Speculation: Caps General Discussion (Coaching/FAs/Cap/Lines etc) - 2020 Offseason Pt. 3

[Hivemind]

I think Colorado's Blue/Maroon color combo is one of the best in the league, so as much as I dislike the Nordique's jersey for both historical and aesthetic reasons, I think the Reverse Retro looks cool.

 

[Corby78]

The avalanche sweater is by far the best. Not only is it a good and unique color scheme, but Nordique's sweater and logo was a good one.

 

[Corby78]

I think I like the Kings the best. Those things are absolutely gorgeous. And the Wild killed it too. Also really like the sweaters for Arizona, St Louis, Florida, Montreal, Edmonton, and New Jersey. Honestly I think the NHL did well with these except for...

Dallas, Detroit, Calgary, both New York teams, Winnipeg, and Toronto. Burn them all with fire.

I love the Nordiques look for Colorado but I don’t think they should use it — if an owner decides to move the team I think there’s no way they should use the old logo/colors/etc as a marketing ploy. f*** the Hurricanes wearing the Whalers jerseys forever.

Dude I have to question your eye sight if you like the St.Louis look.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Dude I have to question your eye sight if you like the St.Louis look.

Yeah I don't know, I just think it works. It's a Reverse Retro which means it's supposed to be funky. For a full-time replacement it'd be terrible but as a gimmick jersey to wear a few times a year? Pretty sweet.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

Terrible IMO.....never really liked that chest emblem.

I am with you about not liking the eagle slug but that uniform in red, white and blue is 1000 times better than the putrid blue, black and copper.

 

[Jacoby4HOF66]

 

[Ridley Simon]

Yeah. That’s badass

 

[Corby78]

Yeah sorry I'm not a huge fan. Eagle looks dumb and the angled bottom trim looks dated already. But to be honest, I dislike about 75% of the retro reverse looks they released.

 

[crazy8888]

Im not a big fan of the reverse retro jerseys. I would have loved for them to bring back the 05-06 black home jerseys.
On the other hand, our retro doesn't look that bad. At least they took some time to design it unlike Detroit and Winnipeg

 

[HTFN]

Yeah sorry I'm not a huge fan. Eagle looks dumb and the angled bottom trim looks dated already. But to be honest, I dislike about 75% of the retro reverse looks they released.

What retro jersey isn't dated?

 

[tenken00]

So the Retros are the new allowable team 4th jerseys. The Caps have also came out and stated that they are also reworking their 3rd alternate jerseys and move away from the 70's whites that they have been using.

I wonder when we are going to be hearing about that.

 

[Ridley Simon]

So the Retros are the new allowable team 4th jerseys. The Caps have also came out and stated that they are also reworking their 3rd alternate jerseys and move away from the 70's whites that they have been using.

I wonder when we are going to be hearing about that.

Wasn’t the 3rd ALT the Red Home one this past year? I know we saw that a lot. Did we also see the 3rd ALT Road White’s?

 

[Ridley Simon]

Yeah sorry I'm not a huge fan. Eagle looks dumb and the angled bottom trim looks dated already. But to be honest, I dislike about 75% of the retro reverse looks they released.

I think the point was to be a little outlandish.

We gotta remember that gate sales are so up in the air, that teams need other ways to make money to flatten the losses.

Merchandise sales are a big part of that.

 

[tenken00]

Wasn’t the 3rd ALT the Red Home one this past year? I know we saw that a lot. Did we also see the 3rd ALT Road White’s?

Was it the reds this year? I remember the whites but my memory could be jumbling it with previous years.

 

[Corby78]

What retro jersey isn't dated?

Retro= was old but has become cool again or has been tweaked to make cool
Dated= still looks old

lol, at least that's how I interpret it.

 

[txpd]

Retro. Not dated.

Retro. Not dated.

Retro. Not dated.

 

[g00n]

I like the blood-soaked one-legged post office eagle. /shrug

 

[Hivemind]

Retros are, by their very definition, dated. Like how are you going to argue against that

 

[Hivemind]

These look great so long as we never see the numbers on them.


*prays that they change the type face for the numerals*

 

[CapitalsCupReality]

I think it’s fair to say that man could wear anything and make it look decent.

 

[HTFN]

Retro. Not dated.

Retro. Not dated.

Retro. Not dated.

I'll give you 1/3. They're classics, but still dated. It's basically a selling point that the Dodgers uniform hasn't changed since Jackie Robinson wore it, except the letters on the hat, but just slapping a team name in cursive along the front is a dated concept that immediately calls to a certain era (and it's the same across all sports, really).

The Capitals jersey has 70's all over it, even if only because that's where we know it came from, but I think it's in the font and the stars from a design standpoint regardless. Those things wouldn't fly today if they weren't already in the history.

The Red Wings... win, I guess, technically, because their logo is too weird to pin to a time period (and hasn't changed) and the bare minimum number of stripes makes it pretty hard to say anything. It evolves with the gear and the jersey cuts but that's all you've got to go off of and it's not much. And yet, if the other 30 teams did it that way (or 29 for as long as Lou Lamoriello is alive) we'd be mocking the NHL for bothering with alternate jerseys at all, so I'd rather see something dated.

 

[um]

Retro. Not dated.

Retro. Not dated.

Retro. Not dated.

I know the first two pictures are historic franchises but they're not really that great.

The Red Wings Jersey is the worst of all the O6 teams.

 

[The Instigator]

These look great so long as we never see the numbers on them.


*prays that they change the type face for the numerals*

Honestly, inject those bad number fonts right into my bloodstream.

 

[usiel]

I hated this original jersey when it was first released and the hat0raid still remains brightly hot even with this better color alt.

 

[Random schmoe]

Quite honestly I can't stand the Caps primary home red. But largely because I don't like red as the primary color to begin with. Strong dislike for this retro as well. Feels like doubling down on a bad baseline.

The alternate red is so much better to me. It's the only one I'd ever actually consider buying.

The road white is much better. Wish they'd reintroduce a blue.