That doesn't look odd to you? Like, it's supposed to be a dark uniform. The gold socks are light. There's a reason they keep choosing to not bring them back. It's out of balance.
My old man hated the red patriots pants with the white tops.
Yeah, I hear you about the Penguins. I always hated that they copied our color scheme. I mean, there are infinite colors available and you choose ours? And what does black and gold have to do with a Penguin? I really hoped they were going to go to a light blue/dark blue scheme like their first Winter Classic jerseys.
There's a reason why they had them for 70 years too, contrast and balance. For most NHL teams the pants provide that contrast, a black jersey and black pants leaves the socks. A dark color head to toe with only accents breaking it up might be trendy but it isn't visually interesting, contrast is timeless. The Patriots look better with blue jerseys and white/silver pants, or white/silver jerseys with blue pants, all blue or all silver doesn't look good.
I think the accents provide the contrast; stripes/color at the shoulders, the elbows, the waist and the socks. Teams that have a dark jersey generally don't go with bright socks.
They do it with the pants, the Rangers, Montreal, and Chicago have matching jerseys and socks but contrasting pants. Other teams have more contrast through larger stripes, shoulder yokes, or sleeves. By using the socks the Bruins achieved a traditional look in a way that was unique to them, and the 80s jersey was designed for that. I don't think it works as well without it.
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Those are my near favorite third jerseys, at least they were third jerseys when they introduce them.
I like it so much better without the collar. But I would have loved to keep the tie.
@Aussie Bruin The black sweater was driven by television as the home gold sweater looked white on black and white TV
