Possibly unpopular opinion: this is a good thing. The pride night has become all about the jerseys - which are cool - but not really enough about the community initiatives and messaging from the players who ARE supportive of those initiatives. It's also just become a lazy crutch for sportswriters to write gossip columns about "who on your favourite team should be shamed for being a bigot". Plus it's not like they play the game in the pride jerseys, once the puck drops you can't even tell it's pride night.
So, no jerseys? Fine - decorate the living #### out of the arena instead. Rainbow coloured center ice line. Rainbow goal posts. Rainbow towels would be awesome. Create a sponsored "pride parade" section for fans who want to dress up. Make it a whole atmosphere.
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