Morgan33

Proper stripe widths, contrasting shoulders and real hem stripes go a long way. Just replace the black base with Navy.

I recall people claiming this* evoked Blue Lives Matter... How ridiculous. *the best jersey the Blue Jackets have ever iced.

Nah, the current jerseys are still . They could win 10 championships in a row in them and they would be still be bland, characterless trash completely ill suited to represent a cool and exciting name like Lightning.

It's better than their last two attempts at a black alternate but that really isn't saying much. Everything about the construction of this jersey screams "lazy." From trying to pass off a poor shoulder patch as the primary crest to the maddening use of Detroit's single, floating hem stripe (again!). It's an alternate jersey. The hem is allowed to be different from the home and roads. Why not use a hem design similar to your first black jersey? All it would take is making the bottom stripe blue. I like the use of silver on the sleeve stripes but why is it featured nowhere else on the jersey? Adding some metallic silver to the logo and numbers would have gone a long way as well. The liberal use of metallic silver on the primary crest was the most distinctive element of their inaugural set. Why not give that shoulder-patch-turned-primary similar treatment? Or better yet, just use the inaugural logo instead. Overall, it's just another "alternate for alternate's sake" that proves that creatively in NHL third jerseys was last seen on the back of a milk carton... I honestly hope the Fanatics switchover gives us a break from third jerseys for a while. So many of them are either pointless, lesser versions of their primaries (see NYI, Edmonton, Pittsburgh and Washington) or complete dumpster fires that sink their respective brands (see Arizona, Dallas, New Jersey, NYR, Philadelphia and Toronto).

I'm just glad somebody brought those colours back since Dallas would rather ice an even tackier "Black Ice' fashion jersey than honor their true history... Those colours are too good for nobody to use them. Just get rid of that hideous advert and it's one of the best looks in the league.

I'm sure people on here have had more than enough of posters whining about jersey adverts... But that "TRIA" patch is just absolutely horrendous and spoils the entire look. We finally get proper North Stars colours back after 30+ years and they're ruined by that.

Agreed. Their entire uniform history, since winning the cup in 06, has been an endless comedy of blunders... Cluttering their distinctive Championship jerseys with unnecessary piping. Ditching their storm flag striping to play Team Canada cosplay and having a generic road counterpart that doesn't even match. Somewhat redeeming their home jersey for the Adidas changeover while leaving the road unchanged. Managing to make their already abysmal road jersey even worse with a derivative diagonal script, bush-league nickname and worse striping. Making their ridiculously ugly Black alternate their full time home jersey. Bringing back their best jersey for one season before retiring it for good. Not having a matching home and road in over ten years. Not being able to decide on a primary logo. Coloured helmets on the road. Minimizing silver to the point where it barely exists. The list goes on and on...

I respectfully disagree. What happens to the darkest of skies when they are illuminated by Lightning... They can turn white, even if it's only for a split-second. I see the Lightning Reverse retro as a capture of that split second and in that context it works. I'm sure many will disagree with this interpretation but I love that jersey. Hell, the two Reverse Retro's are the only good designs the Lightning have come up since winning the cup in 2004.

Not that it really matters but "Eggplant" just sounds better to me.

Navy or not, it's an absolute travesty that this is not their full time alternate.

They probably did if they went through the trouble of creating this monstrosity . I can't stand the Stadium Series... Drove the whole Outdoor Game concept right into the ground. There should just be a Winter Classic and Heritage Classic.

The Devils should have just worn their Green Reverse Retro's. Those were way to good to last just one season.

+1. I would have honestly preferred they just went with a Navy version of their home jersey... It wouldn't be remotely creative but it at least it wouldn't look like hot garbage.

That Sharks third looks fantastic. It would look cleaner without the gradient but that's just a small nitpick. This is the fist time a long time where a team's third jersey unveiling didn't scream "alternate for alternate's sake."

The Rangers and Flyers are decent. I actually like what the Flyers did more than their actual jerseys. New Jersey and NY are atrocious. This trend of Dark striping on dark bases needs to die.

Contrast? What's that? An important design principle? Nah...

Getting really tired of gimmicky design elements that do nothing to improve the quality of uniforms. Things like... - Hollowed out numbers Looks tacky. Like something you'd find on a cheap fashion jersey. - Stealth Striping Why would you go out of your way to make one of the most important aspects of a uniform invisible on the ice. Asinine. - Hanger effects Why is so much time and energy dedicated to something you'll never see on the ice. -Metallic Helmets Not a single instance of them has looked passable let alone good. This trend needs to die yesterday. -Oversized Sleeve Numbers Maybe you could justify them for Stadium Series uniforms but they should not be on uniforms in regular rotation. Looking at you Philly. -Sublimated Sleeve Patterns They contribute nothing to the quality of the design. Both Calgary and Vancouver's alternates would look cleaner without them. -Reversible Jerseys Easily the stupidest gimmick yet. If there was ever a uniform to sum up everything wrong with NHL jersey design today, it's Toronto's alt.

I wish the Canucks would leave their identity alone. Nothing they've done since 2020 has been an improvement.

They also won a championship in those colours... not that I'm advocating they stick around. If I had my way, their original jerseys would return unchanged.

You've personally talked to all these fans and got their two cents on the issue? Or are you just pulling it out of thin air to support your narrative? If Dallas Stars fans don't care about their Northstars roots, why do articles from fans like this exist? I guarantee more Stars fans care about their Northstars history than anything to do with the Dallas Texans. https://www.sbnation.com/2017/3/29/15106256/minnesota-wild-north-stars-jerseys-dallas-stars-nhl-mad-online-cut-it-out-dave-coulier Their recent reverse retro was based off a uniform worn by both the Northstars and Stars. You realize that during the design process for a Winter Classic, the two uniforms are not created independently of each other... Nashville didn't have a rich history they could throwback to so they did a homage to an old Nashville team. Dallas followed suit. Their decision to not play up their actual history had nothing to do with wanting to disassociate from it. If they wanted to make a clean break from their past, there wouldn't be retired numbers from Northstar's players in the rafters and they would have ditched Green for a scheme based of the Texas flag. Their current uniforms have Northstars imagery in them. The Italicized Star from the classic N-Star logo has been on the front of every single Dallas Stars uniform since their inception. So has their main colour green. Add some yellow trim to the current set and it's practically a direct throwback to what the Northstars were wearing in 1991. In darkened Northstars Colours. Were the Oilers making a clean break from their past when they went from Royal, Orange and White to Midnight Blue, White and Copper? No. Because they're the same team. Acting like they aren't is revisionist history. No matter how much you wish the team didn't move.

You know this for a fact? I've seen plenty of fans at Dallas Stars games wearing North Stars jerseys over the years. The Wild having a Green, Yellow and White alternate doesn't prohibit the Stars from using a Green, Yellow, Black and White one. It's not like it's an overused colour combination. That questionable decision doesn't erase their history. And those Winter Classic Jerseys were horrible. The only interesting thing about them was the type of felt material they used...

Never said they did. But if the team had stayed in Minnesota, they would have likely darkened their palette like just about every other team in the mid 90's... The additions of Black and Metallic Gold happened gradually and well before the team moved. Therefore, it would be disingenuous to call it a completely separate colour scheme.

I won't stop cheering for them but if hell freezes over and they actually win a championship, it will be less special for me if it's not in Blue White and Green. Calling it now, the Messier era Orca returns in 2034 as an alternate... Two years later the #freewilly movement is started and the original Orca is regarded as the teams most iconic look.

It's going to be the heaviest jersey ever made