I still remember figuring out that if you come down the right side side and cut across the net to the left and then back to the right it was a goal every single time. I believe I beat my brother like 100 to 1 one time.
3 cup finals appearances and consistent playoffs in every decade is nothing to scoff at (same dry spots but thats every team). You guys remind me of Vikings, always being contenders no matter the core even if it gets traded away
Pretty sure at this point it's multiple big "L"s; it's been nearly 60 years in the NHL with no Cups. The damn Vancouver Millionaires won a cup 110 years ago, the first west coast team to ever do so, but since the Canucks formed we can't win anything other than division titles and "most embarrassing sports riot".
No, I love it. But I also love tradition and integrating location-specific elements. The green/blue is classic and really matches coastal BC, as do the orca and native designs in the current logo.
VAN's original colour scheme was blue/green/white, but a design firm convinced the team to go with black/orange/yellow because it was more aggressive and blue/green were wimpy baby colours (or something like that)
Let’s not forget VAN also went with dark blue, dark red and white for a minute during the Sedins era as well.
I thought the black, red and yellow was too much like the Flames.
I also think letters/word on a logo is kind of a lame, unimaginative cop out.
I much prefer a graphic of an object, animal or scene(Wild for example). I also really like an original design like the Nordiques, Wings or Flyers.
I think the current uniform/logo of VAN with the unique blue/green colours, original hockey stick/rink on the shoulders and the Orca on the front is awesome.
Personally I would get rid of the word Vancouver, but whatever, it’s still their best uniform yet in my humble opinion.
Let’s not forget VAN also went with dark blue, red and white for a minute during the Sedins era as well.
I don't know what got into so many of the blue teams in the early 2000s that compelled them to abandon their vibrant beautiful blues to all wear the same dark navy-ish drab blue.
Edmonton and NYI also went with boring dark blues when their OG colours were already gorgeous. Then the Blue Jackets come along and do the same thing.
And don't get me started on all the teams that completely abandoned their greens, reds, and purples to all wear black.........
I agree, I love the skate as an alt but feel it should stay as that. The Canucks also got rid of the “VANCOUVER” over the orca before their 50th anniversary season in 2019-20. It has just been the orca logo by itself since.
Agree as a subtle tertiary look, but the red they overloaded into the jersey vs that same Pantone blue like 10 other teams use/were using was unnecessary. The light blue yellow white only no trim around the numbers looks clean and classic.
I actually can't believe how much I disagree. Those red st. Louis jerseys from the 90s really pop. I think the new Blues jerseys are so bland and soft looking.
Y’know what’s funny? It technically hasn’t. They changed the shade of orange in the logo twice.
The original lasted from 1967-1999, Then they switched to a more neon orange which lasted from 1999-2023. Then they changed it to a darker orange which lasts till’ today.
I feel like most of these haven't changed because they didn't need to. I will say, however, that the Wild should keep using the North Stars colors with their jerseys. Those were pretty sick.
I feel the forest green, red, and cream is a timeless colour scheme, they're complimentary colours and have a good contrast of values so it doesn't really age in my eyes. They're kind of cozy naturalistic colours that suit the location. The bright green and yellow clash and to me look more dated but of course that's the point of a retro jersey. I'm a sucker for throwbacks regardless though
I don't really like the look of bright green and yellow together, but forest green + cream with the maroon stripe is so harmonious. The north star colours are quite dazzling and loud together, and it doesn't work very well with the illustration in the logo.
Bright green and yellow is a great color combination for sports uniforms. The A’s might be a homeless MLB franchise with no fanbase left to speak of but wherever they play at least they look good
Funny enough, the leafs current logo is a throwback inspired by their 1960s logo. It wouldn't shock me if the next iteration is a modernized version of the previous logo
Didn't realize the Nucks logo was a skate until like two years ago. I vividly remember Linden and Bure on TV, as a kid, but somewhere along the line, I thought it was a puck eclipsing the sun, or something. Never gave it a second thought, especially after the logo changed.
That's why I don't understand the nostalgia for it. As a kid I thought it was a planet with rings around it. Other people have made the plate of spaghetti comparison.
It looks more like a speed skate than a hockey skate
Fun Fact: Carolina continued that tradition. In the Hurricanes double-flag logo the negative space in-between is shaped like the outline of North Carolina.
