Seattle Kraken- Current Uniforms with Thunderbirds or Metropolitans colors
Yes, the Reverse Retro program for next season requires all 32 teams to come up with a design, which includes the NHL’s newest franchise, the Seattle Kraken.
Now, since the Kraken are so new, they don’t have anything to fall back on as far as a jersey history. In this case, it would be wise to take ideas from other hockey teams throughout Seattle’s history.
Seattle has had an extensive history with the sport of hockey, so they have several choices to pick from. The ideas that I came up with were to either use the color palettes of the WHL’s Thunderbirds or the Metropolitans of the defunct Pacific Coast Hockey Association.
Now, it would be pretty cool to see the Kraken don the navy blue, silver and green that the Thunderbirds wear just because of the simple reason that the Seahawks (NFL) and the Mariners (MLB) wear similar palettes if not the same. But I realize that these are supposed to call back to previous history, so it would be smart to go with the Metropolitans colors of green, red, and white.
For those who don’t know, the Seattle Metropolitans played in the PCHA from 1915 to 1924. Over the course of the team’s nine seasons, they became the most successful franchise in the history of the short-lived PCHA. The franchise has a lasting legacy for winning the 1917 Stanley Cup over the Montreal Canadiens in four games.
This was the first time the Cup was won by an American team. The team would make two more Finals appearances in 1919 and 1920 although the 1919 Final was called off after five games due to the Spanish flu pandemic.
I think the current design of the Kraken’s uniform is good enough for this occasion. I think it’s not necessary to create a new jersey design just for this Reverse Retro. This is one of the few times you’ll see me recommending a white jersey.
A green jersey would just be out of place for a team that doesn’t even hint at the color in their regular jersey. White would do with shades of green stripes replacing the shades of blue striping. The red can remain the same. The logo should get will get altered too with the shades of green replacing the blue as well and the red eye remaining the same.