32. Carolina Hurricanes

Probably not the WORST jersey visually, but it lacks any creative effort overall. It’s basically their current Cane’s jersey with some slight tweaks. Could have went in 20 different directions and landed on a text jersey with a spicy C. Not great.

31. Detroit Red Wings

Pains me to do this for my favorite team in the world. But for the second year in a row Adidas does us dirty and makes a mockery of the greatest jersey in sports. I understand you can’t correct perfection, but sweet jesus did you have to make us look just like our arch rival the…

30. Chicago Blackhawks

I mean what was the thought process here? Make Detroit and Chicago look absolutely identical with boring horizontal text logos on the front? Wings and Blackhawks have arguably the best logos in hockey, if not sports, what Adidas has done to them is reminiscent of what they did to Sunny in the Godfather. Disrespectful.

29.  Columbus Blue Jackets

Just yawn. Taking the current logo, spicing up the sleeves a little and throwing three stars on it. No effort and completely forgettable

28. Vegas Golden Knights

I get the teams with short histories don’t have much to work with, but this is another one that’s just plain and forgettable. I feel like this would have been a great opportunity to come up with an absolutely wild and new logo for the recent expansion team. Cascading text? Snooze fest.

27. Edmonton Oilers

Hey I respect the call back to the oil drop logo, but it was ass then and it’s ass now. Just cause you make the oil orange and call it retro doesn’t make it a good look 20 years later. Appreciate the effort, but that logo will just never work.

26. Nashville Predators

Same thoughts as above. This logo has always sucked and it still sucks today. I always thought the Preds leaning into their yellow was aggressively unnecessary, but I respect that they went all in on it and have stuck with it. It’s the only reason they got the nod over the Oil Rig.

25. Philadelphia Flyers

These are not bad jerseys, they just aren’t exciting/orange enough. Why when orange is your primary color would you ever lean into making your jersey white? The Flyers are known for their orange. This is just a boring swing and a miss…again.

24. Toronto Maple Leafs

Wha…what did you do? Outline the leaf and make the NHL logo orange? What am I looking at here?

23. New Jersey Devils

Awkward. The Devil’s theme their reverse retros off… Colorado. Yucky. Before they were the NJ Devils, they were the Kansas City Scouts, then the Colorado (Hockey) Rockies. This is a homage to those roots. Personally, if this was my team, I’d be pretty pissed my jersey was based off of a city currently playing in the NHL. Which leads me to my next point….

22. Colorado Avalanche

Why did Adidas make two jerseys with the same color scheme? Based off the same roots? Did these two design teams work in different rooms? I really don’t understand.

21. Seattle Kraken

Not a bad jersey, and again, a one year expansion team is hard to work with. If you told me this was the Krakens’ main jersey I would have just simply believed you. Ho-hum onto the next.

20. San Jose Sharks

I get what they are going for, a homage to the California Seals. But… with what San Jose had to work with from their past this feels like a colossal miss. When you think Sharks you think 90’s. You think Teal. You think of fucking SHARKS chewing on HOCKEY STICKS. Not fonts, not the California Seals from the 60’s and 70’s. Boooo on a jersey I was very excited for.

19. St. Louis Blues

I don’t hate this jersey. They took some risks, made it jazzy, stood out with colors, but overall it’s just not my bag. I’m not sure I like the thin blues note overlaid with off centered text. And I just feel like they need to lean into the Gretzky/Hull era design more than anything else.

18. Florida Panthers

A for effort, and these will be fun to see on the ice. But it’s an ugly jersey. Downright ugly. It’s fun, it’s Florida(!), it’s definitely 90’s feeling… but it’s simply a created video game team that you eventually delete when you can’t buy into the brand midway through your season.

17. Tampa Bay Lightning

It’s like every crazy designer tasked with designing Detroit, Chicago, Philly, Toronto & Vegas was pulled off their respective project, thrown into a room, given a mountain of cocaine and told to design Tampa’s jersey. Where the aforementioned teams are devoid of risk, the Bolts live breathe and bathe in it. These jerseys are bonkers. Pure insanity. And I respect that…but it never fully came together.

16. Winnipeg Jets

Pretty neat playing homage to the old logo, but that’s the only thing carrying this jersey. Would have like to see some red sprinkled in or some sort of creativity versus more shades of blue. These feel cold, which I guess makes sense for a Northern Canadian hockey team.

15. Ottawa Senators

The Sens should have never, ever, ever changed their logo from this one. This is the logo I think of when I think of Ottawa. But like Winnipeg’s, the logo does all the work. Not even really sure what’s going on in red behind it. Good logo, okay jersey.

