Tuesday
May152012
0087: Fixing the Islanders Third
There was some confusion in last week's NHL JerseyWatch update as to whether the Islanders would be altering or even dropping their new black third jersey. They put the rumors to bed with a tweet from their official Twitter account, but that doesn't mean we can't improve the jersey on the Concepts page. Matt Marczel has this to offer.
Designed by 
Matt Marczel
Matt Marczel 
Reader Comments (12)
Not bad, definitely better than the one they're using right now that's for true.
I didn't think it was possible to have a jersey worse than their current alt.
This might be close.
WOW this is a great concept. It looks very clean and simple and if I were an Islander fan I'd buy this jersey. The only change I'd likely do is to put the actual logo on the jersey but it still looks really great with the word logo ether way.
Very nice! This would be a major improvement over their current crappy ones. I really like this design.
it looks too much like a rangers jersey. I'd rather them stick with the black one over this
I'm an Islanders fan, and I hate the current third. I'm excited over the possibility of it not returning next season. I have a few simple things that I would do for the Islanders.
1) Introduce a Lighthouse alternate logo. People have moved on from the Lighthouse Project, and will not think of it when seeing a lighthouse logo. This logo could be added as a shoulder patch.
2) The third jersey needs to be either navy or orange. The crest on the front should be the lighthouse alternate logo, with the main logo on the shoulder. Its as simple as that. Add some braided rope accenting around the logo and you're in business.
Still an ugly jersey but it looks way better than the current thirds with the lack of the black and gray. Blue, orange, and white work so much better together than all of the colors on their current thirds. The black and gray on the current thirds make the jerseys look too loud and busy, they hurt my eyes and make me want to go on a punching spree whenever they wear them against my team.
I didn't even realize you had a Jersey Watch update, because the first time I visited the site after that post was when the anniversary post was up, and I never bothered to scroll down past that...
In any case, this would definitely be a vast improvement over that mess they have now. My only concern is that the three-stripe motif is a little close to the Oilers and Rangers. I would probably either drop the top white stripe, or add another orange stripe above it (might need to narrow the stripes a little bit).
Perfect as an Isles third, though I would want the diamond on this jersey.
A concept worth applauding. Not sure what Randall is smoking.
feels bland. not that i could make better, lol
The Islanders 3rd should be a copy of the 1986s Mets jersey, with or without pinstripes, but with those bold sleeve stripes. The Binghmaton Senators did that idea based on the B-Mets sometime in the last year or two, it was awesome.