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What an entertaining novel with all the twists and turns they had. Feels weird to actually be in this spot with the Coyotes.

I understand why people say it and feel that way, but I just think it's a weak argument. I think this is probably the best option. While I do prefer their original uniforms, the navy helps as a nice composite between the black and blue. It also ends up matching the third jersey with the rest of the set. The Avalanche actually did used a lighter shade for the burgundy between 1995-1999 before they darken it to the current shade. I don't know if that helps with the contrasting problem going back to the lighter shade with navy or not but it's a nice starting point.

I'm not ragging on you since you're not the only person who uses it, but I really dislike the notion of "team won a championship in 'XYZ' uniform" as the end all be all answer to anything uniform change related. Especially, since the Avalanche won twice wearing their original set.* What makes their current set untouchable compared the the 1996-2007 sets? It's a minor pet peeve but I see it all the time on the forums. *I understand that the uniform changed slightly between the 1996 and 2001 cup wins. Whatever close enough.

The jersey itself is fine, but the blue is fighting with the burgundy over being the dominant color with the rest of the uniform. The burgundy is clearly the primary color, but you have blue helmets and pants now and it overpowers the burgundy. The black helped break up the uniform for not being too blue heavy. It also looks like the players are wearing their pants all the way up their stomach it's not a great look.

I've been wondering for years what this font is and I can't seem to find it. It was also used for the closing credits of the 1996 PC game Harvester. Anyone know what it's called?

I was hoping they would just reuse the designs from 2022. Arguably the best looking All Star set in years, alas.

This. I'll even take the Reverse Retro version of the current logo. It looks so much better in orange and black.

An unpopular opinion but I didn't care for either of the Wild's Reverse Retro jerseys. Something just feels off about them. I'm in the boat of the Wild sticking with their current identity. It would be a shame to lose it over dressing up as the North Stars. If they did want to appease the whole North Stars crowd this jersey in the Wild's current color scheme would be a nice compromise as an alternate. There's just enough going on with the different stripes that it can easily be converted into the Wild's palette. Honestly what their Reverse Retro jersey should have been.

It looks like they took the hem striping from the prototype version of the jersey instead of the final version. It matches almost exactly.

I mean, isn't that the whole point of the City uniforms in the first place? Taking imagery from landmarks from around the area and spinning it into a jersey. As crazy as it sounds the carpet at PDX is a bit of a local landmark. I'm not a fan of the over-saturation of uniforms in the NBA myself, but this is one of the better efforts I've seen from the City program. The carpet is notable enough to have a Wikipedia article, so I guess some people think it's special. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Ooh, the edge of the hockey stick where the S used to be looks like a design flaw. It doesn't read as the handle of the stick and looks more like the designer stitch something over poorly with a clone stamp tool.

I think I prefer this years' jersey over the 2020 one. Never care for the purple base color. The brunt color palette looks wonderful.

Did I lose something along the way here? Where did I ever say that Nike would be this magical savior for NHL jerseys? If anything I said the complete opposite. By looking good I'm just talking about the base template design not the actual jersey designs. Using Nike's Olympics and college jerseys as a point of reference I feel that at best it's a lateral move for the NHL. Pretty much this.

To be fair I never said that. I'm not expecting that at all. You can even say the same thing about CCM. As long as the template they use looks good and they're using quality materials I feel most people here won't have anything to worry about. But, I'll take you up on that offer on that Saskatchewan "ocean-front" property. /S

I'll the odd one out and say that I feel completely indifferent to Nike possibly taking over the jersey contract. Sure CCM would be a better choice but I'm not going to lose sleep over it. I own a few Nike jerseys from the late '90s and they're among my favorites. I like the knitting fabric on them. Granted things have changed in 25 years. I'm just hoping that whoever takes over the contract designs normal looking collars.