Blues To Unveil Third On Sunday
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The St. Louis Blues will unveil their new third jersey this Sunday at FANfest, according to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Jeremy Rutherford wrote in his blog Morning Skate tonight that the new jersey was actually shown to him and he described it in detail.
The jersey is Navy blue with a circular logo on front. In the logo is a silver-stitched Arch with the Blue Note positioned inside the legs of the famous St. Louis monument. Above the circle, it reads “ST. LOUIS” and below it “BLUES.”
Upon further exploration, I noticed that the Blues’ new jersey (which will be worn at least 15 times this season) has the old-school draw-strings near the neck with white numbers, trimmed in Navy blue and gold. There is also a Bluenote crest on the shoulder of the jersey.
It’s hard to please everyone, but the team’s hard work appears to have paid off.
I won't post the entire write-up here but I highly recommend giving it a read. As for the vitals, the most important thing...
Fans will be introduced to the jersey this Sunday at FANfest, where five of the Blues players (Brad Boyes, Lee Stempniak, David Backes, Eric Brewer and Paul Kariya) will be showing them off on the ice. They will be available to order on Sunday but won’t be delivered until mid-November.
They will first hit the ice on November 21 when the Blues face the Anaheim Ducks. (Which team is going to look better? It's a landslide.) The Blues will wear the new sweaters for 10 home games and 5 road games — for an interesting change of pace. I'm assuming a schedule will be released at some point.
Another interesting note.
The Blues toyed with the idea of powder blue (which the team wore earlier in the franchise’s history), but the ‘Powers that be’ decided they want to move forward. Davidson reportedly was in favor of the Navy blue.
And also the Thrashers wear powder blue jerseys at home and the Penguins will supposedly wear powder blue thirds this year.
Finally, my thanks to everybody who got on top of this almost immediately. Drew, Leanna, Cody, Stephen and Adam... you guys should know you all sent me emails within 12 minutes of each other. Well done.
I'm excited and I'm not even a Blues fan. Can't wait to see what these jerseys look like. Don't forget that the Buffalo Sabres also have plans to unveil their third jersey on Saturday. Less suspense for that one though because of all the leaks. We're still having a Live Chat though and now I'm thinking we may do another on Sunday. Standby for that.
Reader Comments (5)
I really think the new RBK edge Blue's Jersey's really are if not the best in the League top five no question. I am not a blues fan at all, but from what we've heard, I think these new thirds the Blues will come out with are going to look terrible. I will have to wait and see to pass my final judgement, but I don't think this is a winner for the Blues.
Really? I think these should look great (they really sound a lot like that mockup we saw) And I can't stand their current ones. Looks like RBK threw up on them. All sorts of stupid piping and the Ree-box just to highlight their log with no sense of flow to the design...
This is sounding to me like a jersey that I would buy if I actually had money.
I hope this isn't the logo he's talking about:
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=5b4e4b.3.9
probably not it has no arch.
I hope this isn't the logo he's talking about:
http://tess2.uspto.gov/bin/showfield?f=doc&state=5b4e4b.3.9" REL="nofollow">Link
probably not it has no arch.
And also because that very page says the mark was cancelled back in 1987. Nice find, though.
good I was worried the new logo was gonna be a flop like that one.