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Originally Posted by fleury
I’m completely in the minority here but I really don’t like the retro jerseys to be the full time jerseys. It’s lazy and lacks creativity. Keep the 80s in the 80s. I don’t mind them being brought in as an occasional jersey but to bring them back full time? Naa. What’s so great about anything done in that era, design wise? SMH.
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Originally Posted by Nadal Fan
Put me in the camp that loves the western word mark jersey. I never was a fan until I picked one up recently (thanks DownhillGoat) and seeing them in person has completely changed my mind. Much like Blasty I fully expect in 10-15 years people will remanence about them and say how much they liked them.
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Here's my take:
Third jerseys are supposed to be a little fun and weird. Problem with the Flames for the last 13 years though is that the main set was so bad that you couldn't have a more fun third jersey, the third jersey needed to be simple because the main set was bad.
However now that the main set is nice again they will be able to try different things with the third jersey. I'd much rather NHL teams just stick to and find a home and away set that works and never change it. (These retros for the Flames, Sabres went back to their classic look, Ducks should go back to their original jerseys, Jets a set of the two jerseys they've used for heritage classics.)
And then try some more fun third jersey designs. As third jerseys stuff like Blasty, the Flames word mark jersey, the Ducks wild wing jersey, the Bruins Bear face jersey, etc are great because they are meant to be something a little more different, only need to be around for a season or two, and are meant to be more creative.
But you need to have good and simple main sets in order to do that.