Rbk EDGE Review: Rangers
Sunday · Oct 14 · 2007 | 4:04 PM PDTPart 21 of 30. All 30 NHL clubs have unveiled new jerseys under the new Rbk EDGE Uniform System for the 2007-08 season. Here at the NHLToL, we're going to review every one of them. Read up and then rate the new sweaters. We'll do a full ranking after completing all of the reviews.
The Unveiling
The Rangers held no unveiling ceremony and images of their new jerseys were the last to be posted at online stores selling NHL gear.
Home vs. Road
Home: Blue. Road: White. The two sweaters are essentially mirror images of each other aside from the patterns on the shoulders.
The blue home jerseys feature white-red-white stripes around the elbows and waist. Red letters with white trim spelling out "RANGERS" are positioned diagonally across the front of the sweater and the laces at the collar are white.
The blue home jerseys feature slightly spaced blue-red-blue stripes around the elbows and waist. The shoulder yoke is blue with spaced red-blue stripes on the outside. Blue letters with red trim spelling out "RANGERS" are positioned diagonally across the front of the sweater. A blue stripe wraps around the wrist. The collar is red and the laces are white.
In The Details
The Rangers are the only team that does not use its primary logo on either jersey. The same numbering and lettering style has been retained.
New & Old
There are no major differences between the new and old jerseys. Slight modifications have been made though, including the league-wide changed collar. Also, the letters on the front of the sweater have been vertically spaced more and at times may seem a little off center.
Standard FAQ
Numbers on the front? No.
Laces at the collar? Yes.
NHLToL Editorial by Chris
The Rangers' jerseys have always been fine. Nothing special to me. I understand tradition and this and that, but the Rangers were given a golden opportunity this season with the introduction of these new uniforms. If you ask me, they blew it big time. I've never been a fan of the text across the chest. I think hockey sweaters are meant to have logos. I also think the third jersey with the Lady Liberty logo is one of the best ever seen in the NHL. I would've quite possibly rated such a uniform 6/5 in this review. This may be a personal bias speaking, but I think the Rangers are one team in need of a sweeping makeover. But that will never happen. And that's really all I have to say on that. 2/5
Reader Comments (32)
Come on people, don't get that exited, and just wrote what you think about that jersey, as Chris did. There is a counter for voting also.
I think that the Rangers deserve a 4/5, because their look is the look of the Rangers. No more no less.
The third jersy will probably offer the lady liberty, and that is cool.
Me too I don't always agree with Chris. For example, he gave a 4/5 for the capitals, the best jersey of the new RBK era. It's just his opinion. And mine. That is what a blog is. Comments from people in random order about a subject.
And if Chris comments are making people react, aren't what they are for?
I don't want to live in a place where we can't speak our own. Liberty of expression is a value that I will gladly die for.
Before telling someone to stop writing his ideas, think twice please.
Alright doug, here's why the Original 6 teams shouldn't change the jerseys; the fans love them! That's really what counts. If the majority of the fans from the team likes the jerseys why change? I know I look at my Wings and I feel we have the best looking jersey in the league. Its also comforting knowing that every 5 years a new jersey won't be on its way. Why mess with something that isn't broken? Third jerseys should be reserved for experimenting with other looks, but fans really love the current look of the Original 6 teams. The biggest thing to owners is sales; if people continue buying Original 6 jerseys, why would they change them? The Original 6 fans have been loyal fans, and continue purchasing the merchandise of their teams; a change isn't needed if jerseys are still sold. The NHL is a league of traditions (whether you like that or not), but when it comes to jersey changes, a lot of that has to do with selling more jerseys. Original 6 teams don't have too many problems with that.
As for the comment made about the divisions named after people you don't know? Yeah, they need to return to that!
"I come to this site to see jerseys and logos, not to see what someone thinks of them"
Look then...don't read - And to dog the dude who's posting this fine blog...good move
This is a great blog and one of a very few that I've really thrown myself into...Great work Chris!
I want prince of wales and clarence cambell back me too
Brandon, I know the basis of the original names however, I would find it interesting if someone went around to the various arenas across NA and asked a random gathering of 100 people from each location who the people were that the old way was named after.
It would be like an NHL version of "Jay-Walking" from Leno. But I would bet you that you would be LUCKY to find that 45% knew the answer.
There is already a generation attending games that weren't alive, or were too young to remember, when we used those names.
What's funny about this whole "Orignal 6" vs. "Updated Designs" is that I have yet to hear a single valid argument as to WHY you do not change one of the "Original 6" logos/jerseys.
Everyone puts way too much weight on everything being "classic" in the NHL. Well if that's the case, let's change the following back to the way "it used to be":
• Goalies are not to wear face masks anymore.
• All players are to stop wearing helmets and go back to the "original" pad styles.
• Bring back the 2 line pass penalty.
• From now on we are going to name the different divisions after people that the majority of the populous don't even know who they are anymore.
• To honor tradition we are going to put 7 men on the ice to pay tribute to how certain leagues were set up at the turn of the century.
I thought this was about UNIFORMS. Don't back up your "valid argument" talking about rule changes.
looking at your logo/icon you come off as anything but an expert.
doug, I'll agree that most would not know where the names originated, but that isn't an excuse to change the names of the divisions! Change the Stanley Cup because people don't know where the name came from? No, it doesn't matter! But, as far as a lack of people knowing; I'll agree whole-heartedly. This strays from the initial argument though (I just threw that in as a side note).