New Jersey Devils rival comes out with design even worse than the Jersey jersey

It’s been four years since the New Jersey Devils announced the long-anticipated black jersey alternate. The initial reaction to the jersey was largely critical of the design. The jersey had too many stripes on it, literally had the word “jersey” across the front (although that spurned the greatest design ever, the “hat” hat), and the Devils’ iconic logo was nowhere to be found.

However, as time has gone on, the public has changed its mind on the jersey. Most analysts outside of New Jersey love the design, and many Devils fans are growing to love it, as well. The Devils announced they will use the black alternate again in the 2025-26 season, marking the fifth time it will appear. 

Since the Jersey jersey, the Devils haven’t had many new alternate jerseys. They’ve completely left the color green behind, last wearing their original color scheme in 2020 when Adidas released the Reverse Retro design. The Devils did release another Reverse Retro in 2022, calling back to its Kansas City Scouts roots with a blue, yellow, and white design. Then, there is the wildly popular Stadium Series jersey, which came in a simple red and black. 

With all these jerseys to choose from, the Devils have been committed to the black alternate. While they play with these jerseys, a division rival is coming out with their own red and black jersey, but this one will actually be their full-time away jersey. 

Those are definitely jerseys. Are they the worst jerseys in the world? Probably not. There has to be some low-level European jersey that’s worse than this. Maybe it has a clown on it? (Actually, that happened in the U.S.)

There are a few major issues with this Hurricanes jersey. For one, the color inversion on the logo just doesn’t work with the main white jersey. It looks like there’s something wrong. That’s probably because there is something wrong. It’s ugly. 

On a red jersey, or even a black jersey, the logo makes more sense. However, on the white jersey, it’s starkly different.

Then, there’s the biggest issue with the jersey. The sleeves are insane. Why have color striping that’s not remotely even? It was a risky and terrible decision. Making it even worse is putting the sleeve numbers at an angle. 

Some people might like this jersey, but people also like mumble rap. Taste isn’t always universal. These jerseys don’t make sense, and unlike the Jersey jersey, we can’t see them getting better when we see them on the ice.