Wednesday: The wait is over

WELCOME TO THE NEWLY REDESIGNED HJC!

 

Gone is the cream black and maroon, replaces by a blue-navy gradient from the horizontal middle outward, and a new partial jersey logo featuring an old fashioned style pen outlined to form the sleeve of the jersey. I'm biased but I'd rate it at 100%. The new brand is as easy for you to navigate as the old site too. Job well done.

I simply tagged along with the rebrand idea TBH. I have so much going on that I decided to let the other writers handle it, so I thank them and congratulate them on a wonderful new look.

It seems like I'm the one writing posts on massive days: The first post after Vegas announced their brand, the fist post after Adidas unveiled their new look for the NHL. And now the first post after the NHL Preseason. And with the NHL season upon us tonight, Twitter and the NHL have come together to put special logo emojis at the end of specific hashtags.

Have fun.


SEASON PREDICTIONS

Metropolitan:

1) Pittsburgh Penguins
2) Columbus Blue Jackets
3) New York Islanders
4) Washington Capitals
5) New York Rangers
6) Philadelphia Flyers
7) New Jersey Devils
8) Carolina Hurricanes

Atlantic:

1) Tampa Bay Lightning
2) Toronto Maple Leafs
3) Buffalo Sabres
4) Boston Bruins (and those dopey black socks)
5) Ottawa Senators
6) Florida Panthers
7) Montreal Canadiens
8) Detroit Red Wings

Central:

1) Dallas Stars
2) Nashville Predators
3) Chicago Blackhawks
4) Winnipeg Jets
5) St. Louis Blues
6) Minnesota Wild
7) Colorado Avalanche

Pacific:

1) Anaheim Ducks
2) San Jose Sharks
3) Edmonton Oilers
4) Calgary Flames
5) Los Angeles Kings
6) Arizona Coyotes
7) Vegas Golden Knights
8) Vancouver Canucks

Wild Cards: 1E) Washington, 2E) New York, 1W) Calgary, 2W) Los Angeles

COMPETITIONS: A DINGO ATE MY BABY! We head down under for a chance to tackle the AIHL. 8 teams makes for easy pickings.

Entries so far:

Adam G: Adelaide Adrenaline

REMINDERS:

 COTW Sept 22-28 vote (ends Friday @ noon ET) 

 AIHL entries (due October 13 @ noon ET) 

ON TO THE CONCEPTS!


Alan H: Chicago Blackhawks Concept

An idea we've seen numerous times: balance out the hem and arm striping. Only changes to the general idea here are altered shoulder patches that are exclusively red, white and black, a slightly different number font and sleeve trim in the pattern of the original striping. Otherwise nothing unusual, and nothing standout-ish.

Rating: 75%


Jets96: South Carolina Stingrays (ECHL) Concept

Blue helmet would work better, right from the top of this. I do think the color balance on the white jersey is slightly off, but not by too much. Red numbers maybe? Again nothing too exciting from these jerseys here, or for that matter anything I have seen lately from Jets. Maybe try something new with your presentation. I learned a while ago that presentation goes a long way.

Rating: 80%


Justin B: Carolina Hurricanes Concept

This is a dynamic concept. Plenty of red, black minimized as a trim, with white as the true secondary color. Combine that with the identical striping trick and a genius, yet simple alternate logo, I think we have a winner, though I would have outlined that logo twice, silver on the outside of black. Flag striping is a must.

Rating: 98%


The WINNER of my Concept of the Week Nomination is

 JUSTIN B 

 CAROLINA HURRICANES CONCEPT 

And that wraps up an eventful Wednesday as we launch the brand new HJC. What do you think? Do you like the older style better? Or is it the perfect time for a new look? Also if you think my NHL picks are crazy, then comment below (preferably without telling me to screw off). Thanks for witnessing history. 

Also for tonight, go Jets, Flames, Sharks and Blues. Islanders open in Columbus Friday and at home Saturday against Buffalo. HOCKEY IS BACK! YES! YES! YES!