Retros look better on the ice. They're beautiful. Flawless.
Current ones look better off the ice. Or rather, people look better wearing them. Black lessens the harshness of the orangey-ness of the traditional colours. Fans look better wearing jerseys with some black in them, and fans are the ones paying $150 for them, so...
I don't think we'll be going back to the retros anytime soon, to my endless disappointment. The currents are okay, but they could be perfect. The abominable thirds take us even further into blah NJ Devils territory.
Watched the KC Chiefs game a week or so ago and they looked so damn sharp. Those are our colours, dammit! It's so easy. Lose the black and the Flames have a totally unique look instead of something similar to the Hurricanes, Devils, Sens, and whoever else.
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