In Which the Panthers Change Their Stripes

I can see a diehard like mtjaws not liking it, but it is a REALLY nice sweater! Maybe they could have added some red to it, but the powder blue and the navy looks really sharp.That is one of the nicest sweaters in the league already.

Pretty gross. The colors make NO sense…though I guess I now know why they chose to debut them against the Pens, whose historic/alternate color scheme they pretty much pilfered wholesale. That crest just flat-out looks unfinished. Don’t mind the shoulder logo as much….that being said, it doesn’t really work on a hockey sweater.

What a terrible change for the Panthers. They’ve completely given up on red it seems and now they’ve gone the way of the Tampa Bay Rays with the color scheme on this one. That would work if the Panthers played in Tampa, but they’re in Miami. I’m a sucker for circular logos but Paul’s right, anyone can do them and now everyone is. The shoulder logos are moronic and I am not a fan of the shortened city/state/location things teams do (like the Suns in the NBA with “PHX”). This jersey is frankly boring. I can understand why Florida didn’t really overhype folks about this one.

really?

colors are actually nice, but ya know, isn’t this NAPBFNAPBS?

seriously

It only makes sense if they intend to switch to these as the primaries, and adopt this as the color scheme. Then again, the Oilers had those Todd MacFarlane monstrosities for a couple of years and were able to dump them without too much lasting damage to the brand.

If the Blues’ third jersey and Penguins’ third jersey mated, it would produce this.

I think this is a great looking jersey, but I agree that it doesn’t work for Florida. Aside from that, it just looks all too familiar as an NHL third jersey. Also agree that the lack of whiskers looks stupid.

Had I never seen the Florida Panthers before, I’d probably like this.

I was all on board with this until Paul and everyone nitpicked it apart. Now I’m blah.

I like the navy/powder combo in general. I didn’t like it when the Panthers went to navy jerseys from the red. Too many navy/blue with red teams in sports, the red with blue stood out (since most red teams pair with black, not blue).

I agree with Paul that the jerseys themselves are pretty decent looking overall, but they don’t feel like the Panthers. Watching the game, it’s hard to get into because they look too different; I don’t feel like I’m watching my team.

And the lack of whiskers thing is just too weird. Is it too late to add them?

Personally, I like them. I am judging these by, if a league was formed and all 20ish or 30ish teams wore these type of jerseys, what would I say? I would say, “all-in-all not too bad…”

I’ll take a classic looking regular not terrible weird piping and apron thingies with random other things affixed in the armpit with numerous vertical brown and lime green stripes and a really big off-centered displaced cartoonish logo.

Do you think the shoulder emblem against the light blue is supposed to represent sunny skies?

here’s what they should have done

[quote comment=”362841″]The shoulder emblems look like they belong on a weather map (Sunny skies all day across the state, continuing into next week. Back to you Bob.)

Thye Panthers red scheme is a natural, just like the Blues blue uniforms suit their city and name. Would it make sense if the blues wore red uniforms?[/quote]
The shoulder patch reminds me of the Bennett City Sonics’ logo. MS Word clip-artsy with clunky capital letters…no life. This is not a good thing.

[quote comment=”362847″]link[/quote]

I’ll buy that for a dollar…

Looks ok, but bad for Florida. The reebok piping sucks as much ass as ever.

Wow I’ve never seen such a unique logo! I mean a circular crest with the old logo -whiskers in the center. This has never been done before! How original…God Bless the Flyers for not being like the Pens, Blues, Wild, Blackhawks and now the Panther. Who ever came up with this should be fired! Terrible! The patches are the stupidest thing i’ve ever seen! Really it looks like a team from Nintendo’s Blades of Steel…pass the puck, pass the puck, pass the puck!

[quote comment=”362865″][quote comment=”362861″]Looks ok, but bad for Florida. The reebok piping sucks as much ass as ever.[/quote]

i had fixed the front hem on the first mock, but i agree…

link[/quote]

Again, not to sound too emphatic, but I am just happy the piping isn’t yellow using the “if it is in the uniform, let’s make it a different color to stand out” rule

Now where have I link?

