I’m not a fan of this concept, but the Hockey News’s Avry Lewis-McDougall suggests that the next set of “Reverse Retro” jerseys from Adidas should include the Detroit Cougars logo:
The Red Wings To Return To the Detroit Cougars Logo: Among the first batch of reverse retros, a few stood out for how good they were, while others stood out for how underwhelming they were. Detroit fell into the latter. The jerseys looked very plain, and social media let it be known how they felt about a uniform that regularly polled among the league’s worst in 2020-21.
Regarding what the team should do next, it’s time for the Wings to dig into a look they’ve yet to revive. Forget making a Detroit Falcons reverse retro or just using the Old English D letter on the front of a jersey, it’s time for the Red Wings to use an image that they haven’t worn since 1928-29.
The Wings haven’t worn the cougar head logo of their original identity in any throwback jersey, and keeping up with the reverse theme with the red cougar logo turned white on a red jersey would be a refreshing change. An updated twist on the cartoon cat is long overdue.
Per the NHL Uniform Database website, this is what Avry’s referring to…
I would prefer to see a “reverse retro” edition of the Wings’ 1992 Detroit Falcons throwback:
