The Jersey History of the Ottawa Senators 

The 2d centurion, that is

I will only buy/wear sens merch with the 2D centurion. If they come up with something less cringy than the logos they've been using since then, maybe I will think about it. Until then 2D or bust.

Love that logo

@@rocky1d i wear my black red and white jersey to games to show off a great older design and the new ones are expensive lol

We need the 4D sens back

They might as well at this point, or add a crying Jordan face on it.

MikeTheKoopaWarrior yes

@@dababy8007 indeed

@@MikeTheKoopaWarrior says the leafs fan

@@averybarrington-magee2828 I'm not even a Leaf fan silly

blue jacket refers to the civil war and ohio’s contributions to it, not the revolutionary war

@@UserName-ts3sp in that case I stand corrected! A blue coat was still a slang term used though by the Brits. But, still the logo being just a star and Ohio flag really has very little to do with the term. 🤷‍♂️ Still love the name, team and imagery was just using them to prove a point.

I thought the Roman theme was lame and contrived from the start. The team was named after the historic Senators team, not the codgers on Parliament Hill and certainly not the ancient Roman guys. For that reason, I prefer the "O" logo and the horizontal striping as a nod to the real inspiration for the name. I thought the O should have been more squared-off like the Ohio State logo to avoid the obvious "zero" jokes, but I've leaned that the oval shape is what the old-time Sens wore, so I'm OK with that. Let's make the arena a no-centurians zone.

A centurion has nothing to do with Ottawa is the issue. The whale is used for the canucks because Orca’s are common around Vancouver. The Capitals use the eagle because it’s the national animal, it’s like the Sens using symbols of the federal government. What does the Centurion have to do with the city of Ottawa?

@@Pikabo0 clearly you did not read the comment... My point was logos are extrapolations of the name and are not literal as half the league's logos are not literal... and I guess also by your logic a lot of teams names and logos are bad? Did you know Penguins are not found in Pittsburgh either? Or how there are no gold clad knights in Vegas? Last time I checked armoured knights stopped being a thing before Vegas was even founded... And while New Jersey is not a pleasant place to live there are not literal devils in New Jersey.

I do get nostalgic over that look just a year out. Out of all the Reebok Edge era jerseys Ottawa's was one of the best. Just so happened that Tampa and Pittsburgh used similar templates which kinda made Ottawa's less unique... but you can see the jersey itself is inspired by Ottawa's 2007 home jersey with the arm stripes and you can even see prototypes where the toga stripe was attempted to be incorporated into the jersey. This is probably why it looked the best in Ottawa's colours and design compared to Tampa which came off as a mess and Pittsburgh's which was kinda bland. The bold red and black with the dash of white really made it pop on the ice. It's not a traditional hockey jersey, and while breaking tradition did not work for a lot of clubs Ottawa's 2007-2020 home and away looked sharp! It is a very underrated set and will probably come back for a Heritage Classic within the next 20 years. But, I do expect the toga jersey to comeback in some way first. It is a forgone conclusion a version of the =O= jersey to comeback as the alternate or Heritage Uniform next year... maybe a red version of the Heritage Jersey (not the Silver =O=, but a red version of the old black jersey). That style of jersey was a very popular jersey in Ottawa and nationally, I mean when Rihanna wears your gear you know you made something stylish.

When you see it in person it is such a fun jersey! Super busy though!

It has genuine Thousand Yard Stare vibes

Red, white and black are the official colours of Canada, so it makes sense.for the capital city teams to use them.

Your not alone. Its bland.

Leandro Ramos yeah, I like it as a shoulder patch or alternate, but I pray they don’t use it as the main logo. Again, it’s just so bland. Using just a letter with nothing else would suck.

It is terrible. You aren't alone.

Im not a fan of it either

I'd *_love_* for them to go to an updated 2D logo on a version of the alternate with the laurel stripes with the Peace Tower as the secondary. Then you can use the =O= as a third and maybe bring out a white version as a fourth if that whole idea goes forward. Keeps the =O= look around for those that want it, but I don't think them essentially cosplaying as that franchise is a wise move. They're not the Silver Seven, they shouldn't try to look like them as the primary look.

and switch the beige with white for the away jersey. To me the O has an iconic look like Montreal, Toronto and Boston have

Correction: liquidation

The original Ottawa Senators were one of the first teams (and the first team in the NHL) in hockey to use Red, White and Black which is where the current team took the colours from. It is why Chicago could not use that colour scheme when they first entered the league and used black and white. They only added red when Ottawa left the league in 1934. Also, I think only four teams in the NHL use that colour combo (OTT, NJ, CHI, CAR) as Arizona uses Burgandy not red proper (and seem to be using Burgandy, Black, Cream and Green moving forward) so out of 32 teams, only four using it is not that common ;) Enjoy this obscure hockey fact.