Blueshirt Banter Contest: Voting Is Now Open!

by Bryan Winters on Aug 21, 2011 12:00 PM EDT in Bantering Around

We would like to thank everyone who participated in the Blueshirt Banter Winter Classic Jersey Contest. Today will be the official first day of voting for all of our entries. But first, here are the rules on how voting will work.

Jerseys will be displayed after the jump along with the poll.
There will be a poll with all eight jerseys listed as options.
Voting for the first round will be open until Sunday, August 28th.
The top four jerseys with the most votes will move on into a play-off style vote. (#1 vs #4 | #2 vs #3)
The winners from each pairing will move on into a final vote-off. The jersey with the most votes will win our contest.
Artists of the entries will remain private until the contest is over. This will help avoid the swaying of votes.

Jerseys and the poll will be displayed after the jump. Happy voting, and good luck to all of our entries!

Jersey #1:

No description included.

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Jersey #2:

Idea just clicked in my mind when I saw the jersey template and I knew I wanted to incorporate the Statue of Liberty logo into it, so this is what I came up with.

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Jersey #3:

Here's my entry to the contest. It's an updated version of one of the designs that Eric had on his site.

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Jersey #4:

No description included.

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Jersey #5:

I tried to keep classic in a sense, obviously with the diagonal lettering. Seeing as how the heritage jerseys were such a success I tried to stray from a standard road white to more of a cream/tan, giving it a heritage feel. The older style crest should patch also fits in with this idea. The stitching on the numbers is a nice detail from the Sabres new 3rd's so I chose to incorporate that element as another layer of personality.

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Jersey #6:

I am a daily reader of Blueshirt Banter. I hope you like them. I went with an old school look where the white is actually a light cream color to make it look aged and with logos that seemed more appropriate for the 20's and a touch of old school varsity sweater.

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Jersey #7:

This design was inspired by the classic Ranger jerseys of the past, with a little history and national pride included.

The colors are picked from the current Rangers vintage jersey. I really like the shades they chose for that jersey and the cream color also gives the jersey a more vintage look than plain old white.

Stripes: I felt that anything that strayed from the classic blue-red-blue stripe pattern would stray from the Rangers brand so I felt it was pivotal to leave that intact for a true representation without losing our "look".

The stars "align" on this jersey for a few reasons:

Personal: I have always felt the shoulder area in the current Rangers jersey was a bit too redundant with all the other striping going on in the jersey, so I replaced the stripes with the stars. They also give the jersey a more vintage feel.

Historical: Let's also not forget the root of the name "Rangers", original team owner Tex Rickard grew up in Texas and likely named the team "Rangers" from his time spent there as a child.

National: The stars represent the stars of the USA flag and since the Winter Classic will be nationally televised I felt it would be a nice stage to present this look.

The old style logo tops the vintage look off on this jersey. Our logo is underused and improperly used when it was put to use in the past. I chose this specific logo because it has a vintage look to it being from 1947/48 - 1952/53. The older logos were a bit too dated and not refined, this logo shows some of that vintage look and it musch easier to connect to our current logo as well. The badge look of our logo is also in homage to Tex Rickard's vision.

I felt like it was important to create a throwback jersey that represented the Rangers past and also a little bit of USA pride. I feel like not an overhaul but subtle tweaks would get this job done, since we are dealing with such a storied franchise and we have also seen many failed attempts at jerseys whether throwback or new. I also wanted to add the we have a great logo and I feel it should exist on at least one of our jerseys.

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Jersey #8:

No description included.

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*** Jerseys are click-able for a larger view ***

Poll

Choose a jersey

Jersey #1

2 votes

Jersey #2

46 votes

Jersey #3

137 votes

Jersey #4

20 votes

Jersey #5

95 votes

Jersey #6

145 votes

Jersey #7

121 votes

Jersey #8

19 votes

585 votes | Poll has closed

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I’d love 6 if it weren’t for the pants. I voted for it anyway.

by One 2nd on Aug 21, 2011 12:56 PM EDT reply actions

Really love #6. At first, I was like WTF, brown on a Rangers outfit? But then it grew on me. Sure maybe it could use blue or red pants, but the jersey overall looked F ing sweet. If only our votes went towards the real jersey that they will use…

by Jamy Cally Baron on Aug 21, 2011 1:25 PM EDT reply actions

I don’t love the #4 entry, but I like the idea of a throwback to the old-old-school NY Americans jersey. It looks kinda funky in the picture, but I think with some work it would be an awesome retro jersey one day.

Pierre McGuire needs to go away.

by MartyEqualsPansy on Aug 21, 2011 2:00 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed but it doesn’t actually say the americans which I was expecting someone to do so … #6

by Ranger McJersey on Aug 21, 2011 5:56 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

i made number 4 i was thinking of it saying americans cause i designed it off the original americans jersey but its a rangers classic jersey

by tl656 on Aug 22, 2011 12:03 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

#7

It’s good because it doesn’t copy our 85th anniversary jersey.

Yeah I'm hopeful for Richards and Gaborik to work out... I mean how many FA signings does it take to hit the jackpot?

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by RichieToGabbySCORE on Aug 21, 2011 2:13 PM EDT reply actions

I went with # 7 because I think it’s time/due to have an alternate jersey with some form of the Rangers logo/shield (love the Liberty logo/alternate, but it’s not really in the “classic” category). Well done, to all participants. LGR!

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by Stepan the Ice! on Aug 21, 2011 2:15 PM EDT reply actions

My thoughts

I like 3, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Was a tough choice between those. Really didn’t like 1, 2, and 4.

I like #3’s simplicity, yet it still looks fantastic. It seems like the most likely of the 8 choices, and I really would love to see it on Winter Classic day.

is also nice, but I really don’t get what’s going on with the number. Throws off the whole design, in my opinion.

is really cool and I love the logo, but I don’t get where the green fits in.

is awesome. Normally I’m not a huge fan of the stripes, but they fit in perfectly in this design.

is also good, but I’m not a fan of the outlining and I don’t know why, but it isn’t my favorite. Maybe a little too much red.

So, I’m left with #3 and #7, my top choices by a good amount.

just edges out #3 because of the description and the stars.

Great job, everyone.

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by Brandon C. on Aug 21, 2011 2:21 PM EDT reply actions

What the heck? I did # then the number of each one and it ended up as 1.

The first one that says “is also nice” should be number 5.

The second one that says “is really cool” is number six.

The third one that says “is awesome” is number seven.

The fourth one that says “is also good” is number eight.

The last one that says “just edges out” is number seven.

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by Brandon C. on Aug 21, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions

It was always a bad habit of yours Brandon

by Guess Who's Back? on Aug 22, 2011 10:46 PM EDT up reply actions

FYI

We need to talk about a possible return to PSA

by Guess Who's Back? on Aug 22, 2011 10:59 PM EDT up reply actions

Uh, no, we don’t. Especially not here.

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by Brandon C. on Aug 23, 2011 4:15 PM EDT up reply actions

My favorite four are the top 4 vote-getters now. I personally chose #6. I love that logo.

Thank you everyone who submitted. Great job!

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by Moshe52792 on Aug 21, 2011 3:48 PM EDT reply actions

Agreed

thanks to all who submitted, this is awesome!

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by Joe Fortunato on Aug 21, 2011 4:07 PM EDT up reply actions

Love 3 & 6 but voted for 7. I really like that style and color, nicely done to whoever created that.

On 6 if the logo was a little adjusted I think that would be a great choice as well, lot of good entries congrats to those who made them

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by Plusch on Aug 21, 2011 5:42 PM EDT reply actions

I forgot about this contest, but I do like #3, #5 (Without all those lines inside the red numbers. Don’t be like the Sabres 3rd) & #7 Jereys.

But if I was going to do one (wish I had) Let’s have the Heritage Jersey in white and the small trim lines in that dark Blue and of course leave that big red stripe alone. Instead of the New York going diagonal, one of the old time Rangers shields.

by NYR #35 Richter on Aug 21, 2011 6:04 PM EDT reply actions

My two cents

- A goddamn travesty

- Little too tacky; why not go with the old home Liberty jerseys instead? These look like when you accidentally zoom in too much on a photo on your smart phone.

- very classy. Got my vote.

- a little too busy

- Nice, but who let their kid draw white lines inside the big numbers in the back

- This is cool, well-designed but the “Est. 1926” smacks too much of fan apparel. Too bad b/c I love the red slash logo.

- I prefer the squared off shield/logo

- This is almost there..not too sure about that logo. Where is it on the jersey?

by KingHenrik30 on Aug 21, 2011 7:33 PM EDT reply actions

my dumb ass just realized these were all fan submissions....

….I would not have used the word ‘travesty’ lol…….shit its better than I could design lol.

by KingHenrik30 on Aug 21, 2011 7:48 PM EDT up reply actions

jesus christmas....what's with the numbers? I hate computers.

well top to bottom is one through eight. y’all get it.

by KingHenrik30 on Aug 21, 2011 7:34 PM EDT reply actions

so #1 is #1, #1 is #2, #1 is #3.....?

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by joereiter on Aug 21, 2011 7:42 PM EDT up reply actions

3,6,7

are just plain sexy, #4, i like the idea, but it’s too busy.

by stepan21 on Aug 21, 2011 7:40 PM EDT reply actions

not sure about the love for #6, putting the logo inside a circle has been done to death lately (penguins, panthers, blues) and doesn’t smack of a traditional throwback….and the brown is just wrong on the pants, that’s never been part of the rangers look

i like #3, but it’s basically a white version of the 85th heritage sweater; same for #8, although i prefer 8 to 3

love the throwback americans look to #4, but that’s not a franchise heritage the rangers need to honor (especially since they kicked the americans out of the garden, which led to red dutton’s curse, which led to…..nevermind…)

no comment on 1 and 2, would rather just heed mom’s advice on those

for me, #7 works best of the bunch, it looks like the bastard love child of the 70s ferguson re-design and a kind of 40s throwback look

by joereiter on Aug 21, 2011 7:41 PM EDT reply actions

#6

I love # 6. I love the Brown. Back in the day all of the pants and equipment were brown. Since it is original 6 it trows back to the beginning of the league.
Other wise i like 8 ’cause of the old timey rendition of the logo

by tyreeimagery on Aug 21, 2011 9:06 PM EDT reply actions

Didn’t like #1..

looks ehh in that picture. But I feel like for some reason, it would look cool as a jersey. Just not for the WC. But I would like to see it made.

I like #3. It looks a lot like the Heritage jersey but it’s a little different. One of the best.

Not feelin’ #4. I just don’t like it.

is cool. But not my favorite. The actual jersey will probably look a lot like that.

is great. One of the best. I really like it. I would’ve voted for it but those pants are disgusting.

got my vote. Just all around the best. That would be a killer WC jersey.

is almost the exact same as #3. Except #3 just looks better in that picture haha

Overall, 3, 6, and 7 were my favorite. All 3 were top notch work. And, for some reason, I think #2 would make a cool jersey, just not for the WC. But you can tell, all the guys put in effort. Cool designs and ideas from everyone. Cool idea for a contest. Good work BB. Hopefully they look @ these. Those top 3 (3, 6 and 7) would all be great as the WC jersey.

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by NYRangerFan718 on Aug 21, 2011 10:27 PM EDT reply actions

WTF is that? Lol.. I'll try to fix that..

Didn’t like #1..

Number 2 looks ehh in that picture. But I feel like for some reason, it would look cool as a jersey. Just not for the WC. But I would like to see it made.

I like #3. It looks a lot like the Heritage jersey but it’s a little different. One of the best.

Not feelin’ #4. I just don’t like it.

Number 5, is cool. But not my favorite. The actual jersey will probably look a lot like that.

Number 6, is great. One of the best. I really like it. I would’ve voted for it but those pants are disgusting.

Number 7, got my vote. Just all around the best. That would be a killer WC jersey.

Number 8, is almost the exact same as #3. Except #3 just looks better in that picture haha

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by NYRangerFan718 on Aug 21, 2011 10:30 PM EDT up reply actions

Voted for #7. Put it over the top at 85 to 84 votes. Good job to all.

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by nathansfamous on Aug 22, 2011 4:46 AM EDT reply actions

Forget the shorts...

The jersey is awesome #6…

by Ranger McJersey on Aug 22, 2011 6:48 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

There all great actually, such a hard decision

by XxC17xX on Aug 22, 2011 12:35 PM EDT reply actions

I really love

and #6. It was tough to vote on which one I loved more. The modern #2 jersey looks like what the Rangers’ future jersey will look like; the retro #6 is what I call I Hockey Jersey!

Well played!

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by Danz10 on Aug 22, 2011 2:06 PM EDT reply actions

All of them are outstanding. Really like 3, 6, and 7. Great work everyone who contributed!

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