Canadian Olympic orientation camp roster announced

[Redleaf]

Clean and simple. If those are indeed the jerseys for the tournament, I like it.

 

[Bender]

I think it's an awful looking jersey.

 

[AvroArrow]

I don't really care what the jersey looks like.  I care about how they play.

 

[LittleHockeyFan]

I hope it's a practice jersey???.

 

[KoHo]

Terrible, terrible jersey. Having a stripe on only one sleeve is ridiculous, having no waist stripes is not a good look, and that shiny stuff on the top has no place on a hockey jersey. My hope it that the Toews leak was just a poorly-concocted 3rd jersey and the main set will be much more traditional and better looking.

 

[hockeyfan1]

Here they are...Team Canada's jerseys for Sochi 2014 officially unveiled by Hockey Canada...

More here:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey-canada-shows-off-jerseys-for-sochi-olympics-226904381.html

 

[hockeyfan1]

Andrew Ladd, Josh Harding, potential roster spots?

The Wild's Harding sports the best save percentage amongst Canadian goaltenders this season (10 or more games played). Plus, add the fact that Harding has only give up two goals just once this year.

The Jets' Ladd has the best shootout scoring record (5 out of 6) plus he has three game-winning goals.  A pretty versatile guy.

Source: THN

 

[nutman]

I like the red and the white jerseys, but not the grey. they are worth buying, and maybe worth keeping for good.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

I don't like those jerseys at all.  The Vancouver jerseys, and really any other version of the jersey, is wayyyyy better.

 

[nutman]

Why do they keep changing them.. You would think they would find one the people like and run with it. I think we should go back on all the jerseys for the last 20 years or so and have the fans of Canada choose the one to keep.

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Why do they keep changing them.. You would think they would find one the people like and run with it. I think we should go back on all the jerseys for the last 20 years or so and have the fans of Canada choose the one to keep.

New jerseys = new revenue stream.

 

[TimKerr]

Why do they keep changing them.. You would think they would find one the people like and run with it. I think we should go back on all the jerseys for the last 20 years or so and have the fans of Canada choose the one to keep.

The brand manager for Nike Canada was on PrimeTime Sports on Monday. Bob McCowan
asked the same question you did and the answer was that Hockey Canada requests that a new jersey be created each Olympic year.
He didn't go into the reasoning but I would assume from the mindset of both Nike and Hockey Canada is that a new jersey each tournament means more revenue. So why not create a new one each time.

 

[CaptainObvious]

Here they are...Team Canada's jerseys for Sochi 2014 officially unveiled by Hockey Canada...

More here:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey-canada-shows-off-jerseys-for-sochi-olympics-226904381.html

Cool Jersey's...Old school. Has there been announcement for the the U.S. and Russia team yet?
I think were a little weak in goaltending.

 

[Kin]

Why do they keep changing them.. You would think they would find one the people like and run with it. I think we should go back on all the jerseys for the last 20 years or so and have the fans of Canada choose the one to keep.

The brand manager for Nike Canada was on PrimeTime Sports on Monday. Bob McCowan
asked the same question you did and the answer was that Hockey Canada requests that a new jersey be created each Olympic year.
He didn't go into the reasoning but I would assume from the mindset of both Nike and Hockey Canada is that a new jersey each tournament means more revenue. So why not create a new one each time.

But is that necessarily true? I mean, I doubt there are a ton of people out there who are going to buy a less attractive jersey just because they're new and I have to believe that the sort of person who would do that is pretty likely to buy a new Olympic jersey anyways just because of how many players change from one games to the next.

I mean, if you look at jersey sales throughout sports I'd bet you'd find a pretty strong connection between jersey sales and teams who tend to keep the same uniform designs around.

 

[Jalili]

Cool Jersey's...Old school. Has there been announcement for the the U.S. and Russia team yet?
I think were a little weak in goaltending.

Haven't heard any, but I think at this point Canada, USA and Sweden will be the teams to beat - the three of them having the most well-rounded rosters.

 

[Bullfrog]

But is that necessarily true? I mean, I doubt there are a ton of people out there who are going to buy a less attractive jersey just because they're new and I have to believe that the sort of person who would do that is pretty likely to buy a new Olympic jersey anyways just because of how many players change from one games to the next.

I mean, if you look at jersey sales throughout sports I'd bet you'd find a pretty strong connection between jersey sales and teams who tend to keep the same uniform designs around.

I suspect it has more to do with associating a particular image with a particular team.

 

[Kin]

I suspect it has more to do with associating a particular image with a particular team.

I agree but that's sort of my point. If the Canadian Olympic jerseys were iconic rather than transitory I think they'd probably sell better than they do. Right now if I buy an Olympic jersey I'd know it would be obsolete at the next redesign.

 

[Bullfrog]

But doesn't being obsolete make it more exclusive? You can say "and here's my jersey from the Sochi Olympics" instead of "here's my Getzlaf jersey, probably from Sochi, but maybe it was the Olympics before that? Can't remember." I don't believe the knowledge that a particular design is obsolete is detrimental to its value or makes it undesirable.

I think there's value in having distinct jerseys for a distinct event. I can also see the value in maintaining tradition, but find it can often be forced.

 

[Kin]

But doesn't being obsolete make it more exclusive? You can say "and here's my jersey from the Sochi Olympics" instead of "here's my Getzlaf jersey, probably from Sochi, but maybe it was the Olympics before that? Can't remember."

Well, it's been a while since I wore jerseys but as far as I remember they weren't really talking points like that and, if they were, it would be more of a general "Here's my Team Canada jersey" sort of thing. I don't know that there's a ton of cache in saying "This is my Wendel Clark jersey from his rookie season" as opposed to "This is my Wendel Clark jersey that I bought last week" if it's still just, you know, a shirt.

I don't believe the knowledge that a particular design is obsolete is detrimental to its value or makes it undesirable.

Well, there isn't necessarily but there's a reason why teams tend to not sell their older designs unless those designs form some sort of connection with the public. The previous Blue Jay uniforms, for instance, aren't likely to ever be big sellers because they were worn by some pretty forgettable ball clubs.

But more than that, if we assume that a certain degree of how a jersey sells is because of it's design then a policy of constantly changing them requires you to keep inventing designs of a certain quality when, really, these things are finite. If Hockey Canada's policy had resulted in each redesign leaving previous ones in the dust then, yeah, there'd be a strong argument for continuing them but I certainly don't see these new ones as an improvement.

I think there's value in having distinct jerseys for a distinct event.

Maybe, but it's worth mentioning that this isn't that. Whatever the jerseys are for the National team are going to be worn at lots of different events. The WJC's, the World Championships and whatever Women's Team events come up. So a redesign doesn't necessarily form that association. It's a jersey that's going to be worn for the next four years by various teams of various quality.

I can also see the value in maintaining tradition, but find it can often be forced.

For the record I'm not really talking about tradition so much as I am design. The reason, I think, that teams like the Yankees or Giants or Bruins or Red Wings don't redesign their jerseys all the time is because they are great, not because they're stuck in the past.

 

[Bullfrog]

I think there's value in having distinct jerseys for a distinct event.

Maybe, but it's worth mentioning that this isn't that. Whatever the jerseys are for the National team are going to be worn at lots of different events. The WJC's, the World Championships and whatever Women's Team events come up. So a redesign doesn't necessarily form that association. It's a jersey that's going to be worn for the next four years by various teams of various quality.

Ah, I actually didn't realize that. I thought it was an "Olympic" Jersey. If anything, it might form an association with a time period. I guess there's value in that. I don't really know.