Hey, folks: I love hockey jerseys and, with the impending release of the "Reverse Retro" series, it's time for me to write about them again!
In this thread, I'll be breaking down the best, worst, and weirdest jerseys that every team has ever worn. Will I get pedantic? Yes.
I hope you enjoy this. Please feel free to comment on my choices and share what you would change about my picks!
Anaheim Ducks
Best:
Worn 1995 to 2006
It's too bad that the Ducks didn't win their Cup in these jerseys. They're iconic for good reason. I love the angled diagonal stripe... it's not too busy, but it's bold. The logo is silly, but it's not distractingly bad or out-of-place. The colour scheme is distinctive. In my opinion, the white jersey is cleaner than the purple one (and it's the one Paul Kariya was wearing when he scored the "off the floor/on the board" goal).
Worst:
Worn 2015 to 2017; 2019 to present
These suck. I hate orange as part of the Ducks' colour scheme, and it's particularly obnoxious on this uniform. With its bland striping pattern and ugly number font, this jersey feels like a relic from 2006 — and not in a good way. Everything about it is terrible.
Weirdest:
Worn 2018 to 2019
This jersey has seven colours on it. It's such a weird mish-mash of elements from the Ducks' jerseys over the years:
- For some reason, this uniform is primarily black, despite it clearly being based on the Mighty Ducks' old home uniform,
which was purple. Why not just make this one purple too?
- The sticks in the main logo are now orange, for some reason, despite them never being orange before and orange not appearing anywhere else on the jersey
- The waist stripe is at a significantly different (and more boring) angle than before
- The Ducks' gold primary logo is on the shoulders, despite gold not appearing anywhere else on the jersey
- The jersey has an ugly green shoulder yoke that has never appeared on any Ducks jersey before (it
kind of resembles the shoulders on the little-seen Mighty Ducks
fourth jersey from 1997)
Bizarre. Thankfully, the Ducks put this thing out to pasture after just one season, replacing it with... the orange jersey seen in the "worst" section. Great. Combined with their very bad
home and
away jerseys, the Ducks probably have the worst jersey kit in the league.
It doesn't have to be this way...
So good.