The reading teacher at my elementary school, Mr. Eich, would run copies of NHL, MLB, NBA, and NFL logos and give them out to us after school. Wow, what a blast from the past :)
This is triggering like a reflex smell memory of our old hockey table that we played the paint off of as kids, that had all these exact logos along the side of it.
is it really a throwback when so many of these were later brought back in some capacity or, at most, were slightly altered? even the teams that were killed off had their corpses brought back as throwbacks.
Reminds me of when I would fill up those Panini sticker books. The company would send me the stickers I needed to complete my book if I sent back a certain amount of empty sticker packs!
This was what eventually got me into collecting hockey cards as a kid.
I used to have a Marian Stastny Nordiques jersey back in the day. Goddammed I loved that jersey. I keep thinking I want to get one of the new Avalanche throwbacks but jerseys are ridiculously expensive nowadays.
These logos remind me of an awsome NHL puck display a couple of friends of mines fathers had in their basements with these logos. I always wanted one for myself
Looks like my bed sheets
I have a pillowcase with these logos on it, awesome thrift store find
I also have what I'm assuming is the same one. Was my childhood bedding - now use it as a visor cover for my helmet. Makes me smile every time
I wouldn’t buy a used pillowcase.
Especially stiff ones.
Man, I had those bedsheets in the late 70s. Except mine had the Colorado Rockies instead of the Devils.
Edit: And the Atlanta Flames.
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I had this setup except mine had the whalers still
Minus the pee. ;-)
White sheets are the worst.
I miss those bed sheets.
I also miss those patches that used to come with... Molson maybe? The boxes.
My dad got me so many of them while he was in beer league... Never got the damn Oilers logo tho.
So many flames patches.
Pretty sure my parents still have those sheets in a closet somewhere.
I drew and coloured each of these and hung them on my bedroom wall. I regret not keeping them.
Hehe had the same ones
I can hear the NHL 94 theme music seeing this pic
I’ll be playing that tonight in fact. 🤘🏻
E-A Sports...it's in the game!
Same
NHL 94 would have had 26 teams. San Jose, Ottawa, Tampa, Anaheim and Florida were all added. And Minnesota moved to Dallas.
Based on no San Jose and this Jets logo, this logo set can only be from the 1990-91 season.
Yup, 1990-91 was also the last year for the "N" North Stars logo.
Brass fuckin bonanza
Hell yeah! Play it again!
Or the main lobby music
I still remember figuring out that if you come down the right side side and cut across the net to the left and then back to the right it was a goal every single time. I believe I beat my brother like 100 to 1 one time.
We called that the S move back in the day, lol
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Thank you. I was offended too.
Always had a soft spot for the design of Vancouver skate, though it really didn’t fit the club’s history.
If they wanted to fit the club’s history, the logo would just be a big “L”
I guess we should go back to the stick-in-rink logo and just flip it around…
Haha flip it sideways
I read that as 'stink-in-rink' and nodded on agreement.
Johnny Canuck was a lumberjack with ice skates.
3 cup finals appearances and consistent playoffs in every decade is nothing to scoff at (same dry spots but thats every team). You guys remind me of Vikings, always being contenders no matter the core even if it gets traded away
Pretty sure at this point it's multiple big "L"s; it's been nearly 60 years in the NHL with no Cups. The damn Vancouver Millionaires won a cup 110 years ago, the first west coast team to ever do so, but since the Canucks formed we can't win anything other than division titles and "most embarrassing sports riot".
I’m in my 30s and this is the first time I’ve noticed the skate. It’s always just been lines to me, I’m actually so disappointed with myself.
Me too. Literally grew up just outside of Vancouver and have watched them my whole life. Never knew it was a skate on the old logo lol
You dissing the spaghetti? 👀
No, I love it. But I also love tradition and integrating location-specific elements. The green/blue is classic and really matches coastal BC, as do the orca and native designs in the current logo.
Curious how you feel about the logo we are going with next year
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Pretty darn close to perfect
On his way to overturn and torch the next police car, no doubt.
Best of everything
I’m just messing I prefer the green, blue, and orca too
I would say a downward direction most definitely fit the club’s history.
I mean, it was an improvement from the V jerseys with the same color scheme.
