St. Louis has been pretty modest with their jersey designs since entering the NHL in 1967. There was a period of time during the 90s when they experimented with different color schemes (needless to say they went back to their originals) but other than that the Blues haven't changed much, no less introduce a third jersey. Well following the success of Pittsburgh's Winter Classic circular logo uniform, it seemed like every team in the league wanted to adopt something similar. The Blues put together this gem prior to the 2008-09 season. The jersey makes good use of navy blue as its primary color, features a small Blues logo with the famous Gateway Arch lurking in background while the team name appears above and below in the circular pattern. The team's regular "Blue music note" logo makes an appearance again on the shoulder patch. I also really like how easy it is to read the numbers and names on the jersey due to the white color and bold font. The jersey isn't busy either like most alternate jerseys are; it only needs what is absolutely necessary.
My final thoughts: Definitely one of the best alternates out there right now. Like most teams, the Blues tend to wear their 3rd jersey quite frequently at home games and I think they should continue that tradition. If the Blues ever get into a Winter Classic game, I certainly hope they will stick to their guns and choose this instead of coming up with something that looks like this.
No comments:
Post a Comment