After months of speculation and random rumors floating about on the interwebs, the Vancouver Canucks unveiled their new jersey about a half hour ago at GM Place.
They’re keeping the same color scheme as the vintage jersey they used last year, but the upward-turned hockey stick has been replaced by a slightly re-styled “birthing orca” that is mostly black and white. The word “Vancouver” is emblazoned across the collarbone of the new NHL jersey.
I personally don’t like it. The vintage color scheme looks great, but the juxtaposition with the more “modern” orca logo just doesn’t look right. It doesn’t mesh very well and the “Vancouver” across the chest is absolutely hideous. As a whole, the new Vancouver Canucks jersey looks amatuer-ish and cheap. It’s like it’s for the minors or a children’s league, or something. If they wanted to keep the vintage color scheme — which was a good idea — they should have ditched the fat whale.
What’s your take? Do you like it? Hate it? Indifferent?
Photo credit: CanucksAndBeyond.com
UPDATE: The Canucks website has just been updated with the new team colors. There’s a lot of blue, green, and white.
UPDATE 2: Here’s what the away version (white) looks like:
UPDATE 3: The Canucks — official statement here — have posted up some official hi-res photos. One, Two, and Three.
They’re not bad… I was expecting something much more different, and a new logo, though.
It would look better if it didn’t say Vancouver on the front of it and the orca logo was in full colour, like the last jerseys. Maybe with “Canucks” instead of “Vancouver”.
I don’t know, I thought that it would be totally different. All this for a jersey which is a mix between the old and the new…
I don’t like them 🙁
Bring back Johnny Canuck!
Call me a traditionalist but I liked the old hockey stick version better. I’m assuming those are the road jerseys, what do the new home and alternate’s look like?
To my knowledge, these are the home jerseys. The road jerseys are identical, except they are white instead of blue. I’ve updated the post with the additional image.
yeah I don’t like them, but Pittsburgh will still kick their ass!!
Luongo > Crosby
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j5yF7_-vdWA
I think not 🙂
Looks alright, but the previous ones were better. They should have come up with something better though. They will just make more money selling the new ones, then might change back. NBA teams do it all the time. More jerseys, more money.
I doubt they’ll be changing back, they seem quite proud of the design they came up with…
you homos suck the new canucks jersey is cool losers
Looks ridiculous! Why have a bigass VANCOUVER across their chest? The logo does that just fine by itself. It’s like having WE’RE FROM VANCOUVER above VANCOUVER, WHICH IS WHERE WE’RE FROM. If it wasn’t for that they’d be a-ok!
The new jerseys look pretty good. They sort of look ‘old school’ and remind me a bit of the old Hartford Whalers jerseys. Either way – maybe they will bring some good luck to the Canucks this year!