a lot. Efen they laughed at the obvious attempt to get it while the gettin's good from a group of fans who would way rather get a new design when they buy their second jersey since becoming a fan and then diehard fan in the span of 9 weeks, thus giving the impression of sticking around through different eras

[Split98]

http://static1.squarespace.com/static/5007b2ea84aef6ab9cd08134/t/55c84ff4e4b00c506c6335c2/1439191030907/?format=750w

Best way to celebrate the 20th? Actually establish an identity. Those above? Done. Just make it happen.

There's the logo and there's your colours. Tweak the jersey over the years, but don't CELEBRATE your identity crisis!

[CroFlames]

Ugh the hockey stick and rink logo is simply horrible. Like even as a neutral party, you have to admit those suck.

As bad as the Saturn-looking skate is, it's the best one.

At the very least, make the V with Johnny Canuck your primary logo. At least it makes sense.

[Your Calgary Flames!]

I'm also in the minority in thinking those blue Capitals jerseys were just excellent. The worst thing is, the blues were way better than the whites in this case, but the blue jerseys were a victim of the NHL's lame trend of every team making a black jersey. So the white's got a nice long run while the blues were kicked out really quickly.

There's something about that shade of blue mixed with black and gold that just looked great. The jersey design itself would be a little goofy, present day, but if a team came up with a nice design and used that blue, black and goldcombo it would be incredible, imo.

http://ww3.hdnux.com/photos/13/72/43/3123410/3/628x471.jpg (http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCJ-H7eidrscCFc0KkgodGq8DZg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhfboards.hockeysfuture.com%2Farch ive%2Findex.php%2Ft-1281427.html&ei=gdbQVd_CJc2VyASa3o6wBg&bvm=bv.99804247,d.aWw&psig=AFQjCNH-aEF2mNpYP6RwsgCma4A0MFNiyA&ust=1439836131696631)

I like those too. What do you mean and why didn't they stick around long?

[Split98]

Ugh the hockey stick and rink logo is simply horrible. Like even as a neutral party, you have to admit those suck.

As bad as the Saturn-looking skate is, it's the best one.

At the very least, make the V with Johnny Canuck your primary logo. At least it makes sense.

I didn't think I was, but I guess I'm the minority! I always thought the rink was the 2nd best logo they had, and the best one that has any kind of primary use.

Haven't seen a Johnny Canuck (and can't be bothered to design one. It's the Canucks...) jersey I thought looked like a pro sports team. But there is definitely potential there.

I'd just like to watch games and not be distracted by their terrible.

[jayswin]

I like those too. What do you mean and why didn't they stick around long?

They created a black third jersey when they were all the rage, and the response was so positive that they ditched their away blues and just went with white and black home and aways.

http://3.cdn.nhle.com/capitals/images/upload/gallery/2012/06/JPG/OATES_A_HORIZ_OLDSCHOOL_slide.jpg (http://www.google.ca/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0CAcQjRxqFQoTCPqHs6_9sscCFRA6iAodRL4NgA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcapitals.nhl.com%2Fclub%2Fgallery .htm%3Fid%3D30389&ei=kVPTVbr7NZD0oATE_LaACA&bvm=bv.99804247,d.cGU&psig=AFQjCNECY0CJWKij-r2THCVpaIyAZUunLw&ust=1439999236746615)

[CorsiHockeyLeague]

Even Canucks fans hate the orca logo. That said, I've never thought any of the primary jerseys (outside of the V) were particularly good or particularly terrible. They're just "that's okay, whatever".

They really just need to stick to either the stick in rink with the blue / green colouring or the red / yellow / black skate logo. Just pick one.

[burn_this_city]

When I was a kid I thought the canucks logo was a planet disintegrating, at least that's what it looked like.

[Fozzie_DeBear]

don't CELEBRATE your identity crisis!

Vancouver celebrates failure in a unique way...why do they celebrate this for example?

http://i0.wp.com/thehockeywriters.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/NeilsonStatue.jpg

[CroFlames]

Haha I remember the first time going to GM Place and seeing that statue. I was like WTF?? You guys built a monument about complaining to the refs?? hahahaha

It all makes sense now!