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I just think it's not as horrendous as some other 2000s jerseys that were bad. Has nothing to do with team's success. Side panels, most of the time, are not very nice. I'm not really that bothered by the Caps side panels. At least's not as bad as the Sabres who had piping that ended halfway and a million little outlines around the classic logo.

The Capitals navy 3rd and the Winter Classic are both neat throwback-inspired looks. They don't use the primary logo for the crest. This is just me. For the jersey that uses the primary "capitals" script, I find that the RBK edge template looks best. The whole ensemble just fits well together. If it really was a pre-made cookie-cutter template that they just slapped the Caps logo on, then I consider it a happy accident. A lot of click n fill templates just aren't very good. The Capitals is the exeption, to me. I think this is a very nice looking uniform set. Tbh, I'm a bit surprised that it might be a unpopular opinion, reading through some of the comments about how the retro is far superior...

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That old template was so generic, the Penguins and Senators had pretty much the exact same jerseys as well as Tampa Bay at the time. Jerseys that are slapped together in minutes are always awful.

Old goathead: New goathead:

I meant the logo. VGK should have did like Vancouver with their crest and come up with a 90s fauxback to fully match the era. All they did was slap the current shoulder patch on the front.

A missed oppurtunity for Vegas to create a Golden Knights-inspired take on this Thunder logo:

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Does the Cleveland Browns management dept even care about football or their fans?

In the regulars, the shade of blue is different. But the Lady Liberties were almost exactly the same.

Maybe they want to seperate themselves from the Rangers comparissons.

It does seem like the eventual plan is for the Blue Jackets to have navy pants for both the home and road. If they're doing an experiment by having a few test games, I think it will look nice because their minor league affiliate looks good like that. So will the CBJ.

It's true that there's a split between navy and royal. The love for royal isn't as strong as it was for Buffalo, when they finally got it spot on. It's still weird that Edmonton had both dynasty home and roads and instead of sticking with various alternates, they ditched the royal blue completely in favor of whatever OEG wanted. If the response is still mixed, feels like it's aesthetics vs nostalgia. It played tricks of me, seeing such an unpopular jersey all over the place during the playoffs.

The 2 teams in bold have never had much major success under their original uniforms. The Sens only Cup appearence I believe was in the red jersey with the 1st 3D Centurion and the large wavy black stripe on the front. I don't remember the Yotes doing anything significant, no matter the uniform. The Lightning have won Cups in both black and blue. I'm not sure which one's the classic because 2 of their 3 primary logos are associated with championship victory. When the Oilers brought back royal blue the 1st time, it didn't last. Seems like another cash grab. Not a permanent return to their roots. Who knows how long the 2nd phase will last. If fans cared more for the royals, the outrage would have been much stronger than 50/50. If the Rangers made the navy Lady Liberties the primary home, it wouldn't go over well like it did for the Oilers for a while. I thought the Orange jersey with navy yokes were perfect for the McDavid era.

I'm reading the comments on the team's social media posts. A lot of fans love the dynasty look. But there's more than a few who also like the orange and the updated darker colors. It's not close to unanimous. When the nostalgia phase runs out, maybe that's why they keep changing to something new. People want to buy new stuff. I guess no more sea of orange, assuming they make the playoffs next year.

Not the greatest goalie in the league. But he might be an upgrade over Smith & Koskinen.

Very bizarre turn of events where, even though there was a year-long hype train to tank for Shane Wright, he fell 3 spots and the Habs took Slafkovsky 1st overall. I don't want to crap on this pick for no reason. But I'm not sold on it (yet) because even though he had a late surge, I thought Shane Wright had more upside being granted exceptional player status at 15 and had far more points, last season. Maybe Slav will end up being better than Shane. Maybe HuGo see things differently, beyond the hype. But this has the potential to make Hughes look like Bergevin 2.0, if this busts...

Those top picks eventually payed off. They did a good job building a team around McKinnon, Landeskog, etc...

This could have been the Edmonton Oilers, if only they had a goalie that wasn't playing awful. I heard something similar about the Leafs. With the amount of competition there is in both conferences, I look foward to next year's playoffs, to see if anybody can get over the hump that they almost overcame. It's hard to win 3 straight Cups, with 32 teams in the league. The team that hasn't won it usually play more fierce than the defending Champions.

Not easy losing 3 straight Cup Finals, but Corey Perry still has his 2007 ring.

On 2 of the 3 Tampa goals, Kuemper was weak. The 1st one especially, which should have been a routine save.

The Avs played what seemed like the best game to their abilities. All 4 lines performed. The Avs players all played like they're hungry for their first Cup. Most of the Lightning players already won it twice. It's not over, though. A 2-time Cup winner doesn't win 2 straight Cups without being able to handle and overcome adversity. Game 5 is not in the bag, for Colorado. They're going to need a mega performance, even if by chance the Avs get a lead by several goals.

I hope the Avs don't choke.

The entire Denver crowd is singing the lyrics of "My Own Worst Enemy" by Lit. Amazing!