30 best NHL jerseys of all-time

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26. Tampa Bay Lightning

In 2004 the Tampa Bay Lightning were Stanley Cup Champions. They also had the best jersey design in franchise history.

This jersey accentuated the lightning bolt trademark of Tampa Bay and it popped on their black background. Its use of the right combination of two fonts, one for “Tampa Bay” and another for “Lightning” further adds to the great details of this sweater.

As one of a few teams sporting the black, white and blue color spectrum, the Lightning have a challenge when creating a look that is representative of their mascot. There is really only so much you can do with a lightning bolt and Tampa Bay has managed to fair pretty well.

The shading of the bolt makes the white pop despite being on a slightly grey-silver background. If that detail was missing, their logo design would be a complete miss because no one would be able to see it.

Like with all great jerseys, this one focuses on details. Everything from the navy blue stripe at the wrists to the grey-silver background of the emblem makes this creation great.

All in all this time period of jerseys for the Bolts was a success. They managed to keep this general design from 2001-07, making it the longest running jersey in history too.

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