14. Anaheim Ducks

 

Why would you devoid us of purple? of teal? Why so much orange and gold? The entire hockey community literally pisses themselves with excitement when they see the classic Mighty Ducks logo, just pander to us and give us the purple.

13. Dallas Stars

I personally think the Dallas Stars main jerseys with the stupid D overlaid on that whack ass star is the worst logo in the NHL. And in turn I think their jerseys follow right in suit. These, THESE do not suck. They remind me of Mike Modano and Darian Hatcher. Reminds me of them winning the 1999 Stanley Cup when Red Wing hall of famer Brett Hull scored a controversial goal vs other Red Wings hall of famer Dominik Hasek. Good jersey, maybe some gold next time?

12. Buffalo Sabres

I see the formula. Use and old logo with the new colors and it’s a can’t miss right? Sure, these play. It’s weird seeing the goat head not surrounded by black, red, and silver… these definitely softens his look. I feel like with the red and black he was ready to breath fire out of his nose… kind like that horse logo from the….

11. Calgary Flames

I like these. I never understood the weird striping thing which is the unique factor of this jersey that Calgary used to rock…and I still don’t. It’s so odd and out of place that it almost feels right. The white hot C logo POPS hard and the yellow and red with the black just looks cool.

10. Minnesota Wild

Same concept as Buffalo, but reversed (WHOOAAAA!!). Old colors, current logo. Bing bam boom. This is a homage to the Minnesota North Stars. The colors feel very up northy, don’t cha know, midwestern. Which is exactly what Minnesota is. Solid jersey? You bet.

9. Montreal Canadians

 

At first I was like why the hell are they wearing baby blue? Are they wannabe Penguins? Then I learned this is a homage to the Montreal Expos, which I’ll admit is a little weird for the winningest team in professional hockey to base a jersey set on a failed baseball franchise…but they look cool.

8. Boston Bruins

Might get shit on for this one but I don’t know… something about that stoic bear gazing off into the distance coupled with the tattered bear claw striping and the obnoxious Bruin shoulder logos hit’s me right in my 90’s born nuts. This logo has always been disrespectful to the Original 6 B’s logo/jersey but for some reason this one hits home for me.

7. Arizona Coyotes

Oh Arizona, never change. But remember when you did change? And you ushered in that crimson and white jersey with the howling coyote that looked more like a outdoor brand than a hockey team? Then everyone realized the Kachina was a top 5 jersey in sports? Your team is trash, your org is trash, your stadium is trash… but your logo and jersey will forever live in hockey lore, whenever you eventually fold. These jerseys are insane for all the right reasons of a professional hockey team based out of Arizona.

6. New York Islanders

Who’s laughing now? What was once widely considered the worst logo/jersey to ever grace the shoulders of an NHL hockey team is now front and center of the nostalgia revival. The fisherman is mean and the toned down ‘waves’ of the jersey have this coming together nicely. I swear I used to hate this logo too… but maybe it’s just cause it was surrounded by so much shit before. It looks good here.

5. Los Angeles Kings

I’ve always kind of wondered why a team called the Kings never showcased either PURPLE, a very regal color… or GOLD, the typical color/material of a crown. Why the Kings based out of LA use an understated black, white and silver color scheme never really made sense to me. Sure it plays for a team called the Raiders… but the Kings? In twinkle town? Shine it up baby.

4. New York Rangers

This is a cool, All-American jersey. Sure, deviating from any logo that is not the Original 6’s original logo is dicey, but I really like these. The sleeve transitions from blue to red with the striping is going to make for an awesome red, white and blue firework of a uniform. Also reminds me of Mike Richter

3. Washington Capitals

“O-Li, O-Li!” These jerseys remind me of the 7’foot goaltender they called Godzilla, Olaf Kolzig. A classic uniform that really never had any business being DC’s hockey team’s colors. If you’re in the capital, you should be red, white, and blue. You just should. But for the glorious few years we got this angry swooping eagle with the text striping the gold and black was definitely worth it. Also I really like these because they remind me of the Wings winning the Cup in 4 back in 98 for the sweep repeat. LGRW

2. Pittsburgh Penguins

Sure, it pains me, a Wings fan, to give the number two slot to the ‘Guins here… but these are filthy. Black and yellow is an all time color scheme and the classic Penguin brings back Jagr, Lemieux and Tom Barrasso vibes. Clean, nostalgic and intimidating. Nice work.

1. Vancouver Canucks

Shocked? Me too. If there is any main jersey concept that will be threatened by the reverse retros launched this year, the Canucks are leading the pack. I love the green, blue, and white color scheme which fully represents the Pacific North West and I love the logo, “Johnny Canuck”, even more. These jerseys feel like outdoor Canadian hockey and I feel like they represent the team so much better than the current angry fish flying out of a iced over C.