The new Winnipeg Jets jerseys are probably the second biggest mystery in hockey right now after the Crosby injury situation. Since we’re in the jersey business, it has to be our number one.
We don’t have any secret information as to what the jerseys will look like and we won’t until they’re unveiled to the public within the next few weeks. It shouldn’t be much longer however since the Jets are playing their first preseason game on September 20. One player, Blake Wheeler, who did have “secret information” posted a picture of the team’s pants on his Twitter account: http://lockerz.com/s/132236390. It doesn’t tell us a whole lot but it’s still nice to see a little preview of what the uniform will look like.
If I had to speculate, since the pants are dark blue and don’t have a line on the side or any other colour on them, I don’t think they will choose to go with a mainly dark blue uniform. Scott Brown, director of communications for True North Sports and Entertainment, has also stated that the picture of the Jets jersey which was leaked last week is “not even close” to the real jersey. Even though there’s no other blue on the jersey, it is possible that the Jets would go with a uniform of another colour as a few other teams have done.
Take a look at the Blues home jersey for example:
The main colour is a lighter blue even though that colour is not on the logo and there’s white and yellow accents on both the jersey and the logo. My guess is that the Jets will go with a similar concept: a lighter blue logo with quite a bit of dark blue as well as red and grey accents. If that the case, the numbers would probably be red with a grey outline. Once again I just want to remind all of you that this is pure speculation and I’m simply having fun at guessing what it might look like.
I might be totally wrong but either way, I think my suggestion would look pretty nice. Finally, you can pre-order the new Winnipeg Jets jerseys from our online store or you can simply send us an e-mail and ask to be notified when they’re in stock which should be sometime in November.
We’ll have some more articles in the coming weeks about the other new jerseys for the 2011-12.