NHL The National Hockey League (NHL) today unveiled the jerseys that will be worn by the League’s All-Stars during the 2016 Honda NHL® All-Star Game at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on January 31. Both All-Star team jerseys are available for purchase starting today at shop.NHL.com andNashville Predators team store, and at select local retailers beginning tomorrow.

First off, how does the NHL get away with a press release calling these jerseys?  The fan base is already largely made up of diehards, how is it a good idea to offend 99% of your audience attacking their biggest pet peeve and not calling them sweaters?

Now onto the specifics.

Each All-Star jersey features the official NHL Shield infused with the Predators’ gold in the crest. For the on-ice version of the All-Star jersey, the crest has been constructed with reflective material which glimmers in certain light as a salute to Nashville’s vibrant night-life scene. The black and white color scheme in each jersey shares the colors of the keys on a piano to celebrate the city of Nashville’s “Music City” nickname.

Wait what? That sounds like someone’s poor attempt at putting these jerseys sweaters into the spin zone.  Certain color pairings instantly trigger a sports team.  Purple and yellow is always the Lakers, and black and yellow is always Pittsburgh.  When some designer plugged those three colors into his pallet his computer should have lit up like a slot machine at the River’s and warned him the pallet was already taken.

Lets go next level and review, first lets take a look at the host team, the Nashville Predators, sweater.

Bright yellow and blue.  Got it.  But wait a minute, the All Stars are wearing jerseys consisting of black, yellow, and white.  Where have I seen that before?

Oh thats right!

Looks like I’m not the only one who noticed.

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