Power Ranking The Atlantic Division Retro Reverse Jerseys

It is time to Power Rank the newly-released Retro Reverse jerseys in the Atlantic Division.

We have already given our thoughts on the Retro Reverse sweaters in both the Pacific and the Central Division, and today we’ll judge the best and the worst in the Atlantic Division.

Let’s delve right in!

According to the NHL this jersey is inspired by the ones worn when the Red Wings won their ninth Stanley Cup Championship back in 1998 and the ones worn in the Centennial Classic back in 2017.

Um, okay.

All they did was just take the regular Red Wings road jersey and removed every element of red from it. They removed it from the shoulders and the sleeves and they just changed the stripes to gray to accommodate the Centennial Classic look.

Out of all the teams this has to be the most uncreative, unimaginable, and lackluster jersey in the whole Retro Reverse collection. I get it. Detroit’s jerseys have largely remained the same since they changed their name from the Falcons to the Red Wings before the 1932-33 season.

However, you can’t convince me for one second that this was the best they can do. This is absolutely disappointing for me and I’m sure for a lot of other people who aren’t Detroit fans. Laziness is the word that best suits this look.

What they should have done was take a few elements from a few of the jerseys they wore on special occasions and mix it with the Detroit Cougars “D” in the middle. Then I would’ve added the iconic winged wheel on both shoulders. If I had to give this a grade I would give this a 1 out of 5 and even then that’s me being generous.

Now this is more like it! To me it’s not good enough to make the top half of the list but this is more creative than the Wings jersey in my opinion. This look is based off the early 1970’s style. They took the 1969-70 jersey and made a few notable changes to the striping. Unlike the Wings just changing the color of the stripe and calling it a day, Toronto re-did the striping entirely when comparing this to their actual jersey they wore in 1969-70.

They took out the pattern used in those jerseys and replaced it with a thicker and bolder gray stripe on the bottom. Since it’s not mixed in with white you can actually see it a lot more clearer than Detroit’s disaster. They also added in a long and thick gray stripe down each sleeve, starting from the shoulder which the original didn’t have.

I love how they also added two blue leafs on each shoulder as well. Again, that is something that the original jersey didn’t have. However, the reason I put it at number 7 is because, well, it is a Leafs jersey.

Don’t get me wrong, it is nice but it is almost similar to every other iteration of the famous classic look. However, I still like it. The only thing I would change is turning the logo in the center of the jersey to white to help it stand out more from the blue background. It’s also worth noting that the gray idea comes from the Centennial Classic of 2017 as well.

As a Panthers fan, I like this. This specific era that this jersey is inspired by is one of my favorites of all time. I wish the Lightning still would have been using this logo as their primary one but at least they brought it back. What the team essentially did here was take the 2004 design, the year they won their first Stanley Cup, and gave it the color scheme which they are using today. That’s awesome, however, I would have added a little bit more black, more likely on the shoulders.

I would do that to give more of a nod to the 2004 Stanley Cup team but, overall, this is a nice look and I would definitely buy this if I could. I also love the little black and white stripes underneath the armpit. I love hidden features in jerseys.