Yeah, so all-in-all, it’d make a nice alternate jersey for a Class A Midwest League team.

That is what the Thrashers should have done, instead of their red ones.

Reminds me more of this than anything:

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[quote comment=”362809″]Don’t mind the shoulder logo as much….that being said, it doesn’t really work on a hockey sweater.[/quote]
It looks like the logo of an early morning talk show. It should say “Good Morning FLA.” I can’t think of anything else that would have that 3/4 sunburst.

[quote comment=”362884″]Now where have I link?

Yeah, so all-in-all, it’d make a nice alternate jersey for a Class A Midwest League team.[/quote]
I don’t know. Where have you link

[quote comment=”362818″]the jersey would look good…
as the Kansas City Panthers[/quote]

oh please, please, please, please!

[quote comment=”362928″][quote comment=”362927″][quote comment=”362818″]the jersey would look good…
as the Kansas City Panthers[/quote]

oh please, please, please, please![/quote]

you can have my islanders instead[/quote]

trade you the royals?

[quote comment=”362932″]What this uniform needed was a rat in the panther’s teeth or something. Makes it really unique.[/quote]

that actually would have been cool

I’ll go out and say I really like ’em. I’ve never liked florida’s color scheme, all three primary colors should never be together in any one scheme. Keeping the blue darker and the yellow minimal helped them not be as horrendous as the mid 90s blues, but it still looked bad to my eyes. The new color scheme (and I have very little doubt that this is leading to a full re-brand), is a great one and unused in th league as a primary scheme. Yeah, the pens have their alt, but the main color in that is different. The panthers used the navy, the pens used the powder (they did have a choice, they had another jersey they could have thrown back to with navy as the primary). Those jerseys are not equivalents. Montreal and the Rangers use the same color scheme, but they used different parts of it for the primary color. Those jerseys are nowhere close unless you’re watching in black and white.

They’re new and fresh. Original and well designed. Logos have several faults, yes, but their old leaping cat was no work of art. It was unbalanced and awkward.

I would say if the panthers switch to these full time they would go from an iffy rating to a solid good.

[quote comment=”362938″][quote comment=”362935″][quote comment=”362929″][quote comment=”362928″][quote comment=”362927″][quote comment=”362818″]the jersey would look good…
as the Kansas City Panthers[/quote]

oh please, please, please, please![/quote]

you can have my islanders instead[/quote]

trade you the royals?[/quote]

i already have a minor league team[/quote]

you really know how to hurt a guy[/quote]

yes but yours doesn’t have a $140M payroll

I don’t understand why everyone is talking about it not “feeling” like the Panthers. The Panthers don’t feel like anything. They have probably the smallest following in the league, miserable on-ice performance, and currently one of the worst jerseys.

They’re a disgrace to the league as it is, so changing their colors, logo, and design can only help people forget what team it is.

[quote comment=”362941″]I don’t understand why everyone is talking about it not “feeling” like the Panthers. The Panthers don’t feel like anything. They have probably the smallest following in the league, miserable on-ice performance, and currently one of the worst jerseys.

They’re a disgrace to the league as it is, so changing their colors, logo, and design can only help people forget what team it is.[/quote]

So what (hockey) team do you root for? And would you switch your loyalties to a new team outside your area?

This is the Panthers 16th season. They’ve had the same colors and logo since the start, and only changed uniforms when Reebok took over. Adding a trendy color now may get a few more fans to buy new merch, but doesn’t really contribute to the overall team identity. That identity has always been based on navy, red, and gold, just like in the link. I will admit that the current navy jersey, with the gold apron strings and odd sleeve stripes, is too busy and not my fave. But it is still made up of the teams official colors, and has the cool panther logo on the chest. I think the logo is fierce, and actually represents a unique part of the area. And guess what, the actual endangered link, which only lives in South Florida, is gold in color.

