AHL Rebrand #3

As promised, here is my Sunday post.  This is the 3rd post for the AHL Rebrand.  What should be next after AHL?  It's between CHL and ECHL.  You can vote on the side of the page.  >>>

The more I look at this, the more it looks like a Devils
concept.  But, no it's an Aeros jersey.  Simple striping,
alternate logo.

The Bears are a historical team, who should have a classic
jersey, with a touch of modern.

The Griffins colors are hard to make a jersey with.  This was
made late at night, so sorry that it's so bad.

The Monsters are a weird team, because the colors on the
logo are different than the jersey.

This was my entry to the Portland Pirates Redesign Contest
at HJC.  I like outlining stripes with silver, it adds a shiny
kind of look.  

Rylen sent this in to me.  I can see he's really starting to
improve!  I actually really like this one.  My only problems
are the outlined hem on the home, and the uncolored
collar.  Otherwise. great job!

AHL Rebrand #2

Today, I am posting my second AHL Rebrand post.  As you may have noticed, sometimes I like to connect a farm club more with their NHL affiliate, and sometimes I like to step away a bit from their parent club.  I do it whenever I think is suitable.  Please feel free to give your opinions in the comments section.  I always love feedback, even when it's negative.  My next post will probably be on Sunday.

These are based on the Canadien's home jersey, just blue is
the main color.  If you haven't figured it out, these are for the
Hamilton Bulldogs.

For the Checkers, I wanted to stick with the flag pattern
that their affiliate uses.  I made it sublimated, which seems
to be a popular idea.

Their jerseys are already very simple, but I wanted to step
away from their affiliate with different striping.

This looks a bit weird on a concept, but I think it would
look alright on the ice.  I think it suits the Connecticut
Whale.

I wanted to connect the Canucks farm team more, so I used
the Nucks alternate, made a matching road jersey, and used
the "Wolves" script logo.  I think farm teams should
generally have the same colors as their parent club.

Rylen sent in a Pens concept to me.  I like everything, except it looks like the lines on the yokes aren't evenly spaced, unless that was intentional.  Also, I think there should be a white yoke outline.  Otherwise, well done.

AHL Rebrand #1

I made this one just for fun.  It would be cool to see this on the ice.

Now that I am done the NHL rebrand, I will move on to the AHL.  Seeing as the AHL is the farm league of the NHL, the jerseys might be similar.  I will try to change things on the jerseys to make it more interesting.  When I am done the AHL, I will do the CHL, KHL, ECHL, or any leagues that you suggest.  After that, If I have enough followers I will start hosting competitions.  Thanks, Ryan for mentioning my site!

I think the Blues striping suits any team with the name "Devils".
It kind of looks there are horns on the shoulder yokes.  I also
used the Devils green subtly.  

I used the alternate logo, and made it symmetrical.  Simple
striping, not much to explain.

The same as their current jersey, but without the weird
design on the sides.  Also, I used a more vibrant red.

I wanted the jerseys to resemble the Flyers, but not
completely.  So I added a cool design on the side that I think
suits the Phantoms.

These are the Islanders jerseys but with the Sound Tigers old
colors.

Southeast Division Rebrand

This is the last division for the NHL Rebrand.  It was also made by Thomas.  I already have the first post for the AHL Rebrand ready so it will probably be posted tomorrow or Tuesday.  As you can see, usually there are more posts on the weekend, because I am very busy during the week.  So if you don't see a post for a while, I will post a lot on the weekend to make up for it.

Not many changes, but I think they were all for the better.
Thomas added the flag pattern onto the arm and changed
the striping a bit.  Well done.

This one seems like there are too many colors for the lack of
striping.  If there were more stripes I think it would work.

I really like this set.  I think it suits the Lightening.  I think
the Bolts word mark best suits an alternate, but with a
different logo, I like these. 

These just really aren't for me.  They seem plain and rushed.
Also there is a part on the back side panel of the white
jersey that wasn't colored in.  I think I like their current
jerseys better.

On a lighter note, I am a fan of these.  I like that he took away
the silver, as it makes it more classic.  They are the jerseys from
the old Jets with current colors and logo.

Northeast Division Rebrand

Today I give you the second last division.  These were all made by Thomas.  I would like to thank him for helping out so much on this blog.  I think this is probably the best division he has done yet.  Really good job.

I really do like this one, but I think I like their current
shoulder yoke design better.  The black one would be
a cool alternate, with the bear logo.

I love the silver trim on the away jersey, but not so much on
the home.  

I'm not sure if I love or hate the home.  I can't figure
it out.  I do like the road though.  It's classic enough
that the Montreal fans wouldn't die.  I just wish there
were hem stripes.

This reminds me of one of my older Sens concepts.  I
think it looks good with these colors and logo too.

Like the Montreal concept, I think it is classic enough for
an original six team.  I like the yoke outline on the home.

P.S.  On all your socks, it looks like the striping is too high.  It would probably around the knee area.  I would say halfway between the bottom and the triangle thing.

