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The biggest problems with the Sharks look to me is that the teal is too dark and as a result the black and teal don't have enough contrast. So the black and teal mix on the white jersey. It's like the reverse of how the silver blends into the white on the old Sabres jerseys and ends up making the blue stripe look spindly and thin.

They both look like hoodies you'd buy on NHL.com to be honest

The Ducks can use 90s "fad colours" because they're a 90s team. 90s fads are part of their history. They should look like a team that was founded in the early 90s. Just like how the Sharks should use a brighter teal and the Panthers should go back to athletic gold instead of the flat vegas.

A little late but that Sens third jersey rules. One of those things where you can't believe you've never seen someone try that design before.

It's not a coincidence that of the past several new teams to join the league, almost all of them have shown up with a navy blue home jersey. Seattle - NAVY Vegas - Grey Winnipeg - NAVY Columbus - NAVY Minnesota - Dark Green Atlanta - NAVY Nashville - NAVY

ah yes, that famous saying: "red sky at night, doesn't exist."

the wild throwback reminds me of when nba teams (used to?) recolor thrir primary logos instead of rebranding in a way that just didn't make sense. the sky isn't yellow

Toronto home and aways are perfect, no notes. Sabres look good but maybe too many stripes for my taste. That alternate is very sharp but I wonder how it would look with a stencilized gold/navy version of the goat head? Might be a nice bridge between them.

This series has been really great. I think the Kings away could use a lot more purple. The alternate logo is great, but I feel like it's so close to having the mane make an L A that you might as well go all the way with it. I like what you've done with the Wild but I've never been a fan of concepts that put wheat trim on the white sweater.

I think there was a way for the Devils to thicken the red stripes or make them brighter without making them this comicly gigantic

The updated 2D Senator logo is a really interesting case I think. I've long thought it was excellent and should have become their primary, but I can also see the case that it's very late-2000s and a bit soulless. The things that make the 90s one flawed are probably what makes Sens fans see it as stately and timeless I guess. Ultimately, Sens fans seem to have disliked the updated version and desperately wanted the vintage one. So ultimately what can ya do.

Yes, because wheat on a white jersey never looks good. It works as the trim for the logos. The forest green on white looks real sharp and the numbers add a splash of colour.

None of those Wild concepts are better than the real thing. They've figured out the perfect balance of green, wheet, and red on both sweaters

i'll help you out then... The three biggest trends in hockey jerseys in 2010, when the powder jersey came out, were: Fauxbacks Roundel logos Double-blue The Panthers had no legitimate connection to any of the three but jumped on it anyway. Add in the weird JetBlue thing and yeah. This sweater uses their popular palm tree logo, their 90s template, and their original colours + powder blue. The effect is tropical instead of dull and lifeless. Even if it's being overrated it's no surprise that it's popular considering current fashion

if you're going to defend jersey ads what are you even doing here

Blue bronze and white? Maybe. But add the black and it reads to me as pure late-90s dull colours.

most of adidas' crummy work in the NHL was alternate jerseys that hardly anyone remembers while they dutifully tidied up plenty of reebok's messes on actual primary uniforms. the worry with Nike is that they would bring the worst of Adidas in a huge way (with ugly city/icon/whatever jerseys and primary jersey redesigns) with none or few of the positives.

I'm not saying younger fans don't remember Gretzky or aren't aware of those older teams. I'm saying when I (as a 26 year old, and I imagine this is the case for younger fans as well) see those jerseys on a modern template, the subconscious association I make is with Hall/Eberle/Nugent-Hopkins/Schultz/Yakupov and not with the Gretzky era.

Frankly, for a younger generation of fans the royal blue jerseys don't bring memories of the Gretzky years - they bring to mind the constant failure of the 2010 to 2016 Oilers. Even if I wasn't huge on the orange primary look, at least it was kind of acknowledging that and building a new look for a new era. Navy + orange could have been a very sharp McDavid-era identity if they stuck to it (and made a navy version of the classic sweater the primary)

My position: I love the Avs colours, I wish the blue was slate-ier, on TV it often just looks royal blue. That said. The grey colour should be lightened and maybe even shinied like the Kings have. I don't think it's doing a satisfactory job of separating the burgundy and blue right now.

I love the Flames' 2004-07 look but it's definitely not timeless. The angular arm stripes and hem were such a 90s/00s trend and you don't see it anymore. If they want to bring them back, they can just straighten out those stripes though. The Flames' 1980s jerseys are timeless because they're simple - stripes, shoulder yoke, etc. There aren't any gimmicks. If you think they're boring, lack contrast, etc. that's fine, but they don't really look of their time.

I think double strokes in general look very 90s-2000s now. A lot of teams like the Avs, Bruins, Oilers, and Pens have moved away from them because they muddle the look of the jerseys on TV and generally are a lot messier looking.

I used to think that 2003-04 was the peak of NHL jerseys as well but I have to agree, as much as I like navy blue as a jersey colour the league was way way way too navy blue and black at that point. There were 7 black teams, 7 navy teams, and 7 of the other teams had a black or navy alternate.

The serif B is fine but honestly I kinda think it has too much going on. Too many outlines And it stands out among the rest of the O6 who are all using logos that are decades old (Leafs being basically just a clean-up of the pre-expansion design).