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Originally Posted by CroFlames
Don't be sour grapes.
We have the sacred retros as full time home and away jerseys. All Flames fans can agree this was the right move and we should be happy.
For limited one-off 3rds, they can go with anything and this time it's a reverse retro Blasty. There's obviously a segment of the fanbase that fell in love with them back in the day, and most of those people now have money. These will sell like mad.
I hope they continue to crank out modern/retro/mashup 3rds on a regular basis, and just leave the retros as they are, full time.
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Agreed that there is obviously a segment of the fan base that were too young to fully appreciate the darkness of the original Blasty era, or who otherwise just like the logo and wanted to see it reanimated. I that sense, I'm okay with a return of the snot-horse for this limited engagement.
However, if they were going to bring it back, they should have done something special with it. There are so many examples in this thread of what they could have done. Instead it just looks like the 98 version with a bit less red, and that's pretty much it. Then the little inconsistencies just make it look like it was designed by committee, or in a rush, or just with a lack of care or attention to detail.
Hopefully the team performs well in these new uniforms. I think watching them lose in these threads will give me PTSD flashbacks.