Bleacher Report’s Joe Yerdon is a respected colleague of mine, so please don’t kill him for ranking the Red Wings’ home jersey as the 14th-best in the NHL:
14. Detroit Red Wings
We can feel the heat coming from Motown already.
Listen, the Detroit Red Wings jersey is perfect. It’s iconic. It’s been made famous in movies, and the image of Gordie Howe wearing it is as good as it gets.
Personally speaking, I’ve got a closet full of them, but they’re basic. And that’s OK! The last thing we need is anyone going around and jacking up the Red Wings’ look and doing something different for difference’s sake.
Think of just about any of the recent alternate Red Wings jerseys and how much they just didn’t do anything for anyone. Some looks don’t need to be messed with, and the Red Wings have one of them. That doesn’t change the facts that it’s plain and their road white jersey is a better look.
Continued; I personally love the fact that the Red Wings’ jerseys are simple. Red. White. Winged Wheel. And we’re done here.
I think that between the Red Wings’ red road jersey and their Detroit Cougars home jersey as an alternate, you can’t get much better. And I’m gonna stand by that.
One thing I actually agree with him on is the road white jersey (which is why I preferred it when we wore white at home for the longest time) being better. But to put the red jersey at 14 and rank Arizona in the top 5 is a joke.