Those retro shirts are stinky!

Mark S.

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Dec 13, 2005, 8:05:48 PM12/13/05

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Is it just me or do those "retro" Habs' shirts stink?! I can't read
any shirt numbers. Who is the genius behind dark numbers on top of
dark stripes?? Brilliant.

DaveHX

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Dec 13, 2005, 8:30:23 PM12/13/05

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I like them. I think they're sharp. I don't have as much trouble reading the
numbers as I did at first

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J D Fortune

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Dec 13, 2005, 9:09:53 PM12/13/05

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Mark S. wrote:

Get HDTV.

Mark S.

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Dec 13, 2005, 10:33:15 PM12/13/05

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No Habs games on HDTV.

Marty

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Dec 13, 2005, 10:45:40 PM12/13/05

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> Is it just me or do those "retro" Habs' shirts stink?! I can't read
> any shirt numbers. Who is the genius behind dark numbers on top of
> dark stripes?? Brilliant.
>

I really like them except for the numbers thing, but isn't the point that
they are being faithful to an actually jersey? Good with bad I guess. I
like that something that is traditional still looks decent. Think of what
Vancouver would look like in a retro jersey. Or the Kings in their old
musturd colours!

Marty

DaveHX

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Dec 13, 2005, 10:46:38 PM12/13/05

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actually...vancouver's 3rd jerseys are probably the nicest

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> actually...vancouver's 3rd jerseys are probably the nicest

I think he is talking about the ole V-shaped wool like jersey.

Kyle Roussel

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Dec 13, 2005, 10:39:20 PM12/13/05

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Tonight's was.

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> No Habs games on HDTV.
>

DaveHX

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Dec 13, 2005, 11:03:47 PM12/13/05

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well..there's not much uglier than that. funny that as a
franchise...Vancouver has probably had the worst collection of jerseys
ever..with the exception of their first

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Thomas Brown

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Dec 13, 2005, 11:59:50 PM12/13/05

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Agreed--- their first was actually pretty good.Too bad they didn't just
stick with it.No need to be experimenting with something new every few
seasons.

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Jim Bauch

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Dec 14, 2005, 2:12:06 AM12/14/05

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> well..there's not much uglier than that. funny that as a
> franchise...Vancouver has probably had the worst collection of jerseys
> ever..with the exception of their first

I seem to be one of the few people who thinks the original Vancouver "hockey
stick" jersey (with the delightful blue and green colour scheme) is
butt-ugly.

Ian Merrithew

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Dec 14, 2005, 4:51:30 PM12/14/05

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On Wed, 14 Dec 2005 01:30:23 +0000, DaveHX wrote:

> I like them. I think they're sharp. I don't have as much trouble reading the
> numbers as I did at first

They're marginally better this year than last because they changed the
border to white from blue, which gives a little contrast to the blue
stripe at the midsection. It's still impossible to make out the
differences between some digits, though; for a couple shifts I was
wondering when Kovalev got back until I realized it was 37 I was looking
at and not 27. (Those of you who wish to poke fun at me for not
immediately seeing the difference between Sundstrom & Kovalev may do so
now :P)

I said it last year and I'll say it again: those numbers need to be white,
to contrast the blue stripe, with a thick red outline to contrast the
white above the stripe.

--
Ian Merrithew - ADM Systems Engineering
ian.merrithew "at" ieee.org