Morgan33

I think it's a vastly superior logo, particularly in how the penguin is illustrated, with a cleverly executed reference to the three rivers. It only gets the derision it does because it had the unfortunate timing of replacing a logo with back-to-back championships immediately after they were won... Had it come out on an alternate uniform, I don't think it would face the same backlash, if any.

Seconded. When more time and attention is put into shoehorning-in references than something as fundamental as an original striping-configuration, you have a serious problem in the design process...

The Stars already had the perfect skyline reference jersey... The connection is certainly there, it just doesn't happen to be a very good looking uniform.

The Lightning's Reverse Retro? Perfection. It's exactly what the team should have done in 2007 with a matching road. No further changes would have been necessary ever again.

At least the Fisherman looks like some thought and effort was put into it... All New Jersey did was put a lame script on an existing jersey that copied the Blackhawks whole-sale. The Newark Bulldogs played one 40 game season, in a minor-league, 54 years before the Devils existed. The River Vale Skeeters would also copy this Blackhawk's design a decade later... This uniform isn't New Jerseys roots, it's Chicago's... And if there was ever a team that didn't need an alternate logo, it's the Devils.

I disagree. Having traditional, horizontal striping alone does not equal a good jersey... Do designers even bother with the striping anymore? How many recolours & slight variations of this tired template are we going to see passed off as something new... There are many things you can do with horizontal stripes, just look at the league in 1991. Would it kill them to put in some effort?

One good thing about the Lightning jersey is the return of Silver to their colour palette... Besides that, everything you said in this post is on point. Alternate/Special Event jerseys suck in 2021.

The Triangle-less Penguin is the perfect representation of an "alternate for alternate's sake" logo... Just take your existing logo, remove its most visually appealing & iconic feature, and call it your new secondary... Lazy. The gold triangle would have made the logo stand out better on the uniform's black-base... As the logo they should have used, from the original jersey, proves.

This should be their alternate... Great way to represent the red and green years without having two red, or two white jerseys... Always thought this was a pretty good-looking trio.

Not as repetitive as having the same logo on all three jerseys, in my opinion. Not disputing any of those points. I just think that as long as the Skating Penguin is on the front of the main jerseys, a shoulder patch on an alternate shouldn't be looked at as some sacrilegious thing... Especially since it was on the jersey they're throwing back to to begin with. They never won anything in powder blue or navy and they used those as alternates for years. It's the 1992-02 era's turn... Give us the actual jersey.

Should the Robo-Pen have replaced the Skating Penguin as the primary logo? No... But I'll never understand why it can't be an alternate logo, much less a shoulder patch on an alternate jersey... Why this team feels it needs to erase this logo from its history is perplexing... It's just a more realistic take on their iconic 'penguin-in-triangle' concept with a neat visual-representation of Pittsburgh's three rivers. It does exactly what a good alternate logo should do. Takes the basic concept of the primary in a different visual direction while offering something new. Should have kept it on the shoulders .

With an interesting namesake like 'Devils' and Lou Amarillo in the rear-view, this would have been a great opportunity to get creative and add to a historically solid identity... Instead we get another boring script (was anyone clamoring for another one of these?) on a lazy approximation of a Blackhawk's throwback and a perfect example of the "statement absent, third jersey for third jersey's sake look" Sport was talking about.

This is a good description of every full-time alternate they've ever deployed... With the exception of the Pooh Bear which was awful for different reasons. They should go with their Reverse Retro or something similar to what they wore in the 2010 Winter Classic. Or just withdraw from the third jersey program. The main set is strong enough to stand on its own.

The current uniforms have too much orange, needless piping and a dated, Edge template that can't decide whether it wants to be modern or traditional. The Gold or "Champagne" also looked a lot better when they used the 'Shimmer' material. Right now, it almost looks like Khaki and I've never understood why they did this. If the team insists on keeping the Post-Disney colours, they should embrace the pinnacle of the franchise...

Bring those jerseys back but update the logo a little bit... Lose some of the outlines, fix the hockey stick/tape and add some teal highlights to the Shark so the logo doesn't look monochrome on the road whites. The Sharks are in dire need of a rebrand. Their uniforms are bland, lifeless and look stuck in 2007.

Of all the sponsors they could have used...

This wouldn't be a bad direction for them to go. The cup wins should cement Black, Silver and White as their primary colour scheme but there's no reason to be married to that dated, Reebok template or the Pencil Point logo.

Agree with you about the hem-stripe, it really throws the colour balance off. Another thing sinking this half-assed throwback, and I didn't notice until seeing the jersey up close, was the idiotic decision to replace the metallic gold with a mat shade. They used metallic gold on the reverse retros, but not these. Why? Because it was eye-catching and unique? Stupid.

The uniforms look cheap now. Multiple instances of burgundy and blue touching and the entire colour-balance thrown off. The uniforms were never designed to have blue equipment and it shows. The foot was done in the same style as the primary logo so it looked like it belonged. The two logos formed a cohesive identity. The C looks shoehorned on. Black was on the home jersey striping and the road numbers. It can be argued that the palette had too many colours but the original uniforms worked them together seamlessly. And there weren't any contrast issues.

Just bring this back with the original shade of burgundy and the Foot. They got it right the first time.

Dallas have one of the best home jerseys... And that's with removing a key colour that had been part of their identity for 20 years.

I hate what the Avalanche have done to their uniforms these past two seasons... Every single change has resulted in a worse looking set. The only thing that needed to be done to the set unveiled in 2017 was adding some blue trim to the road. The home version looked fantastic with the black equipment and the only instances of burgundy and blue touching were on the sleeve numbers. The forced shoehorning of blue equipment has not only thrown off the entire colour balance of the identity it has also resulted in more needless instances of burgundy and blue touching. The equipment on the cup winning set was black for a reason.

The Blues jersey looks incredible... The disparity in quality between it and the Wild one is astounding. One looks like a classic hockey sweater, the other looks like a claustrophobic, Hodge-podge of disparate elements fighting each-other for prominence. The Wild really dropped the ball.

Not disputing that at all. That doesn't mean I have to like the design... I think they could have made a classically influenced uniform without throwing the kitchen sink at it and going with an overly busy aesthetic better left in past. Just my opinion, not expecting many people on here to agree .