Power ranking the NHL’s alternate jerseys for the 2019-20 season
By Kyle McKenna
The NHL has more than a handful of alternate third jerseys this season. Find out every team’s alternate jersey ranked from worst to best for 2019-20.
Hockey has always been one of the more decorative professional sports, in large part thanks to NHL teams’ jerseys.
Apologies, we meant “sweaters.”
The evolution of hockey sweaters is a unique topic in itself, but here at FanSided NHL we’ve stitched together a list ranking the 2019-20 NHL alternate sweaters from worst to best.
A note: Heritage, outdoor game or commemorative jerseys are not included on this list. We’ll save a post entailing those jerseys for another time.
19. Edmonton Oilers
Why?
What is the point of this sweater?
A franchise such as the Edmonton Oilers have donned beautiful hockey sweaters since joining the NHL in 1979. However, this isn’t the first time Edmonton has chosen to produce and wear a hideous uniform, plus a design that’s trying too hard to be “modern.”
Yes, its appearance is aimed to deliver a “simple” and “clean” look, but it tarnishes the Oilers’ brand and a part of their history.
For starters, Edmonton should’ve never reverted to a color scheme with navy – its jersey rotation from 2015 until 2017 was arguably the best in the league, which entailed the royal blue home and orange alternate jerseys.
This year’s third jersey looks cheap and adds zero swagger to one of the league’s most popular franchises. Do fans really want to remember future Hockey Hall of Famer, Connor McDavid, in this sweater, or ones similar to what Wayne Gretzky wore?
This sweater is so bad it wouldn’t have been appreciated in the 1990s when hockey was really experimenting with odd jersey designs.
Let’s hope the league in general strays away from this retail-fashion jersey appearance.
Cased closed, thank you.