It looks like this sort of just flew under the radar, but apparently, according to Tom Gazzola, the Oilers might be bringing back the Royal Blue jerseys next season.
Hearing the royal blues might be back next season.
— Tom Gazzola (@TomGazzola) May 15, 2018
The orange jerseys were met with a pretty mixed review. I think they were well received as an occasional third jersey with a throwback flare, but I think most fan would agree that using them as the exclusive home jersey was overkill. The oranges are a bit of an eyesore, though they aren’t horrendous. That said, they simply aren’t as nice as Edmonton’s Royal Blue jerseys.
The Oilers pivoted to the Royal Blue in 2007-08 when the NHL brought third jerseys back into the equation with RBK. In 2011-12, the Oilers started to use their old school uniforms for home and away games, pushing the dark blue pyjama style monstrosity to the set of third jerseys. Then, the following year, they killed the pyjama jersey. The orange jersey was brought into the mix in 2015-16 during Edmonton’s final season at Rexall Place and then become the official home jersey when the league started its new jersey deal with Adidas in 2017-18. Dan wrote about the Oilers’ jersey history last June.
I think everyone will be happy to see the Royal Blue jerseys making a return. Now we just need the gritty dark blue rigger jersey to make a return as the third jersey. Personally, I’m a huge fan of having multiple sets of jerseys to wear for different situations. I think the Oilers should use their Royal Blue for home and away like they were doing in the early 2010s and they should have a third jersey in the dark blue style with the rigger and throwback orange for games with more of a historic rivalry flare. Beyond that, I’ve heard that the Oilers were exploring doing a completely different jersey style for their thirds akin to something we saw during the World Cup of Hockey. The more the merrier, I think.
I’ve grown to like the orange. Looks way better in person than it does on a screen.
I love the orange too but I acknowledge that opinions must vary on that.
Sure see a lot of them around. It’s my favorite jersey and I’ve been watching since they joined the league.
If it helps them make the playoffs, DO IT!
Now when we talk Orange, are we talking about the kind that was worn this past season, or the one we wore during our home playoff games in 2016-2017? Because I have the 2016-2017 Orange Jersey and I like it
For reference, this is the jersey I’m talking about
https://twitter.com/AlClemBee/status/988075111554207744
Agreed. I really liked the Reebok orange jerseys. The Adidas ones are okay, but the Reebok ones looked nicer with the thick bars.
Those were the ORIGINAL ALBERTA OILERS jerseys from the WHA.
Heres a thought, Blue for Home, and Orange for the road. No more White jerseys.
Is that even possible?
more money for Katz!
I’d be fine going back to the navy blues. I’m probably in the minority, but I’d like to see the McFarlane jersey make a comeback as the team’s alternate. The colors looked great. Typography could use an update though.
The orange was novel but not nice. They look like non-contact jerseys…and we don’t want that. Makes us look like (pussies) pylons. Oh wait, that’s just how we play ?
Go Blue.
Orange Sells. Just look at the stands.
Katz makes lots of $$$$
Oilers cheap way of price gouging their fans once again.
Oilers only care about the fans with deep pockets and stupid brains.
Sounds like you but you don’t have deep pockets
Their road whites are the best jersey in the League in my opinion. They are saying Royal Blue but wonder if it’s going to be a darker blue like what we see on their current ones.
I would really like if we kept the dark blue but made it the main colour. I made these jerseys in NHL 18 and it looks awesome.
NOBODY CARES!!! FIX THE ROSTER!!!!…..Sorry for yelling!!I ‘m just a passionate fan….who has enough jerseys!
Fix management. That’s the real problem with the Oilers
Back with the blue! I was never a fan of the orange.
Probably true. Happened to see an online store trying to clear its stock of orange jerseys earlier. I just assumed some kind of change was going to happen.
Go back to uni set from 2016-17. Oilers in navy has always been a bad idea – it’s clearly the cause of the issue last season.
what if the orange jersey is the problem with the PK. Anecdotal data point – home PK was legendarily bad (worst ever?), while the away PK was ok. I mean, wearing orange pylons that allow the other team to see you…
love the blues with the orange as alternates. and heck why not dust of the McFarlands for one or two games – great dark blue tone.
The orange jerseys (and navy) absolutely were the problem with special teams. Both PK and PP will be top 7 next year if they switch back royal blue.
I say lets go back to the uni’s from their first cup. ( OK, I’m a sentimentalist and also 61 Y.O.) I loved those away blues!! One change I’d like to see is go away with the orange up around the shoulders and go with just the solid blues colour only. Banding only on the sleeves though. Also bring back the stripping on the pants that widened out at the bottom. No other team had that style on their pants. Enuf of the orange please!!!
Never liked the Orange. The Adidas jerseys I have found more tolerable except that the team has sucked in them.
I HATE the orange jerseys! Looks ridiculous. The real reason the season was such a disappointment.
On the other hand, I truly love the blues. Makes them look like a hockey team
NHL should wear white at home.
The orange jerseys look the best when the crowd is all wearing them.
This means I might get to finally take off my sunglasses watching home games…..and my cravings for creamsicles will go away. Give the “Orange Crush” back to the Denver Broncos.
Give me the 1996 copper and navy blue jerseys and Doug Weight behind the bench and I will be happy.
lose the orange; copper and blue
Personally I figured the Greatest NHL Uniforms poll from last winter was a signal the royal blues would be coming back – the Oilers classic set finished 8th in voting; their current set was 20th.
TBH I never liked the orange jerseys anyways – especially with navy trim I thought we just looked like the Diet Flames.
Man what the hell. Is this so everyone can go and buy blue jersey’s? I love the orange jersey’s. Drowns out any red in the crowd.
’06 Jerseys for me. I never got around to buying the white one from that era, and have always regretted it.
the jersey’s from the Stanley cup run?! who trashes this.
Love the 2016-17 OJs with the numbers on the shoulders–I had been wishing for WHA throwbacks for years as a third jersey. Last year’s jersey was OK. Blues are OK, too. To prove I’m not a total traditionalist, I would love to see the Oil Black jersey that some fans have kicked around come to fruition as a third.
I was hoping we’d do the royal blue jerseys with the navy blue we used this year.
The orange is fantastic. Way too many teams are blue or black. Nothing better than a flash of orange when McDavid flies across the ice