'7' Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 As expected, wall to wall black http://www.lighthousehockey.com/2015/9/16/9336447/new-york-islanders-reveal-third-jersey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muevelos Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Personally I like it, but I prefer black to most things. On another note, I won't be surprised when most doing like this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roomtemp Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) Its not hideous but its rather basic and plain. Looks like a practice jersey Edited September 16, 2015 by roomtemp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 More black jerseys. Yawn. Phil Mushnick writes about black jerseys quite a bit (he hates them so I agree with him there). The reasons he gives in his articles on why teams, and especially colleges, abandon their traditional colors for a black jersey is very interesting to say the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) Obvious tie-in with the Brooklyn Nets jerseys...guess this is a Barclay thing. It feels forced, like a weak attempt to tie the Isles, the Nets, and Barclay together. Not really feeling this...this jersey is not really hideous, just really boring and overly minimalistic. Edited September 16, 2015 by Colorado Rockies 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'7' Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 I'm curious how the whole Brooklyn experiment turns out for them. The sightlines in that arena are horrible (and the exterior is about as ugly as can be with all that gross rust) but when it comes to amenities it just kills the Coliseum. Will the Isles draw there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Rockies 1976 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) I'm curious how the whole Brooklyn experiment turns out for them. The sightlines in that arena are horrible (and the exterior is about as ugly as can be with all that gross rust) but when it comes to amenities it just kills the Coliseum. Will the Isles draw there? Just did a search on "Barclay Center Hockey", and yeah, some of the seats are going to have terrible views. I saw a couple of games in the Coyotes' old building back during the '96-'97 season (a 4-3 Devils OT loss and a 3-1 Ranger win...bleech), and it was the same deal there...we were OK where we were sitting, but some of the seats were so bad that they were actually sold as "obstructed view seats". Fans should show up...they have a pretty good team now. Edited September 16, 2015 by Colorado Rockies 1976 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DevsMan84 Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 I've been to the two games they have had at Barclays so here is my take on the views: 1) The limited view is what it is. Can imagine they will be heavily discounted so a way for people with limited means to make the game. 2) Sightlines for the rest of the arena is not as bad as a lot of people report. Not ideal but not terrible. Only place that has an issue is in the 200's along the sidelines and not the ends. Those seats tend to slope in a way where if the guy in front of you is a leaner then you will not be able to see a whole lot. Best is to stick to the lower bowl (100's and double-digits) or if you sit in the 200's do in the corners or end. The amenities are very good and the food there is also excellent (though naturally expensive). Another issue is the upper concourse which has some really narrow corridors near the ends of the arena. These create choke points and remind me of the pre-renovation MSG concourses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
devlman Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Dont think attendance will be that good, even for the first season. The LIRR didnt sufficiently alter their train schedules to Long Island to cater to fans heading home post-game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrthemike Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Holy crap, that logo looks like it was made by someone trying out photoshop for the first time. Terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagknife Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 Holy crap, that logo looks like it was made by someone trying out photoshop for the first time. Terrible. I expected nothing less considering how dumb the Nets logo is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck the Duck Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 That jersey is wretched, but falls in line with most third jerseys which are horrible. Hipsters in Brooklyn will love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devlin Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 that is horrible...no way in hell I would buy that if I was an Isles fan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoffeecake Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 What a slap in the face to isles fans. Barclays center was supposed to be a last resort and this was still supposed to be long island's team. I should've known better, because obviously they have better marketability and visibility as a Brooklyn team. I know a lot of long islanders have the same animosity towards NYC as a lot of us in Jersey do. I wonder how many, if any, isles fans are upset enough about the move that they're going to stop following the team, and I wonder for how many this was the last straw. Of course a lot of fans who live out on long island aren't going to be able to get to games as much, and may eventually lose interest. Obviously the Nets move was a lot different than the isles move, but I never considered for a second following the Nets to Brooklyn. And I have a lot of really fond memories of that team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarpathianForest Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 It's going to go good with my joppers and Pabst Blue Ribbon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoffeecake Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 If the Rock wasn't owned by the god damn Sixers, we'd be going after a basketball team. It'd be neat to have a hockey and basketball team in each major stadium in the area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roomtemp Posted September 16, 2015 Share Posted September 16, 2015 (edited) If the Rock wasn't owned by the god damn Sixers, we'd be going after a basketball team. It'd be neat to have a hockey and basketball team in each major stadium in the area. What during the tenure of the Nets shown you that a basketball team can do that well that the NBA needs to expand back into NJ? Edited September 17, 2015 by roomtemp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshall Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I like it, but kinda feel like LAK have cornered the market on using black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoffeecake Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 What during the tenure of the Nets shown you that a basketball team can do that well that the NBA needs to expand back into NJ? I'm kind of having a difficult time piecing together exactly what you're trying to say here, but the Nets didn't draw poorly for a time. After they spent half a decade tearing the team down to move them to Brooklyn, yea, attendance will drop. I stopped going. Conventional wisdom also tells us stadiums in the setting of the Meadowlands aren't nearly as conducive to success as inner city stadiums. There were grumblings a few years ago of the league looking into putting another team here, and Shaq was interested in ownership. What about the Kings tenure in Sacramento has shown you that the league needed to bend over backwards to save a team that usually drew worse than the Nets did, had no stadium plan whatsoever until what, a year ago? New Jersey alone is one of the biggest markets in the country. If managed properly, which no professional New Jersey sports team have pretty much ever been, it would be a huge success. The league would be dumb to not consider a market of 6 million+ people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 In 2002-03 when the Nets reached the finals they were 23rd out of 29 teams in attendance. Even when they were good no one cared. http://espn.go.com/nba/attendance/_/year/2003 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecoffeecake Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 A few years later they were right around middle of the pack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJDfan1711 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 (edited) [imghttp://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/barclay-640x425.jpg Edited September 17, 2015 by NJDfan1711 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevsMan84 Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 A few years later they were right around middle of the pack. The couple of years where they were 19th and barely considered the middle of the pack? 2001: 26th 2002: 26th (Finals year) 2003: 23rd (Finals year) 2004: 26th (Bruce Ratner buys team with intention on moving them to Brooklyn) 2005: 26th 2006: 19th 2007: 19th 2008: 21st 2009: 25th 2010: 30th (First year in Prudential Center) 2011: 28th 2012: 30th 2013: 16th (First year at Barclays) 2014: 17th Seems like the move to Brooklyn was more of a blessing than a curse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Satans Hockey Posted September 17, 2015 Share Posted September 17, 2015 I'm not a basketball fan but didn't they remove New Jersey from the uniforms and basically everything? I remember a lot of people being turned off by that. I don't care if we get another NBA team or not but I imagine it would be a lot different if the team had actually had intentions of being New Jerseys team. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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