Sure three playoff appearances in 16 seasons doesn’t cut it. But unstable ownership leads to unstable management, which leads to constant roster turnover when philosophies change. I think it is finally stabilizing, and the team isn’t in the basement anymore. And winning brings more fans, just like every other sport. Miami is mostly a fair-weather fan town; look at the Heat, Marlins, and Dolphins and you’ll see they all struggle when they keep losing.

Yes, northern transplants make up a large part of the attendance, but they are established hockey fans who want to see their team (from the north). That’s a full generation of hockey fans. The Panthers have had about 17 years to get true/new Panther Fans, so of course they’d have less diehards. Since that first year, new rinks and leagues have popped up all over FL, and those young players grow up as Panther (or even Lightning) fans. As they get older, they’ll raise their kids as Panther fans, and the fanbase could be as large as any other team’s fanbase. It doesn’t happen overnight or in a decade or two either. This isn’t football, baseball, or basketball, which all do fine in all types of weather. This is hockey on ice in sunny Florida. It is foreign and unique, but intriguing and promising. And trust me, it won’t be forgotten.

Go Panthers!

mt jaws, yesh, they have an identity. Good for them. It’s a crappy one. The color scheme is bad, the logo is poor. Just because it exists doesn’t mean they have to stick with it. As long as they don’t make changes a common event, I have no problem with it.

LI Phil said:

Plus whiskers.

And replace the white with athletic gold.

Having just watched the highlights, FLA’s new duds didn’t appear much better on ice.

The commentator remarked on how conspicuous Vokoun’s deep red pads were against the blue but they just served as a reminder of how the Panthers could have looked.

Naturally, an OT defeat followed – much to the delight of a fair whack of the audience in attendance.

As much as everyone seems to disagree I’m rather fond of the shoulder logo. FLA is how the team is abbreviated on the scoreboard, unlike the BOLTS and SENS that just used a nickname. Plus it isn’t front and center, it takes a backseat. It also shows a firm touch to the host state, the sunshine state of Florida.

As for the rest of the jersey, I like the color scheme, just not for the Florida Panthers. I think it would look great with a Thrashers logo in the middle though.

I think I’ve got to back everyone though when I say, where the hell is the red?

Totally agree about the ‘neo-traditionalism.’ Its like saying “Hey, remember the good ol’ original twenty-six days.” This isn’t some franchise steeped in history and classic rivalries of decades past. There were no retired numbers of players with names like “Butch,” “Rocket,” “Tabacco Joe,” “Red,” or “Whitey!”
And speaking of colors – yeah, who’s color scheme is this? I could see a similar problem from a recent Calgary vs. Montreal game:
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Many of the fans thought that Minnesota was in town:

Seems shockingly similar to the latest Pittsburgh Penguins retro jersey (actually FROM the days of yore!)
And the piping on the pants. It just doesn’t work for me. Much in the same way that this is not a team from the fun lovin’ 70s era. But also because they remind me of something very “unhockey-like”:

And YES, the shoulder logo makes me hungry for an egg mcmuffin and a cup of coffee (with “low-fat” creamer – as suggested by the light blue color scheme indicating a healthier option than the traditional dark blue
)

[quote comment=”362819″]If the Blues’ third jersey and Penguins’ third jersey mated, it would produce this.[/quote]
I was thinking more along the line of “Chicago Winter Classic and Penguins WInter Classic”.

Either way, unoriginal and big fail. I would have liked to have seen the original jerseys.

So, uh navy is this era’s teal? Sigh. These duds remind me mostly of the Maine Black Bears hockey unis. To me, these alternates are a college hockey template with an AHL logo and NHL patches. Just a mess.

[quote comment=”362988″]So, uh navy is this era’s teal? Sigh. These duds remind me mostly of the Maine Black Bears hockey unis. To me, these alternates are a college hockey template with an AHL logo and NHL patches. Just a mess.[/quote]

It does have that AHL “Merrie Melodies” whiff about it. The more I look at it, the more I dislike it.

If the shoulder logo had been a little more refined, then the abbreviation wouldn’t have been so offensive. The Coyotes get away with the PHX quite nicely. Unfortunately, I just keeping think “juice carton” upon viewing that brazen FLA.

