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Jan282013

0345: Missing the NHL All-Star Game

If we hadn't lost the 2013 NHL All-Star Game to the dumbest lockout ever, it would've taken place in Columbus yesterday. In that spirit, we've got a sharp All-Star concept from Matt McElroy today. It's a neat evolution of the previous NHL All-Star uniforms — a set I wouldn't mind seeing on the ice someday.

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Reader Comments (9)

I've been getting tired of the Red, White, and Blue All-Star Game jerseys as of late but these are fantastic.

Jan 28 · 3:39 PM PST | Unregistered CommenterR

These are fantastic!!! Someone send this to the NHL/Reebok.

Jan 28 · 7:40 PM PST | Unregistered CommenterHawksFan

Part of me wishes that they would do Black versus Orange again. Wales versus Campbell.

Jan 28 · 9:54 PM PST | Unregistered CommenterTyler J

I'm so glad to not be alone! I'm also a big fan of these designs, but wish NHL would get this color scheme out of their system and BRING BACK THE BLACK AND ORANGE!! I miss the old conference and division names too....

Jan 29 · 6:42 AM PST | Unregistered CommenterKZed

Does the NHL have "Official Colours" anymore or did that go away with the NHL Logo change? I like the old Black/Orange combos... that said, theses are really nice designs and would enjoy seeing them in next season's All-Star game.

Jan 29 · 7:32 AM PST | Unregistered CommenterNick Fotiu

The only thing I would change on this design is to take the numbers off the front. I find this trend really annoying.

Jan 29 · 10:15 AM PST | Unregistered CommenterKrendelev

I would add a thin blue/red stripe to the bottom part of the hem stripes, because it looks like it's missing. I would also change the color of the squares in the arm parts respectively to steel blue/lighter red.

Otherwise, this is a really good, near perfect design! One of the best looking All-Star concepts on this blog!

Jan 30 · 5:35 AM PST | Unregistered CommenterBrian Brideau

THAT UPDATE IS AWESOME!!!

Jan 30 · 11:42 AM PST | Unregistered CommenterKZed

I'm really not a fan. They're just--boring. It's not a knock on the artist, as I know he is working with what the NHL is already using. They're just too busy for me, and the weird stripes and front numbers bug me for some reason.

I would love to see the NHL use black/orange again. If they wanted to "modernize" the jerseys with the official NHL colors, I guess they could try silver vs. black, but I feel like that would take a really good concept to work with those colors. To me, it's not just that retro is a cool fad--it's that the retro stuff is flat-out better than the stuff they put out now.

Update Seeing Matt's updated concept, I really like the simple changes that were made. The modernized striping and curves don't seem as out of place. I don't know what it is, because the changes are really quite minor, but this new concept just plain works.

Jan 30 · 4:51 PM PST | Unregistered CommenterPhil

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