No Change Is Word From Avs, Devs

We have news today regarding the new jerseys for the Colorado Avalanche and New Jersey Devils — who you might have noticed are absent from the sidebar countdown (along with the Anaheim Ducks).

Let's start with the Colorado Avalanche news. You might notice that the Avs have been added to the sidebar countdown with a jersey unveiling date of Wednesday, September 12. This information comes from The Denver Post. Beat writer Adrian Dater said yesterday in a blog post not to expect any big alterations.

We're anticipating an adaptation of the old sweaters to the Rbk EDGE style and cut. Here's an excerpt from Dater's post.

September 6, 2007

NEW UNIFORMS COMING

The Avalanche will unveil new uniforms on Wednesday, in a press conference. The uniforms will not have a newly designed logo or colors, but are representative of the new prototypes sponsored by Reebok that will be worn by all NHL teams this season.

The new uniforms are made of a different material that is supposed to absorb sweat better, are tighter on the bodies of players and allow them faster skating speeds.

In addition, the New Jersey Devils will apparently not be holding any unveiling ceremony or event for their new Rbk EDGE jerseys. According to The Record writer Tom Gulitti's blog, the jerseys will first be seen publicly in their first preseason game on Monday, September 17 against the Philadelphia Flyers.

Gulitti quoted Devils GM Lou Lamoriello as saying that the jerseys will not change. Basically what we were expected from the Devils. Here's the post.

September 6, 2007

No new jersey unveiling

Unlike most of the rest of the teams in the NHL, the Devils will not hold a press conference to show off their new Rbk Edge jerseys before the opening of training camp. All teams in the league will switch to the lighter, form-fitting uniforms (which also includes new, lighter socks) and some teams have taken this opportunity to make some cosmetic alterations, too, but Devils general manager Lou Lamoriello said that his team's jerseys will look essentially the same.

"Our jersey will still be our jersey," he said.

Fans can get their first look at them when the Devils play their first preseason game on Sept. 17 in Trenton against Philadelphia.

So to sum up, the Avalanche and Devils will simply convert their old sweaters without really changing anything. We'll see the Avs' on Wednesday and the Devils' five days later.

So to the fans who have been asking, there's your news. (Ducks fans, along with you, I'm still waiting for something.)

Comments

[Sarah]

Someone who saw the new Avs jerseys said they're mostly the same, but there's small changes in the stripes.

[Tedd]

IMHO, the Devils jerseys are some of the blandest in the league. They should change things up a bit, maybe new pattern or updated logo. Then again, the fact that the Devils will have neither uniform changes (besides Rbk Edge customizations) nor an official unveiling matches the fact that the Devils play a boring (albeit effective) defensive system.

[auggie]

Does this mean the awesome Av's 3rd Jersey is a thing of the past?

[Cocky]

There are no third jerseys this season

[Glen]

If the Avalanche have a jersey that is in *any* way similar to what they had last year.. then how on earth can any other team claim they had to change due to the "RBK Edge cut" jersey? Hmmm?

This will be interesting.

[Sabres Persuasion]

I honestly like the Devils jerseys from the late 80s early 90s, the ones with the green in them. Those were very cool, but with just the black and red, it's just bleh. At least add like, a tertiary color to balance everything out. I know everybody likes the simple this summer, but the devils make it too simple.