Such a missed opportunity for a team with one of the NHL’s most distinctive colour schemes. Heck, they’re one of only two teams that forces me to turn my TV contrast down when playing NHL 10.

Is it bad form to mention Chris Creamer’s site? Some nice tweak there of the new jersey. Even replacing the baby blue with red makes a big difference.

It’s not ugly or hideous, but the font is just another modern turd. I don’t dig the weird serifs. Yeah, the FLA logo is stupid. But the color scheme isn’t bad. 9 teams in the NHL sport red jerseys, and another 3 with maroon. I don’t know why South Florida has a hockey team, so I’m not really attached to anything about them.

I’m not a fan of the new Panthers uniforms. So I decided to do a quick test. I listed all the NHL teams and wrote down the color or colors that come to mind when I think of the teams.
Here is the list: (Primary color is listed 1st)
Anaheim Ducks Brown & Green
Atlanta Thrashers light blue
Boston Bruins Black & Yellow
Buffalo Sabres Blue & Gold
Calgary Flames Red, Orange, yellow
Carolina Hurricanes Red & Black
Chicago Blackhawks Black & Red
Colorado Avalanche Purple & Blue
Columbus Blue Jackets Navy
Dallas Stars Green
Detroit Red Wings Red
Edmonton Oilers Blue and Orange
Florida Panthers Red Gold midnight blue
Los Angeles Kings Purple & Gold
Minnesota Wild Green, Brown & Red
Montreal Canadiens Red, Blue & White
Nashville Predators Dark blue & Gold
New Jersey Devils Red and Black
New York Islanders Navy and Orange
New York Rangers Blue, Red white
Ottawa Senators white & Gold
Philadelphia Flyers Orange & Black
Phoenix Coyotes Rust & White
Pittsburgh Penguins Blue & Yellow
San Jose Sharks Teal, Gray
St. Louis Blues Blue, Orange, yellow
Tampa Bay Lightning Black & Blue
Toronto Maple Leafs Blue & White
Vancouver Canucks blue and Green
Washington Capitals Red, white & Blue

I guess the uniforms I’m use to seeing the teams in have affected my color wheel. But I’m sure someteams could go out side the range. (But both Atlanta’s Red and Floridia’s Blue are not — maybe the two should switch.)

today’s interview was gold, GOLD. GOOOOOLD!

they remade the bad lieutenant? is that for real? that has got to be a lie. have we been reduced to this as a culture? i hate remakes anyway, but tbl? if this is the cannon we are going to pull from, let me announce here and now that i am remaking link. if you don’t have 4 minutes 5 seconds, start at the 2 minute mark, you will not be disappointed. let’s cast it, who plays knotts? lipS? really, the bad lieutenant?

Hey it actually looks like a hockey uniform. Like everyone else, i like this as a hockey design (good striping, yokes) but it just isnt the right colors for Florida.

Much better design than their horrendous edge primaries at least. It’s good to see the thirds that came out this year are heading back in the direction of traditional design and less reebok gimmick.

[quote comment=”363118″]@ post #80 ken,

The ducks and wild have never worn brown.
The Blues and Flames have never worn orange.

I like that you chose purple and gold for the kings. That’s what they should be wearing.[/quote]

I would have sworn the Flames used orange as a trim in calgary.

And these were the colors that came to mind when I thought of the teams.

“The shoulder emblems look like they belong on a weather map (Sunny skies all day across the state, continuing into next week. Back to you Bob.)”

I was actually going to mention that first (a.k.a. laugh hysterically and picture Al Roker wearing this).

Thing is, it’s a nice sweater. If you take Florida out of it. I see this and I think St. Louis, Atlanta, Tampa Bay, or the Coyotes when they get moved and renamed. This would be like the Flyers releasing a red white and blue alt. Overall, it’s silly and it sucks.

I hate it but I like it. Like it because a new jersey will drop the price of the old ones still on the shelf, and I’ll be able to pick up a few of them before the new ones take over. I’ll never buy one of these new EXTREMELY BORING jerseys.