Our Take On The New Avs Alternate Jersey

Icethetics tweeted out the potential Stadium Series jersey for the Avs, and have now made it official.  Icethetics is usually pretty bang on with their predictions, and they seem to have a wicked insider for this kind of stuff. If they are ever wrong, its usually some small detail like stripe size or shoulder yokes. Just trivial stuff. So it was a good idea to take this leak seriously. For those who haven't seen it yet, although most probably have, here it is:

The only thing missing is the Colorado state flag on the left shoulder of the jersey (Our right looking at the picture)

It is safe to assume the Avs will have a separate jersey for the Stadium Series game versus the Red Wings, maybe in the form of a throwback to the old 1995-2007 jerseys, which would be awesome.

So our take on the jersey? Awesome concept. That logo with Avs colors just works, and its a great way to make sense of the new shoulder patch. The rest of the jersey? Boooriiing. The white shoulder yoke is too square and doesn't really fit with the overall color scheme of the jersey. The sleeves: awesome 3 color scheme, but the template isn't that great. the small white stripe separating the overall blue and blocky burgundy is just too plain and doesn't look good. What would look good? Take that white stripe and add 2 black stripes around it. Or continue with the blue down the sleeve and keep a similar striping pattern that was found on the blueberry alternates:

The sleeves just look to blocky. The blue is just halted by a white line and the rest of the sleeve is red. That's a lazy template. And apart from that, it just doesn't work.

One of the flaws of the blueberry Avs jersey in our opinion was the bottom. it was just blue and nothing else. A product of the new RBK Edge system, there was no striping or anything on the bottom of the jersey and it was left bland. What would make this new jersey look better? Maybe the bottom striping scheme of the very first burgundy alternate:

And if that looks too busy, maybe something simple like the bottom striping from the Florida Panthers old alternate jersey:

Of course, imagine this on the Stadium Series jersey using Avs colors. Or, using that same color transformation, the scheme from the St. Louis Blues alternate.

These are just ideas we are throwing out there. The bottom line: Do something with the bottom of the jersey! Oh and make the shoulder yoke black or something. That would look sharp. White just throws everything off.

Overall grade of the jersey? D. Not a fail, but not that great. There could be a lot of additions that could turn this potential-filled template into a great, crisp jersey.