Monday
Nov262012

0282: Oilers Hockey Re-Imagined

The Edmonton Oilers have been feeling a little left out on the Concepts page lately. So here's a unique one from Joseph Loretz. What if the Oilers' primary color wasn't royal blue?

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Reader Comments (9)

to me it says Atlanta Thrashers more then it says oilers

Nov 26 · 5:31 PM PST | Unregistered Commenterjosh

The logo looks a little too busy, as one oil derrick would have sufficed, and I just can't see them using red as a primary color...or in any other capacity, for that matter.

Nov 26 · 5:35 PM PST | Unregistered CommenterPeter

Dump the red completely and replace it with one of the blues in the logo and you have a somewhat interesting concept. The red here is completely unnecessary.

Nov 26 · 6:12 PM PST | Unregistered CommenterDFH

I like the striping pattern. Not a fan of the red (if theFlames ever left Calgary, then so be it!).

One thing to quibble about, though, is the oil spurting out of the derricks. Phallic symbolism aside, most roughnecks in the oil patch could tell you that if oilshoots out of the top like that, the drillers would lose their jobs pretty quick-like.

Not bad, though. There are definitely worse concepts out there.

Nov 26 · 9:56 PM PST | Unregistered CommenterRob Huck

I like the direction that this concept was headed but I feel like you lost the plot a little bit with both your color palette and your logo. I'd like to see this jersey with the original edmonton orange replacing the red and a simplified logo. Take a look at the OKC Oil Barons logo for an idea of the simplicity I'm talking about. I really would like to see an update of this concept in the future!

Nov 27 · 5:06 AM PST | Registered CommenterDerek H

my first thought was that i liked them. my second thought was that they had a "rec league" look to them, not something that would be worn by an nhl team. so i like it in theory, but not for the pros.

Nov 27 · 1:37 PM PST | Unregistered Commenterjonathanc

I absolutely love the uniform template, but that logo is awful. Just a bunch of elements thrown into the cliche circle.

I'd also like to throw a shout out to those pant stripes. Great element, more designers here (and more NHL teams) need to pay attention to the pants.

Nov 28 · 8:08 AM PST | Unregistered CommenterZeus

Love that logo!

Nov 29 · 9:58 AM PST | Unregistered CommenterBrian Brideau

The red makes no sense to me. Mabey replace it with navy blue and it would look alot better. The logo is too busy. Get rid of the two derricks and the outer red line and it looks pretty good.

Nov 29 · 6:05 PM PST | Registered CommenterPreston Hodgkinson

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