John Elbertson was inspired by an unfortunate term I coined here on the Concepts page last month — the thirdback. He created a throwback third jersey by starting with the last alternate of the Mighty Ducks era. Black and eggplant. It's almost too weird for words.
The thing about this particular Freak Out Friday is I don't really find it all that freaky. John Elbertson has made great use of the Islanders' great colors — even historical ones. I'm not saying I want to see them ever make it a full time uniform set, but it's interesting.
John Elbertson wanted to give the timeless New York Rangers a modern update. I'm sort of a sucker for that Lady Liberty logo, but I'm not sure how the purists will feel about the Blueshirts using anything but diagonal letters on their sweaters.
It's another Seattle Saturday! And the Kraken moniker has certainly captured the public imagination in terms of concept submissions these days. John Elbertson offers up another one today with a little inspiration from past Seattle sports teams — the Supersonics and the old Metropolitans.
With baseball season now underway, John Elbertson has a hockey/baseball mash-up from St. Louis for us today. Here's what it might look like if the Blues and Cardinals merged.