If only point the skate upwards could fix the problems
"Some motherfuckers are always trying to ice skate uphill."
-- Blade
Oilers logo is sick, wish they had something similar today
Some teams appreciate tradition. Or have no imagination. Either way.
Same with Philly, Habs, Wings, etc.
I gotta say if it works, keeping it the same and building tradition is definitely the way to go.
I don’t get VAN, LAK and BUF not only changing logos but entire colour schemes as well.
No thanks.
VAN's original colour scheme was blue/green/white, but a design firm convinced the team to go with black/orange/yellow because it was more aggressive and blue/green were wimpy baby colours (or something like that)
Let’s not forget VAN also went with dark blue, dark red and white for a minute during the Sedins era as well.
I thought the black, red and yellow was too much like the Flames.
I also think letters/word on a logo is kind of a lame, unimaginative cop out.
I much prefer a graphic of an object, animal or scene(Wild for example). I also really like an original design like the Nordiques, Wings or Flyers.
I think the current uniform/logo of VAN with the unique blue/green colours, original hockey stick/rink on the shoulders and the Orca on the front is awesome.
Personally I would get rid of the word Vancouver, but whatever, it’s still their best uniform yet in my humble opinion.
I don't know what got into so many of the blue teams in the early 2000s that compelled them to abandon their vibrant beautiful blues to all wear the same dark navy-ish drab blue.
Edmonton and NYI also went with boring dark blues when their OG colours were already gorgeous. Then the Blue Jackets come along and do the same thing.
And don't get me started on all the teams that completely abandoned their greens, reds, and purples to all wear black.........
The Kings were so much better when they had purple (forum blue)
I agree, I love the skate as an alt but feel it should stay as that. The Canucks also got rid of the “VANCOUVER” over the orca before their 50th anniversary season in 2019-20. It has just been the orca logo by itself since.
Is that not the same as the current logo or what am I missing?
Brace yourself for the inevitable Whooosh
God dammit. It comes for all of us eventually
The Bruins logo here is the one they just switched back to this season. This version is on their white sweaters.
Can't improve upon perfection
Beauties. Give me brass bonanza as a goal horn baby.
I hated the red era of St Louis especially that terrible diagonal red striped monstrosity. The Blues jerseys now are beautiful.
I like the logo of the 90s Blues. The red outline makes it pop
Agree as a subtle tertiary look, but the red they overloaded into the jersey vs that same Pantone blue like 10 other teams use/were using was unnecessary. The light blue yellow white only no trim around the numbers looks clean and classic.
I actually can't believe how much I disagree. Those red st. Louis jerseys from the 90s really pop. I think the new Blues jerseys are so bland and soft looking.
I like how almost half of these are almost identical to that team's current logo
A bunch left these designs for a bit but most are back
The Bruins' logo has had some minor tweaks every now and again over the years, but the spoked B is still the spoked B.
The design of the bear, however, is a completely different matter. Sometimes we have a normal-looking bear, and others wind up with Meth Bear.
Meth Bear > Normal Bear
Hartford logo and colors are as good as it gets. Bring them back just for that.
Have a new team in a city that starts with H and just transfer whalers to them.
Hartford too small now, how about Houston Whalers
Let’s go
Same for a city that starts with an N with the North Stars logo and colour scheme. Truly awesome.
I love how our logo has stayed the same since the team’s inception. It should be a capital crime to even dare touch it
Y’know what’s funny? It technically hasn’t. They changed the shade of orange in the logo twice.
The original lasted from 1967-1999, Then they switched to a more neon orange which lasted from 1999-2023. Then they changed it to a darker orange which lasts till’ today.
Then there’s that abomination they did in the early 2000’s. Completely forgot about that lol
Just looked it up, Do you mean the one with grey bits that kinda’ looks metallic?
Honestly, I don’t love it. But it’s not the worst thing I’ve ever seen.
Yes, that one! I just don’t dig it sadly
Sweet nostalgia strikes again this week. I loved watching the Avs in their throwback Nordiques jerseys a few nights ago too.
Man I friggen love that Jets logo. I loved the 90’s jerseys
Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one that loves that one. I think they used the wrong retro logo in recent years.
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Yup pretty much nothing changed for most of these… lol
Ahhh, I miss that Red Wings logo. Way better than the one we got now.
Wow, I don't remember the green on the NJD logo. Kind of christmas vibes lol
They didn’t switch to the black until like 94 or 95.
And yeah, the old jerseys were total Christmas trees. They were glorious.
I think the black looks way better but the green is more unique and nostalgic
the team has also been way more successful in black
They had green on the jerseys too! It was a great look.
Pretty sure the pants were green too
The Devils nowadays wear the Christmas tree jerseys on the closest home game to St Patrick’s Day.
I liked it best when it had green in it haha
Never forget what they took away from us.
Man that Leafs logo was bad. It looks like it was designed in a board room (which I'm sure it was).
Their current logo is great, I hope they keep it for a long time.
I’m so old that I didn’t even realize this wasn’t their logo anymore
It‘s the leaf from the flag, with a slightly shorter stem.
I feel like most of these haven't changed because they didn't need to. I will say, however, that the Wild should keep using the North Stars colors with their jerseys. Those were pretty sick.
I appreciate the throwback but the Wild's regular home jerseys are some of the most beautiful sweaters ever in hockey.
This feels like a hot take. I think they look perpetually stuck in 2000 with those colors.
I feel the forest green, red, and cream is a timeless colour scheme, they're complimentary colours and have a good contrast of values so it doesn't really age in my eyes. They're kind of cozy naturalistic colours that suit the location. The bright green and yellow clash and to me look more dated but of course that's the point of a retro jersey. I'm a sucker for throwbacks regardless though
Really? I find them kind of bland looking. I much prefer their originals from the early 2000’s.
Even then I find myself liking the Green, Yellow & White colour scheme way more.
I don't really like the look of bright green and yellow together, but forest green + cream with the maroon stripe is so harmonious. The north star colours are quite dazzling and loud together, and it doesn't work very well with the illustration in the logo.
It's also why I like the old Moosehead cans
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Yeah, I see what you mean. I guess it’s just personal preference.
Bright green and yellow is a great color combination for sports uniforms. The A’s might be a homeless MLB franchise with no fanbase left to speak of but wherever they play at least they look good
The Whalers logo is the best logo in sports history I swear
Not a real 90s throwback without Anaheim
No Mighty Ducks? What a sin
The 21 team league existed from 1979-80 until 1990-91, although New Jersey moved from Colorado in 82.
Also, The Sharks (91-92), Senators and Lightning (92-93) and Panthers (93-94) would all have to be included with the Mighty Ducks.
This is basically my childhood
Crazy how nostalgia works because I love them all (except the green on the devils)
You guys should go back to that old logo.
I would love to. But I think the majority of leaf fans (especially younger ones) wouldn’t want to. I think I am probably in the minority.
Funny enough, the leafs current logo is a throwback inspired by their 1960s logo. It wouldn't shock me if the next iteration is a modernized version of the previous logo
I think your current logo is your best and these are the best sweaters you've had. The Gilmour era leaf is too uniform for me.
Miss the Whalers. Great logo design.
Greatest logo ever. The negative space “H” is the real chef’s kiss.
The best. However if a mascot were chosen today it would probably be “Hartford Whale”. A whale killer as your mascot today? Forgettaboutit
These old colors just look so much better. They pop much more than the less vibrant shades that came in the 2000s. They stand out from one other.
Like the capitals for example. I like the old lighter blue way more than the intense dark blue of today.
Fuck Norm Green
The Devils had a really unique look when they were red and green
the jets logo rocks so much
Nucks 🔛🔝
Everytime i see the W logo i think
"Breakfasts come and go Renee but Hartford, the Whale, they beat Vancouver once maybe twice in a lifetime"
My favorite team is the Washington CapiLals
Something about that North Stars logo. Super nostalgia.
The canucks one is sick glad they use it as their alt although I do prefer the blue and green
You guys remember the sticker books of nhl teams?
San Jose erasure
Unpopular opinion I know, but I actually do like that version of the Leafs logo. It looked good on the ice
The Cannucks should not have changed their logo.
If they never changed their logo they'd still be using the stick-in-rink
Mighty Ducks’ Wildwing erasure.
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Part of my train collection from the 1970s. The other side of the boxcars have the other two divisions.
Wow, What a strange decision to not put Montréal and Québec in the same division.