Pacific Division Rebrand

I am back from my trip, and today I will post the last division for the Western Conference.  Here is the Pacific Division.

Here I took a piece from the Winnipeg Jets.  I think the Coyotes need to
acknowledge their history, even though the Jets are back.  A lot of people
are forgetting the history there. 

I hate the Ducks current colors, and I hate the old green and eggplant so
I took their old alternate and made a road version.  I think the eggplant
is a good color without the green. 

There are so many directions that you could go with the Kings, so I
decided to combine 2 of them.  I took the Gretzky era's colors and the
striping of the purple and yellow.

I dislike the orange on the Sharks jersey's so I took it out.  The striping
could be looked at as waves, or shark fins.

It seems like there is too much yellow on the Stars jersey, and not enough
green.

Oilers Win Draft Lottery and Central Division Rebrand

Tonight, the Edmonton Oilers won the draft lottery to move from the 2nd overall pick to the 1st.  This will be the 3rd consecutive year that they have the first overall pick.  As a partial Oilers fan, I will say my opinion.  The Oilers could choose to pick the best player available (Nail Yakupov), or choose a player that fits their needs (A Defenseman).  I think they should choose Yakupov.  Yes call me crazy.  The Oilers already have a lot of offense and need to improve defensively.  My reasoning is that if the Oilers pass on Yakupov, they will regret it.  Yakupov will turn out to be a star in this league.  Defense often takes longer to mature than defense.  So if they choose Ryan Murray, not only will they be wasting they're win in the lottery, but he will take a while to mature, which could delay the rebuild.  The Oilers do have great defensive prospects in David Musil, Colton Teubert, and Oscar Klefborn.  If the Oilers want more defense, they could choose to trade Gagner, Hemsky, Eberle, Hall, Nugent-Hopkins, or Yakupov himself.  I'm not saying I would be furious if the Oilers took Murray, but I would prefer Yakupov.  Both are excellent players.

I will be away from Thursday to Monday, so my next post will likely be next Tuesday.  It will either be the Pacific Division, or the Northeast Division.  Now onto concepts.  As you know, I am redoing the NHL's jerseys.  Today I will show you my concepts for the Central Division.

This one is based off a concept from the Blues Redesign contest at HJC.  I
can't remember who it was from but i just remembered the striping.  The
stripes are supposed to be guitar strings.

I made the road one a while ago.  I think it's a cool idea for the road, but I
don't think it works for the home.

This is a fauxback to when the Hawks wore just black and white.  

I think the Wings jerseys are perfect because their so plain and simple.  I
wouldn't change anything.  The only thing I did was used my wheel logo.
I think it looks better with their current logo, but I just wanted to see my
logo on a jersey.

I think the Preds wordmark would work very good as a primary logo.  So I
used it here.  It's basically the Bruins jersey with different striping.  The
shoulder yoke design is kind of like the teeth on a saber-toothed tiger.

Atlantic Division Rebrand

This is Thomas' first division that he rebranded.  He will do all the Eastern Conference Teams, and I'll be doing all the Western Conference Team.  Here is the Atlantic Division.

I like what Thomas did here.  He took their normal striping and added
another stripe right beside it.  I just wish that he used the squarish yokes
that the Devils have now.

I like this one, except for the colored cuffs.  And if you want to color the
cuffs, maybe make it a different color than the arm stripes.  Also I think that
the shoulder yoke should be orange on the away jersey.

Again, Thomas doubled the arm stripe here.  I don't think this works with
every team, but definitely with New York Rangers, and New Jersey.  I
think the hem stripes should be a bit lower.  About 2-4 pixels from the hem
stripes.

The only thing I don't like about this one on the away jersey, the arm
stripes are white and the hem stripes are black.  I think they should be
the same color.  Everything else I like.

This is probably my least favorite of this post.  I just don't like this striping
pattern on any team.  It doesn't work on the Oilers, or the Panthers, and I
don't think it works on the Pens.  

I made a picture with all the parts of a jersey, so that all you newbs out there know what I'm talking about when I say shoulder yokes, or hem stripes.  Here it is, but from now on you will find it on the Tutorials page.

Northwest Division Rebrand

Starting this weekend, I will be working on an NHL Rebrand Series.  Every weekend I will redo all the jersey's from a division with the help of my friend Thomas.  This week I start with the Northwest Division.

I wanted the colors of the Avalanche to look more like a mountain.  So I took away the burgundy and added more rocky colors.

I posted these jerseys a couple days ago, so I won't go through what I did.

It's similar to their current jerseys but I changed the main color to green.  I also used their unused "VC" logo.

I think the Oilers uniforms are about as perfect as they can get, so I was just playing around here.  I changed the colors, used the oil drop logo, and made the stripes closer together.

The Wild really need matching jerseys in my opinion, so I used the old North Stars jersey, but the Wild colors.

Next weekend I will not be in town, so I'm not sure when the next post will be.  I will try to make it before I leave on Thursday.