Ranking the Reverse Retro jerseys in the Pacific Division

This is a good jersey.

Not only is it a beautiful homage to the Anaheim Ducks‘ ‘Mightier’ days of yore, but it also features a nice tip of the cap to Wildwing, the goalie/leader from Disney’s The Mighty Ducks cartoon series; the most bizarre cyberpunk future offshoot of a professional hockey team named after a children’s movie in NHL history.

With a throwback look, shoulder badges and all, used as a base, the jersey features hand drawn-looking lettering/numbers, and a cartoon, anthropomorphic duck goalie bursting through the ice to… what? Block a shot? Fight crime? It’s weird, it doesn’t make sense, and honestly, I love it.

Buy whatever the heck this jersey is and wear it forever.

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If 2021 really is the final year the Arizona Coyotes are a member of the Pacific Division – which it is, assuming the league doesn’t go full-on realignment – at least the team is going out with arguably their best look, period.

Featuring the throwback depiction of Howler, geckos on the sleeves, and a desert landscape under a purple sky, this jersey is retro, vintage, hype, and classic.

Is it better than the team’s modern jerseys? Yes. Is it better than the OG kachina-style jerseys the team wore from 1996-2003? Yes, it’s better than those too.

Again, I can’t overstate just how cool these jerseys are and how deeply I wish the team would switch to them full time. With how bad the Coyotes have been as of late, these at very least would get fans to tune in night-in and night-out to check them out.

There’s no doubt about it; the Los Angeles Kings have the coolest Reverse Retro jersey in the Pacific Division – maybe the NHL as a whole – and frankly, I’m surprised.

Splitting the difference between the Wayne Gretsky-era Black and White jerseys aesthetic and the color scheme of the pre-Raiders, pre-NWA, pre-1988

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‘forum blue’, and gold color scheme the team used to basically share with their Los Angeles counterparts, the Lakers, this is how you do a Reverse Retro look – a term I’d never heard before today.

Again, much like the Coyotes, the Kings probably aren’t going to be challenging for the Cup anytime soon. But this look will get fans in LA, a notoriously wishy-washy sports city, to show up – digitally, of course – to watch their team play.

These are showtime, these are Hollywood, and these are the best Reverse Retros on the market today. Buy them up, especially if you can land a Kobe-stye number 24, and wear it out as soon as they hit the Team LA store.