The Hartford Whalers, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Blackhawks and Vancouver Canucks logos are masterpiece IMO.
Inject that Whalers logo into my veins
We should just go back to that logo and those jerseys full time
Well the modernized version at least. The 90s one is a bit dated.
The VAN skate logo and uniforms are the ones they should use all the time. Genuinely a unique look in sports.
And the Whalers logo is the greatest sports logo ever.
No OG Sharks logo?
Lock them up. 90s Sharks and Ducks logos are peak
Didn't realize the Nucks logo was a skate until like two years ago. I vividly remember Linden and Bure on TV, as a kid, but somewhere along the line, I thought it was a puck eclipsing the sun, or something. Never gave it a second thought, especially after the logo changed.
That's why I don't understand the nostalgia for it. As a kid I thought it was a planet with rings around it. Other people have made the plate of spaghetti comparison.
It looks more like a speed skate than a hockey skate
I like the colour scheme of black, red & yellow but the Orca’s the far better logo.
The Flyers have come a long way, huh? /s
🤣🤣
Wings logo is unrecognizable
We once lived in a proper society
I miss 21 team nhl
My childhood logos!
Missed a few :< sure we were trash in 92, but the logo was way better imo
Robopenguin was OP
Time to fire up NHL 93!
Hartford had one of the best logos of all time, not just for sports teams but for anything
Those are all great, classics
The Original 21
Still my personal favourite Jets logo.
Before the Islanders short-lived Captain Highliner logo
Back when the NHL was a proper league.
Gotta give the O6 teams credit, no point in messing with a good thing
Campbell Conference:
Smythe
Norris
Wales Conference
Adams
Patrick
Devils ahould go back to fulltkme christmas
I miss the Devils in green
All of them are perfect.
Over-the-air CBC Hockey Night in Canada
Peak
Vive les Nordiques!
I might be dumb but I feel dumber than usual because I literally just realized the negative-space H in the Whalers logo
Fun Fact: Carolina continued that tradition. In the Hurricanes double-flag logo the negative space in-between is shaped like the outline of North Carolina.
Nucks North Stars, Whalers and Jets all with bangers
The reading teacher at my elementary school, Mr. Eich, would run copies of NHL, MLB, NBA, and NFL logos and give them out to us after school. Wow, what a blast from the past :)
I like how the penguins have barely changed. Sure, they had a stint as the robo-penguin but then they changed back.
The original 6 were so different!
Long live The Whale
This is triggering like a reflex smell memory of our old hockey table that we played the paint off of as kids, that had all these exact logos along the side of it.
is it really a throwback when so many of these were later brought back in some capacity or, at most, were slightly altered? even the teams that were killed off had their corpses brought back as throwbacks.
When NHL hockey was in its prime. Miss those days.
Bring back 6 divisions!!!
Meanwhile the red wings:
Reminds me of NHL Stanley Cup for SNES
Flyers should go back to the old logo
Take me back…Please
man that red wings logo was incredible. what a fall off
Inject the Whalers logo straight into my vein
That canucks logo is so cool. Same with that leafs logo... literally perfect... should never have changed it
Reminds me of when I would fill up those Panini sticker books. The company would send me the stickers I needed to complete my book if I sent back a certain amount of empty sticker packs!
This was what eventually got me into collecting hockey cards as a kid.
All I see is perfection
I love the commitment to strong colors, they really pop
Now it’s like dark or unsaturated colors
This was the best era in terms of jersey fashion, just keeping it simple
Crazy that a lot of these were considered ugly at the time amd now most are considered absolute beaties
Colorado Rockies pls
Whalers, Nordiques, and North Stars were amazing logos. Rip.
The Whalers had such a cool logo. It's timeless.
I used to have a Marian Stastny Nordiques jersey back in the day. Goddammed I loved that jersey. I keep thinking I want to get one of the new Avalanche throwbacks but jerseys are ridiculously expensive nowadays.
Severe lack of goblin shark
CapiLals
Whalers and the North Stars still look great
I had that pencil case
These logos remind me of an awsome NHL puck display a couple of friends of mines fathers had in their basements with these logos. I always wanted one for myself
As a kid I thought they were named the Buffalo Savers, and what the buffalo were being saved from was that giant pair of scissors.