The St. Louis Blues have a proud history. Next season will be their 50th. In that time, they may have been some of the best dressed players in the league.
Some people may be wondering why this is even a topic. Well, there’s always room for a little levity with so many serious issues like playoff positioning and opponents and injuries in people’s minds. So, why not explore something as silly as jerseys?
The Blues, over the course of their history, might have seen the fewest number of terrible jerseys in the league. Just as an example of some of the nasty sweaters that have been worn around the league, check out the following video.
You can also check out another video here, but it’s fairly long so I’m not going to discuss it as much. Let’s run down each of those selections.
10. I don’t agree with this one. Although no Blues fan likes the Chicago Blackhawks, they have some pretty decent jerseys. It’s always been somewhat classy, though these black ones never made a lot of sense.
9. The Boston Bruins are mostly known for having clean, classic looking jerseys. The one listed at nine in the video proves that’s not always the case. It’s amazing this one lasted as long as it did since it was used on and off for almost 10 years. The bear head just looks sad and the zig zags were apparently supposed to represent fur…riiiight. It wasn’t just a one off either. The Bruins had these and these that were in the oddity range if not just bad.
8. Some of the North Stars jerseys were hard to look at just due to the brightness of their green, but they took things to another level with that monstrosity. I get what they were going for with a constellation theme, but if there was not mini-Stars logo off to the right, you wouldn’t have a clue whose jersey it was. If you don’t see it close up, you don’t see the star portion. All you see is a bull. Sure there are lots of cattle in Texas, but it makes almost as much sense for this thing to be a Calgary jersey since they’re famous for their stampede.
7. Oh Phoenix (aka Arizona now). They have had some truly awful unis. This one made his list, but there were so many in the Coyotes history that could have been shown. Again, it’s understandable what the creators were trying to do with those original concepts. It was a southwestern/pueblo kind of feel. It just reeks of the 90’s though, but at least the original Coyotes jerseys could be considered classic in a corny Denver Nuggets cityscape jersey sort of way. The one shown in the video were just plain bad.
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6. How you could ruin something as classic as the normal Montreal Canadiens jersey is astounding. I know it’s a throwback style, but it’s just terrible. It looks like a Wonderland prison uniform. It was also literally hurting my eyes when looking at photos of it online. In addition, any jersey that has to affix a solid colored block to the player’s back so the number will stick out is just wrong.
5. What the heck was wrong with the 90’s? That decade alone could have a list made. The Islanders decided to go with some terrible fisherman logo (or maybe he was a lighthouse keeper?). It’s just awful in general. The colors were awful, the scheme was terrible and they completely threw away their old logo for something as head scratching as that? No thank you.
4. If I had made this video personally, I would have put this one higher up the list. I mean honestly, who thought this was a good idea? If you think it looks bad as it is, check out this picture of it actually worn by the “Great One” Wayne Gretzky. It got nicknamed the Burger King jersey and that was before BK even had those creepy King commercials, which make it even more apropos. The Kings also had those weird ones in their early days with the fancy crown on it.
3. What the *bleep*? I get it. They were still owned by Disney at the time and this may have been around the time the company had that silly Mighty Ducks cartoon out. Even taking that into affect, you cannot have professionals wear that. That jersey would look terrible in the minor leagues, let alone the NHL. As a wrestling fan, you always knew never to get the shirt that had someone’s picture on it. Logos are cool. Words are fine. Pictures are bad. I may be one of the few that actually liked the Mighty Ducks original logo with the Jason-style hockey mask in duck form, but this one needs to be handled by the “top men” at the end of Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark.
2. Vancouver has had some doosies as well. This one is just weird. A nasty yellow jersey with a big V? Meh. But then again, Vancouver has had some other bad ones. You’ve got the weird orca ones. You’ve got the ones that is just a rectangle with a stick through it (yes I know it’s supposed to look like a C, but eh…). Poor Vancouver. They just haven’t had much luck with jerseys. At least they know how to turn cars over after losing, ohhhhhh #sorrynotsorry.
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1. This one does not exist. There are photos of these supposed blemishes on humanity, but they’re all filthy, filthy lies.
The naysayers will say the Blues had that thing that never existed and also the “Ronald McDonald” jersyes.
If the bars had not been slanted, I don’t think these jerseys would have been as widely panned. Also, there are still tons of them at the Scottrade Center during Blues games.
Even if you say those are bad, the Blues have had so many that are just good. Clean lines, classic look and a fantastic logo.
The Blues have had some of the best jerseys in the league over the course of their history. Even their worst isn’t as bad as some of the rest of the league’s. Just look for yourself.