The 2020 NHL All-Star Game Jerseys have been released. The internet has opinions.
The 2020 NHL All-Star Game is just a few weeks away. For the first time, the game will be held at Enterprise Center in St. Louis (it was previously held in St. Louis at the old stadium). The defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues will play host.
Even more impressive to consider is the Blues were nowhere near a playoff spot during last year’s All-Star festivities in San Jose.
With the All-Star game comes a new line of All-Star jerseys. The NHL revealed the 02020 NHL All-Star Game jerseys on Tuesday. The immediate reactions weren’t great, but here take a look for yourselves.
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Right off the bat they reminded me a bit of the New York Islanders black alternate jersey from the John Tavares days. These might even be the second-worst looking hockey jerseys to be worn in St. Louis. For all the bad comments, they’re till better than the Islander’s fisherman jersey.
The official NHL news piece on the new Adidas jerseys digs a little more into the artistic decisions behind them. First off, how the jerseys honor St. Louis. Take for example the random lines going through the middle of the jersey.
"To pay homage to the original sweaters of the St. Louis Blues and to transform the city’s acclaimed rhythm and blues history into a tangible form, the 2020 Honda NHL® All-Star Game jersey’s striping mimics a musical staff along the front and sleeves of the jersey."
Seeing stripes on a hockey jersey is nothing no, so a music staff isn’t exactly where my mind went as soon as seeing these. It’s not so much that it doesn’t look like a music staff, it’s just that it looks too generic and could be literally anything else. There could have been any other number of ways to represent music instead of this.
"As another nod to the host city, the stitching elements are conducted in an eye-catching silver thread, inspired by the iconic Gateway Arch."
The Gateway Arch is important because, to be completely honest, it’s the only iconic structure in St. Louis. While featured on the All-Star Logo patch on the shoulder, the arch should be featured more prominently on the jersey design. The silver looks good, but silver has also become an overused color on hockey jerseys. It doesn’t seem as unique to St. Louis as it could have been.
The jerseys aren’t finding that many fans. NHL All-Star jerseys the past few years haven’t been exactly must-have game day wear for fans either, aside from John Scott’s 2016 jersey. Soloucity, the man who famously discovered the sport of hockey and his hometown St. Louis Blues during the 2016 playoffs, had an interesting suggestion for future All-Star Games.
nhl just needs to let players wear their actually jerseys. shit would look like a pack of skittles on ice and thats ok. you forgot whos on your team? thats ok we're just here to have fun,
— Tony X (@soIoucity) January 8, 2020
Not a bad idea, but as long as the NHL wants to keep coming up with new jerseys to sell, it will never happen. Like them or not these jerseys will most likely only be seen for All Star weekend. Unlike John Scott’s 2016 Pacific division jersey, they won’t live forever.