The Official Caps Uni Thread

[txpd]

I don't care if that's part of NHL history (nor did I say it wasn't). Stars everywhere is ugly. It's like something a 6 year old would draw for a jersey.

The way I remember it there were people that rated the Caps uniforms the best in the league back than and then other would say the worst. They were the most expensive to make at the time. I know that much. Each letter was individually stitched on. They also originally came with white pants which lasted about 3 games. I cant agree with the 6 year old comment. That is over the top hate.

 

[txpd]

I really don't like the road whites. Needs more colour. The red homes are excellent IMO.

I liked the winter classic season where the Caps wore the throwback whites on the road and the current reds at home. My hope is that they will swap the reds out for the whites as the 3rd after a couple years.

 

[txpd]

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

Finally someone else points out how great their current road whites are! 100% prefer them to any other jersey in team history.

Gross. Their current whites are atrocious. The piping is hideous.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

The Weagle is awesome. The current jerseys aren't loaded with a bunch of random stars down the sleeves (or more importantly the pants legs). The shade of blue doesn't clash as obnoxiously (two primary colors!?! hard thumbs down). The piping looks great. And the current road whites are the best in the league.

The 70s jerseys look like awful 70s jerseys. The current jerseys took that general aesthetic and updated it to not be filled with terrible 70s jersey features.

That being said, I would like the retro jerseys more if they got rid of the pants. The pants are ****ing hideous.

We couldn't disagree more. The piping is the worst part. And the pants are amazing on the retros. There's nothing aesthetic about the current kits. Awful piping for the sake of piping. A random strip of red on the inside of the sleeve to make it less boring which has no place or rhyme or reason and looks like it was thrown in as an afterward because someone looked at them and said, "yikes, a lot of white... maybe add some color to it somewhere?" Just gross.

 

[Calicaps]

The Weagle might be the greatest thing in sports sleeve history and instead of building a 3rd jersey around it many want to ditch it completely

It's a bird being sodomized by the US Capitol. So very wrong. Hate. It.

 

[ArmadilloThumb]

Piping belongs undeground!

Also would love to see whites worn at home again like when I was a kid (and can have maybe 5 flexible games where its not to allow something special worn by the visitors).

This would allow for the most variety - right now its always home red against white.

 

[ArmadilloThumb]

IIRC, the white pants lasted 18 games. They were odd and awful. It was both gratifying and somehow ironic to see the Leafs wear the white pants as part of the Annapolis game.

 

[Calicaps]

IIRC, the white pants lasted 18 games. They were odd and awful. It was both gratifying and somehow ironic to see the Leafs wear the white pants as part of the Annapolis game.

Those TOR unis were some of the hilariously worst in recent memory.

 

[Hivemind]

First off, let's just all agree that we dodged a bullet on this one (prototype jersey from when they were re-designing in the mid-2000s)

Jerseys I'd prefer as alternates:

(With full Capitals nameplate rather than "Caps")

(Probably not full season, but say there was an outdoor game at FedEx or something and they wanted a crossover)

 

[ArmadilloThumb]

Everyone has seen this page, I take it?

capsjerseys.com - a history of the washington capitals hockey jersey

 

[twabby]

This thread is going to tear HFCaps apart.

 

[Ridley Simon]

Disagreed 100% about the jerseys. Caps alternates are super boring. Mediocre throwbacks to an era of Capitals hockey where the team did nothing noteworthy. I'd much rather the team have an actual alternate jersey. And in no world should those alternates replace the main sweaters.

Worst take I’ve seen in a long time. Yikes.

Good thing he had me on ignore.

 

[Ridley Simon]

The way I remember it there were people that rated the Caps uniforms the best in the league back than and then other would say the worst. They were the most expensive to make at the time. I know that much. Each letter was individually stitched on. They also originally came with white pants which lasted about 3 games. I cant agree with the 6 year old comment. That is over the top hate.

It’s funny that someone mocked the use of 2 primary colours (Red and Blue). Right. Let’s just totally ignore where the color scheme comes from.

Total shake my head moment.

 

[twabby]

Gross. Their current whites are atrocious. The piping is hideous.

Other people always mention piping when they are analyzing jerseys and I guess I just don’t care? I like the main logo quite a bit, the weagle is a perfect arm logo, and I just think the white looks cleaner than the red.

Also the advanced stats support my opinion so please close the thread now thanks.

 

[Calicaps]

(Probably not full season, but say there was an outdoor game at FedEx or something and they wanted a crossover)

Dear God. If they EVER wore this, I might quit being a fan.

 

[Calicaps]

The Red Rockettes debuting new unis today. I hate that the Caps have cheerleaders with the heat of a thousand suns, but I gotta say, their new gear is trick.

 

[Silky mitts]

It's a bird being sodomized by the US Capitol. So very wrong. Hate. It.

A metaphor for the ecosystem and it also looks like the letter W

 

[Calicaps]

A metaphor for the ecosystem and it also looks like the letter W

No kidding.

 

[Devil Dancer]

Disagreed 100% about the jerseys. Caps alternates are super boring. Mediocre throwbacks to an era of Capitals hockey where the team did nothing noteworthy. I'd much rather the team have an actual alternate jersey. And in no world should those alternates replace the main sweaters.

100% agree, they're a throwback to an era of ugly jerseys. I don't mind them wearing them occasionally for nostalgia, but it's not a great jersey.

Voted current road whites, though the current home reds are fine too.

My favorite all time might be the white flying Eagle.

Wish they would do a Weagle logo jersey in blue.

 

[AlexBrovechkin8]

First off, let's just all agree that we dodged a bullet on this one (prototype jersey from when they were re-designing in the mid-2000s)

Jerseys I'd prefer as alternates:

(With full Capitals nameplate rather than "Caps")

(Probably not full season, but say there was an outdoor game at FedEx or something and they wanted a crossover)

Love the Stadium Series jersey and the other mock-ups you posted are great, but I thought jerseys with stars on them look like they've been designed by 6-year olds?

 

[Silky mitts]

My 2nd favorite after current home are the Winter Classic.
Fanatics has 30% off a bunch of jerseys today.
https://www.fanatics.com/?query=Capitals alternate jersey

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

Shocked I'm the only vote for retro whites

 

[Ovechkins Wodka]

First off, let's just all agree that we dodged a bullet on this one (prototype jersey from when they were re-designing in the mid-2000s)

Jerseys I'd prefer as alternates:

(With full Capitals nameplate rather than "Caps")

(Probably not full season, but say there was an outdoor game at FedEx or something and they wanted a crossover)

I would so buy the retro blue

 

[Calicaps]

I would so buy the retro blue

I actually kinda like the reimagined screaming eatable. I hated that aqua blue scheme so much the logo was tainted for me. But that red, white, and blue, version is pretty sharp.