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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
The Isles didn't go ugly until the 90 when they started experimenting with different color schemes, wavy lines for trim and the god awful captain highlinerr logo. The only difference between now and the 70s/80s is that the Isles have a brighter orange in their logo when before it was more of a red color and the blue is a bit brighter, they also have slightly altered the striping. So while its definitely retro and one of the best in the NHL imo, its not quite exactly the same as the 70s/80s, ctually I think their slight tweaks have made it better.
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The striping is definitely the same as the 70s jersey, but maybe with updated colours. I'm actually not opposed to having a Flames uniform that's different than the Retro as long as a few guidelines are followed.
A) Remove black. It makes the jersey look horribly dark and adds an unnecessary 4th colour.
B) Keep the red and orange/yellow. Tweeking the shades of these is OK, but going too dark with the red and it looks like maroon. Maroon is too dark and makes the jersey look depressing. Also, the current shade of red has been around since the 70s (yes, all red Flames jerseys have been the exact same shade as has been discussed before) and it's almost a brand in and of itself. I wouldn't be opposed to tweeking the yellow though. Maybe a more gold colour along with blood red would look awesome.
C) Keep the striping pattern simple. I like the retro striping pattern and I honestly can't think of anything better. With that said, if the team decides to do something slightly different and it looks better, I would be all for it.
As has been mentioned before, some teams do make black look good, however, they all have something in common with each other that the Flames are lacking. Boston, Chicago, LA and New Jersey all use black as one of 3 colours. The Flames use it as one of 4. 4 colours makes the set look too busy, therefore, one of the colours needs to go. Red, yellow and white aren't going anywhere so it has to be black that disappears. With the current set, you can see that they tried to reduce the amount of yellow on the jersey to make it more aesthetically pleasing. Still, the three biggest problems with doing so is you are minimizing a classic Flames colour, your jersey still looks too busy and the team is now one of 5 teams with the same red and black colour palette. You loose the uniqueness of the Flames brand if the uniforms look similar to 20% of the other teams.