I believe I read that Authenticator will run $200 USD and Fanatics will go for $150 USD.
At those prices, I think I'll be opting for the authentic - but we'll see.
Further to this, it's been rumored for a while now that on-ice authentics (made in Canada) will not be made available for retail purchase. There will be a similar, yet somewhat altered version (made overseas) that will be the retail authentic. So the only opportunity to get an actual on-ice game jersey will be the game worn or team issued route.
With the Reebok Edge, they had a replica, retail authentic (made in Indonesia aka Indo-Edge), and on-ice authentic, all available for purchase.
I like the retro, but the black can be incorporated in a nice way. Like others have said if you ditch the crap striping, flags and piping... and go to more / less what we had in '04... that's a slick uniform really. Maybe trade horsehead side patch for the new C circle mountain thing, it'd be nice.
The 04s were fine. If they didn't angle the bottom wide strip, better, IMO:
You seem to equate simple designs with Walmart. Are the Detroit Red Wings' and New Jersey Devils' jerseys also "way too Walmart" for you too or is it just a term you've reserved for any Flames jersey that isn't based on the 1980-1994 set?
Yeah based on the other designs on the website, I think it's just seams / templates for piping/striping/color boundaries he's used for all of his jerseys he's made.
I don't love everything about that one, but it's the closest mockup I've seen to what I expect we'll have for next year (and I don't have the artistic ability to draw it myself)
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You seem to equate simple designs with Walmart. Are the Detroit Red Wings' and New Jersey Devils' jerseys also "way too Walmart" for you too or is it just a term you've reserved for any Flames jersey that isn't based on the 1980-1994 set?
First off, I'm not huge on the retros - so back off that.
Secondly, New Jersey and Detroit don't use such offensively disruptive horizontal piping. Having the double thick black lines in each set of piping is over-kill and makes the jersey look like a pile of crap. Jersey uses a thick horizontal pipe of black, which shows a level of simplicity that Flames jerseys always lack. Seriously - why is there yellow, black and white slammed into one piping area? It's horrific.
First off, I'm not huge on the retros - so back off that.
Secondly, New Jersey and Detroit don't use such offensively disruptive horizontal piping. Having the double thick black lines in each set of piping is over-kill and makes the jersey look like a pile of crap.
You may not like the lines but FYI, those stripes aren't "piping". Piping is a thicker seam of cloth used as a highlight.
First off, I'm not huge on the retros - so back off that.
Secondly, New Jersey and Detroit don't use such offensively disruptive horizontal piping. Having the double thick black lines in each set of piping is over-kill and makes the jersey look like a pile of crap. The black collar is also unneeded.
There's no piping on that jersey. Those are seams. If you mean you think the black stripes are too thick then say that rather than implying the design is cheap. "Offensively disruptive horizontal piping" is so dramatic and unneeded.
So all the Adidas teaser pictures appear to be the current uniforms for every team. For example, I thought Ottawa was confirmed to be going to the 'O' jersey for both home and away, yet the Adidas teaser still shows half of the 3D senator...
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So all the Adidas teaser pictures appear to be the current uniforms for every team. For example, I thought Ottawa was confirmed to be going to the 'O' jersey for both home and away, yet the Adidas teaser still shows half of the 3D senator...
Don't give me hope.
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There's no piping on that jersey. Those are seams. If you mean you think the black stripes are too thick then say that rather than implying the design is cheap. "Offensively disruptive horizontal piping" is so dramatic and unneeded.
I've always heard of the stripes referred to as "horizontal piping", so my bad if I'm wrong on that front although I was entirely unaware of specific definitions for such things.
Fact remains, the iconic hockey jerseys that have stood the test of time go for elegance and simplicity above all else. I can't understand why we would include a hard Black/White/Yellow/Black set of stripes. It cuts the red out of those parts of the jersey entirely - and no other jerseys seem to do the same (except of course our poorly received 3rd jerseys that featured the Calgary font).
If you're going for horizontal striping/piping/whatever, this is what should be targeted:
