Rebrand Series: Islanders 3rds

As I've mentioned before, although the Islanders went through an awkward era (the fisherman logo) there was some good that came of it.  The fact that during that time they also used a logo with a lighthouse on it was a bright spot in a dark place.
That lighthouse is the focal point of my 3rd jersey for the Islanders.  It is a simplistic look, much like the Lightning have done when the rebranded; I've taken an "icon" from the team's history/the essence of what the team is all about and made a very simple, yet aesthetically pleasing look for them.
From there I took the jerseys the Islanders currently wear and put all of the lines and stripes on a slant to continue with the consistency of the jersey and the logo.  Finally, I've given the Islanders their retro blue back because it is a good look, although I think the Navy is a more solid primary look for them.

New Islanders Alternate Logo:

New New York Islanders 3rd Jersey:

Rebrand Series: New York Islanders

The Islanders are one of a handful of teams that have decided to go back to their retro colour scheme which I think is good AND bad. On the one hand yes, the royal blue and orange look good together but on the other the retro trend is taking away from a team's ability to break the mould, get away from the cookie cutter jersey designs and go with something boldly unique.  Here's where I step in.
Personally I think the navy blue and orange is a great look for the Islanders so I've adopted this scheme as the primary colour scheme in my rebranded design.
The jersey looks much different than anything the Islanders have ever seen.  I took the unique design for the sides of the jersey from the Islanders current 3rd jersey, which is a travesty in itself, but I made those stripes work on a normal looking jersey.  I've also some slanted stripes that run up half the sleeve with the inspiration coming from shoulder patch the Islanders wore on the jerseys they wore when the edge jerseys were first introduced.
The logo I've created is a sort of homage to various looks the Islanders have had in their history.  From their original logo (which the are using currently as their primary logo again) I've taken the NY text and combined it with the ISLANDERS text that you may remember from that memorable logo they used with the angry fisherman on it.  Finally I took the lighthouse from that same era, but subtly straightened it vertically and combined all these elements to make this uniquely New York logo.  I tried to find a way to incorporate long island into the logo but it just didn't fit, PLUS they will be moving to Brooklyn soon anyways so it still works pending that move ( sorry Long Islanders):

New Islanders Logo:

New New York Islanders Home Jersey:

New New York Islanders Away Jersey:

You be the Judge: Islanders Jersey

DISCLAIMER: All (with the exception of the rebranded ducks and capitals 3rds) of my jersey concepts thus far were originally created 8 years ago, and as I'm taking a look back I'm thinking about some of them "What was I thinking?!", and this Islanders jersey is one of them.  I am not claiming that these jerseys are all amazing and I'm still up in the air about this one

At the time I created this jersey the Islanders had JUST got rid of their ridiculous fisherman logo and went back to the old school NY logo.  At the very least I decided that instead of the fisherman the Islanders could use the shoulder patch that was on those jerseys, a lighthouse.  At least the lighthouse doesn't look at random as a fisherman, I mean if you stretch it out a bit, when you think of an island you would think of a lighthouse before you thought of a fisherman.

I've also made the striping wavy to give it that islandy feel and to pay homage to those ridiculous fisherman jerseys that sported a similar, but not as polished wave design.

Original 2003 Concept: