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Originally Posted by Jimmy Stang
If I remember correctly, when the red jersey was re-introduced back in '03 or whenever it was, the number and name were both black. It was very brief, however, because the black-on-red of the name was particularly hard to read for broadcasters, so they changed the name to white but kept the number black.
I'm not sure exactly how many games the name was black-on-red, but I think that's how it happened. Maybe someone else can remember better?
Regardless, I do agree that the name and number should both match on this latest example. Just make it red text and that's a pretty nice shirt.
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Black logo on front, black numbers, black namebar, fit the theme and look like they wanted to complete both the jersey and the uniform. Putting white on there threw the whole design off.
It looked really good, and for the first month or two after the change, the Fan Attic would still do the black letters if you requested.
When the Flames changed their jerseys in 2007, they should've gone at least to white numbers to match the name.
According to Getty Images, The Flames had it on for the Nov 22 2003 win vs Chicago, but on December 2 vs SJ, the name bar was white. They played 2 games in between there at home, so it basically lasted for just over a month of the season.
