Washington Capitals release their 3rd jersey

[HowDareYou]

best third so far

 

[ThePsychicSaw]

 

[puckIuck]

should be their main ones

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

Idk if the number of stars means anything, tbh.

The Flying Eagle had 5, the White house had 2, the original and the retro have 6, and the current logo has 3
And then shoulders and pants have been inconsistent as well - the third has 4 on the sleeve and 5 on the pants, to (not) match the 6 on the logo

You guys are just over thinking it. It's all a play on three stars, and from there I think they just added stars to sleeves and pants to make it work. They added and subtracted stars from the arms arbitrarily in the 80's, again I think it was purely aesthetic. It all circles back to the use of three stars. Hence three blue, three white. Currently three white on the logo, three white on the Winter Classic from 2015, and three on the Stadium Series.

The three star motif is a reference to the DC flag which is lifted directly off of the Washington coat of arms. Don't believe anyone who tells you mumbo jumbo about it being for DC, Maryland, or VA is wrong. It's lifted from the flag, that's it, there isn't much more to the story. They even took the same star design.

 

[sting13]

Those won't work. The top has too much color to be a white away jersey and over-all too white to be a home set of uniforms.

 

[Gunnersaurus Rex]

This is awful.

 

[Varan]

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the blue ones will forever be my favorite

nastiest jersey behind the blackhawks black alternate jersey and the anaheim ducks jersey that they brought back.

pens current home jersey is top 4 all time to me with the above included

 

[jetsforever]

Most of these teams are just bringing back their old 3rd jerseys
Now I do quite like this one, but it's still unoriginal

 

[DowntownBooster]

It's alright but not quite as nice as their original jerseys. The colors are the same and the basic design is similar to the originals but just doesn't quite look as good. Maybe it's because the shoulder yokes are too big and the placement of the stars looks off. It just seems that since the league went with Reebok Edge and now Adidas, the jerseys don't look as good as they used to.

 

[Voight]

I always liked the classic ones, but I wish for a couple games they'd bring back the Eagle/Capitol ones.

 

[Muston Atthews]

missed opportunity imo

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the blue ones will forever be my favorite

Either of those would’ve been unreal

 

[Pens x]

Half ass attempt by the Caps.

 

[ThePsychicSaw]

I just want the weagle already

 

[txpd]

missed opportunity imo

OMG no. No chance. The team is a red team. Rock the red. They are not going to bring out a blue uni

 

[Master P]

OMG no. No chance. The team is a red team. Rock the red. They are not going to bring out a blue uni

A red version of that would actually look pretty good

 

[The Nuge]

A red version of that would actually look pretty good

Ya I would have loved them to do a modern version of that jersey

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

Half ass attempt by the Caps.

Are the Penguins current sweaters not literally copies of the version you have in your avatar?


Vintage plays. It's also pretty clear the Caps are shifting towards going back to having this as their full time kit, they've been setting it up for years. I would bet that ADIDAS has it in their contract that teams can't change their full uniform within X amount of years of switching over to their brand after the first year. ADIDAS wants to squeeze the market on the current iteration of sweaters before actually letting teams rebrand.

 

[Oak]

This is one of my favorite jerseys in the league. Looks very similar to their old 3rd though.

 

[KCC]

A third should be new and different, not old school and a look we’ve all seen a thousand times. I think so ways. Allows you to try something off the wall.

 

[Sam Spade]

I can't see if there if lettering inside the back color? I really like that in some of the other jerseys I've seen.

 

[Five Alarm Fire]

Still waiting for a navy weagle jersey, 10 years later

 

[Sauce12]

 

[Matty Sundin]

A third should be new and different, not old school and a look we’ve all seen a thousand times. I think so ways. Allows you to try something off the wall.

Anything new most fans ridicule it. I dont get the love for retro jerseys like some fans seem to have.

 

[HunterSThompson]

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the blue ones will forever be my favorite

i liked these.....color scheme is a little off tho

Either of these, but red would be nice.