The Ken King Jersey Discussion Thread

[Vinny01]

The Flames should absolutely be wearing the jerseys playmaker posted. Great idea adding the vintage design with the 3rd jersey patch. Perhaps a re-designed black flaming C as an alternate?

[_Q_]

nice concept playmaker. I like it other than the numbers.

Here's another concept I found on icethetics.



It's clear that no black is the way to go... now Ken King only needs to get on board.

[Cole436]

I really liked playmaker's design, and I made a few changes to it.

I increased the logo size and changed the font to be post-retro's font.

[FakenHaken]

Originally Posted by _Q_

nice concept playmaker. I like it other than the numbers.

Here's another concept I found on icethetics.



It's clear that no black is the way to go... now Ken King only needs to get on board.

Sorry, about the question, but would this decision fall under Burke or King? Is it a decision for Hockey Operations Calgary Flames or is it a decision for Calgary Flames Sports and Entertainment?


I also like the no black, but grew up with the 80's Flames and love tradition so I'm very biased.

Hate it on the Stampeders as a side note.

[Sainters7]

Damn that shoulder patch looks great without the black. I already like it with the black, but it pops a lot more with just the red/yellow. As for the main logo, I prefer the retro way, with the yellow touching the white crest (as opposed to the red space in between), but otherwise nice concepts guys. That's the thing, I don't even necessarily need the retros to return, as much as I just want to see that colour scheme in general come back. It's just so much flashier and eye-catching than the current ones.

On a side note, thank jebus for the Flames breaking out the retros at least that one time this past season, so my jersey snobness can finally justify getting Backlund with the "A", or Monahan on the retro I picked up this year.

[the_only_turek_fan]

Originally Posted by _Q_

nice concept playmaker. I like it other than the numbers.

Here's another concept I found on icethetics.



It's clear that no black is the way to go... now Ken King only needs to get on board.

This is a neat look.

[saXon]

Originally Posted by _Q_

nice concept playmaker. I like it other than the numbers.

Here's another concept I found on icethetics.

Spoiler!

It's clear that no black is the way to go... now Ken King only needs to get on board.

Not bad, I kind of like the updated simplistic look. However, I would change the away jerseys so they have a red bar on the shoulder, rather than be white.

[_Q_]

^^ love the red shoulders. I think I completes the look.

[playmaker]

Thanks for the positive feedback. Concerning the font controversy, I don't think that typeface is anywhere close to 'comic' as referred by some people. The proportions are actually quite conservative (see below), so perhaps it was because I skewed the numbers a bit (couldn't find an italic version of the font)



As for the proposed increase of logo size, I'm honestly not a big fan of giant logos mainly because... well this is quite a challenge to describe for a non-native speaker. I mean it gets distorted easily, so when the play is going on you rarelly see the original shape (perhaps with the exception of bigger goalie jerseys) and I don't like that.

In terms of proportions the flames logo is close to the Hawks logo and here's the comparison - I think it should be downsized to cca 90% of its current size.





Bigger isn't always better

[Mattman]

Originally Posted by playmaker

though i'm in favor of keeping a small amount of black on our jerseys (previously posted bastian schmulling's concept is my favorite) recently i've been playing with retro ideas for slight modifications if the flames decide to go full retro. Here is a concept i created:





notable changes:
* the red flaming c should be outlined the same way as it is on our current road jersey, yet using red instead of black. In order to unify the outlined look of the logo on both jerseys, the white flaming c would be quite a challenge to adapt but the red and yellow outline combo turned out to be good looking. Same for the numbers.
* lettering - the goal was so that slighly italic and double outline numbers match the logo. As for the typeface itself, i've used the freeware 'new athletic m54' font which imho combines the best of both worlds - sans-serif style from the original retro font and gently rounded corners from the new one.
* squared off yokes are a bit contrversial but i found them perfectly fitting for stars and wild simplistic designs. It's one of those nice little modern touches i'd include, like them a lot.
* as for the shoulder patch, i was quite surprised when i photoshopped out the black because to me it looks sharper without it on both home and road uniforms

any thoughts ?

ken king please read!!!

[Dr. Pepper]

First off - if you don't like this thread - keep your thoughts to yourself. It's for people who like to look at jersey concepts. Also for those who want the current set to change.

So - here's one I found that I kinda like, although it's a bit blackhawk-ish:

[ForeverFlameFan]

Yeah, you're right on the blackhawk-ish look. I wouldn't hate it, in fact I would prefer those over the alternates we have right now. I would love to bring the retro look back more than anything though.

[Caged Great]

Could you make the white red?

[heep223]

Anything that brings back the flaming snot horse head has my vote!

[FBI]

I like that except for the blackhawks feel like you said.

[darthma]

I chuckle every time I see this thread pop up to the top. Ken King better be reading this thread.

[#-3]

Every time I see that logo I think of the Colorado Rockies, don't know why, its not even that close.

Spoiler!

[Icon]

I like this one, except I think a Flames jersey needs a flaming C on it, somewhere... shoulder instead of the horse?

[P-DAZZLE]

Originally Posted by Dr. Pepper

First off - if you don't like this thread - keep your thoughts to yourself. It's for people who like to look at jersey concepts. Also for those who want the current set to change.

So - here's one I found that I kinda like, although it's a bit blackhawk-ish:

Why does it have that little legend about Victory Stripes? Looks like 2 Western Conference championships and 4 Stanley Cup championships.

Edit: Oh! In the armpit not the main stripes. Weird. Let's put our championships in the armpit.

[Regulator75]

Originally Posted by Dr. Pepper

First off - if you don't like this thread - keep your thoughts to yourself.

Nope.