The jersey is supposed to be a callback to their 1980s jersey. It’s very similar to the current home jersey, basically just with a darker shade and the order of the stripes switched.
The Islanders forgot the due date of the jerseys and just submitted their regular sweaters pic.twitter.com/K9oiVBmUQL
It has received some hate online and admittedly, it is somewhat of a missed opportunity. Many other teams took a chance to do something different with their jersey and it would’ve been cool to see a bit more work go into remixing the colour scheme. That said, while it’s pretty tame compared to a lot of the other jerseys, it’s still a good look, in my opinion.
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Here’s today’s poll question (results and discussion will be posted in a future article):
Are you happy with the Islanders' Reverse Retro jersey?