Morgan33

Unpopular opinion... This "Old Tyme Hockey" dress-up fad is beyond played out... And the red alternate from 2003 did it much better. Everything about this design looks awkwardly proportioned & claustrophobic and the elbow patches & tiny shoulder yokes are superfluous. Not a fan.

My sentiments exactly. 27 years of following this league for only for them to needlessly destroy the thing I like about it most. Yeah I know it's a business but I still have the choice to not support it and that's what I'm doing. Although this news feels like a punch to the gut, I only have myself to blame for buying in. People like us who obsess over sports aesthetics and tradition represent just a small minority of fans and the idea that owners would ever care about us is laughable. This shouldn't even be surprising after what the league allowed Reebok to do to most teams identities in 2007... Here's a little refresher if you don't remember. If the Canucks make the playoffs in the final season without jersey ads, I will watch. After that, I am finished with this league for good. Goodbye.

I think this is one of the best jerseys the Kings ever had. It'd be even better without the script on the hem.

Looks like the shade they arrived in Dallas with. Now bring back the Gold!

Comparing jerseys Pre-2007 to Post-2007 is like comparing Apples to Oranges. The implementation of the Edge template drastically changed the overriding aesthetic of the league. Of the inaugural Edge jerseys you mentioned, only the Avs Apron gives the Flames competition for worst in class... But even that set had the sense to not include a shoulder patch consisting primarily of colour found nowhere else on the uniform. Absolutely. They went from one of the league's best to bottom 3 in one season. Agreed. I think people just wanted the flag jerseys gone... Although the Adidas template improved them slightly, by getting rid of the piping, the clash-patch still made them an eyesore.

This is mid-tier? Even if you discounted what are easily the most lazy and aesthetically inept shoulder patches in league history, you're still left 5 striping configurations competing for prominence on one jersey... They couldn't even make the piping, that boxes in both the logo and numbers, consistent with the piping on the socks... The socks that inexplicably mimic the German flag in spite of that colour order appearing nowhere else on the uniform. This abomination deserves much more derision...

I'd like to ask the question... Now that this monstrosity is mercifully gone after 14 excruciating seasons, where does it rank among the worst jerseys in league history? Can we place this alongside the Wildwing's and Burger King's of the world or is that an overblown assessment? Does it just look awful compared to what came before or is it contention for the aesthetically challenged, hall of fame? Genuinely curious...

The Howling Coyote looked great on its original jersey but every uniform it's been featured on since has painted it in a poor light IMO. This is the only Howler uniform I'd be in favor of returning as an alt...

These prototype jerseys were designed by Tommy Hilfiger in 2000 for the 2001/02 season but were reportedly scrapped after the design leaked. More Navy dominant than red but still indicative of them wanting to return to their roots.

The late 80's/early 90's looked great too. One thing I hated about the mid-90's was how green all but vanished from the league... The North Stars and Whalers replacing it with Black & Navy, before disappearing all-together, was devastating.

The league was really coming into its own during the period between the 2003 and 2007. The wackier designs of the 90's were going by the wayside and a return to a more traditional aesthetic was beginning to take place organically. You saw it in the Coyotes rebrand, the Flames return to red, the Bruins replacing their Pooh-Bear alternate with an Orr-era throwback, multiple teams returning to lace-up collars and the excellent All Star jerseys from the game in Minnesota. More importantly than that, newer teams were not trying to be something they weren't. You didn't have Lightning masquerading as the Maple Leafs, The Hurricanes weren't using a diagonal-script, Nashville hadn't sucked all the life out of their identity, the Sharks still had their original (and perfect) colour scheme and Florida didn't feel the need to be another red team with a chest stripe. Without the Reebok Edge debacle, it's not difficult to imagine the league being perfected within 3 to 5 years. The Canucks were already transitioning to blue and green, the Bruins excellent cup-winning set eschewed the Edge aesthetic so it probably would've happened regardless, The Capitals wanted a return to Red as early as 02 and maybe the whole Buffaslug debacle doesn't happen without Reebok's influence.

The Navy looks so drab and dull compared to their classic Royal... It just seems like a relic of that 90's trend of darkening colours to the point where they appear almost black. They should wear the uniforms they lifted 5 cups in and stop messing with their identity and legacy.

Agreed. Those that didn't realize the helmet adverts were permanent the second they were announced have no idea how this league operates. It was never going to be a one-year deal.

I think what the Bruins released in 2007 was perfection... They took the basic look of the 'Bobby Orr' set and refined it into a modern classic with a much-improved iteration of the Spoked-B, and the best shoulder patches in the history of the franchise. The jerseys took a slight hit during the conversion to Adidas but they're still just some yellow-socks away from greatness. I'm surprised they're moving away from this look, especially since it has a cup behind it and the proposed replacement doesn't.

It doesn't work. Burgundy and Blue should always be separated, hence the need for black equipment.

The Reverse Retro, Liberty's look great. I thought the new striping was half-assed & barren at first but taken with the whole uniform, it's not only perfectly balanced but looks pretty sharp in its own, contemporary way. I wouldn't have any problem with it being promoted to full-time, third status... It's the perfect example of an alternate look done right and one that's been absent from the league way too long.

You can't be the leagues de-facto teal team and have barely any of the colour on the your primary logo... Adding more teal was the one thing the 2007 re-design did right. Not at all. There wouldn't be any bent triangle or orange outlines and the shark would be the one from the original... Just add some subtle teal highlights and simplify the line-work around the triangle. The stick doesn't need many changes either, just make the tape go all the way around and lose in 'nub' at the top.

This needs to be the Sharks home jersey with a matching road. The colours, striping and shoulder patches are perfect for that namesake. Just refresh the primary logo a bit. Lose some of the outlines, fix the hockey tape and add some teal highlights to the Shark.

Nor should it. It's even worse than the original 3D centurion and that's saying something.

They really should have updated their logo for the 2010, 2013 and 2015 banners. Then the idea could have worked (somewhat).

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The Sedin banners look great. I'm happy they included the arched script on the Orca to be as specific to the era as possible. I also like how they used the Agency font across the four eras to create an aesthetic through-line.

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