Chicago Blackhawks



Hardcore hockey fans are always partial towards the sweaters of Original Six teams, and many folks in the hockey community point to this jersey in particular as the pinnacle of jersey aesthetics. I think it's absolutely atrocious. It's a boring sweater with no clear color scheme and an even more boring away jersey. But more importantly, it's racist. Defenders of the Blackhawks will say it's not nearly as incendiary as other Native Americannamed sports teams, like the Cleveland Indians and Washington Redskins. They even say it's "respectful." But how would you feel if there were a team called the wholesale nfl jerseys Chicago Zulus, with a "respectful" cartoon tribal leader as its primary logo? In the 21st century, it's unacceptable. And unlike some other Native Americannamed teams, the Blackhawks have an easy way out: they could change the logo without changing the name, and "Blackhawks" could literally refer to birds rather than to an ethnic group of humans.



Pittsburgh Penguins The Pittsburgh Penguins are my mosthated team, but they've got perhaps my favorite logo in hockey. It's a cartoon penguin! Not a particularly edgy or aggressive penguin. Just a cartoon penguin. cheap nfl jerseys For a professional sports team in 2013, that's awesome.



The jerseys themselves are pretty unremarkable. I think everyone wishes they would abandon that pale gold color in favor of classic bright yellow, like they wore in the 1980s. The "spoked B" is iconic, the striping is just enough, the color scheme is solid, and the yellow shoulder yoke keeps the black sweater from looking too dark. There's nothing unnecessary in this uniform. Unfortunately, the away jersey looks incredibly boring by comparison.



The great shoulder patch is a reference to the team's original 1924 bear logo, although the third jersey featuring this as the primary crest seems a bit redundant. But the Bruins' flawless home jersey makes up for all of it.