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Originally Posted by Bingo
They look great ...
But I just don't get why they'd make a big deal about honoring the 89 jersey but not go the whole way and have the stripes right at the bottom.
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I think because the stripes are now stiched. Prior on the 80s, the stripes were just a different color of jersey material. To have now the stiched stripe hem also be at the very bottom hem of the jersey probably had durability issues for those hems together.
Reduced collar striping looks good.
I'd assume pants (shell) and socks will have the same striping as always.
They are expected, but great. I have a pro authentic Joe Mullen that I got in 1994 when they were blowing out jerseys right aftet the pedestals came out and from that point, until the 2001 season and the death of those pedestal and the whites in the same template as the 2003 reds came out, was a dark time for uniforms for the franchise.
I think a white retro in the same format would been bolder. I don't believe they can wear third jerseys in the playoffs anyways, so the C of Red gets full effect in the playoffs. And the C of Red, courtesy of Don Whittman in 86 with the first official coining of the phrase, had the Flames wearing something other than red at home through until Fall 2003 anyways.