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Originally Posted by ComixZone

I've always heard of the stripes referred to as "horizontal piping", so my bad if I'm wrong on that front although I was entirely unaware of specific definitions for such things.

Fact remains, the iconic hockey jerseys that have stood the test of time go for elegance and simplicity above all else. I can't understand why we would include a hard Black/White/Yellow/Black set of stripes. It cuts the red out of those parts of the jersey entirely - and no other jerseys seem to do the same (except of course our poorly received 3rd jerseys that featured the Calgary font).

If you're going for horizontal striping/piping/whatever, this is what should be targeted:

Spoiler!

or even take it further and go Detroit's route:

I get what you're saying and I do agree. However, there's not much else you can do with four colours. That's why the retro colour scheme is far superior.