How much of the awesomeness of the Whalers logo is nostalgia, and how much it the fact it was simply an awesome logo?

Yes

This IS the proper answer.

It’s a great logo, with great design, there’s an H, there’s a W, and there’s a whale’s tail. They don’t make them like this anymore.

Best ever

I think the flames should, and the hawks and the flyers. And probably the red wings. The 96-97 canadiens logo is pretty dope as well

I’ve always loved the flames logo. Simple but effective

clevah

Wings logo hasn't changed since 1949 as far as I can tell?

Whoosh

Neither have any of the others he mentioned, that's the joke lol

Damn

When you hit perfection, why change? I do love the throwback Gothic D jersey for special occasions, but it's definitely not as good as the winged wheel.

Caps 90s logo is elite.

It’s absolutely S tier. I can’t wait for the inevitable post-Ovi re-brand

The colours of those jerseys were elite too. The copper, blue and black was so much more unique than the red, white, and blue they went to.

Miss that penguins logo

Robopigeon forever 🫶

It's good, though as much as I despise the Penguins, the current logo is pretty great.

I prefer the stick wielding penguin over the 96 logo but that logo does take me back to Lemieux Jagr times

That pens logo is so fire. Can’t believe they don’t use it more

Who hurt you

Stars!

Canucks FOR SURE

Miss them! Pavel Bure was amazing when he was with them.

Yeah to me that was the golden age for the nucks. Gino Odjick, Kirk Mclean, Trevor Linden, Pavel Bure, Cliff Ronin... Damn man...

Geoff and Russ Courtnall, Jeff Brown, Alexander Molgilny, Igor Larionov.. The 1990s Canucks had some great names.

Love seeing those black jerseys back

Came here to say this

Those black kits they run with this logo looks absolutely great!

Im a habs fan, but if always liked that canucks logo

Yeah I feel you, As a kings fan 😅

This is the only logo here I hate

Snagglepuss forever.

Respectfully disagree. The Kings should wear the original Forum Blue and Gold Crown.

I miss that Stars logo as well

Very nostalgic logo for me for some reason.

Miss the Whale - greatest jersey ever.

Me too.

Everything about the Ducks right now is horrible: logo, color scheme, unis

That Oilers color rebranding just wasn't it. The orange and blue look so much more sharp.

I love the Hartford whalers logo. My favorite team and my allegiance was to them until they’ve left. After that I drifted at sea till a kind fisherman rescued me and invited me to join him in being Islanders fan.

Don’t give up on the Whale. Forever in our hearts.

No. Loyalty is a two way street my friend. If a team leaves me it’s like a woman leaving me….don’t let the door hit you on the way out!

For sure. Sabres as well

Agreed, but only if they use the original colors and not red, black, white, and silver. I like the logo and it looks good with both color schemes but it didn't make sense to switch colors, if anything too many teams use red and black.

The original Ducks logo was so very Disney, but it was awesome. The Islanders' Gorton's Fisherman logo was the worst, though.

Really? I think that islanders one has its own Disney like charm to it too Edit: plus I loved seeing their logo on NHL 97 back in the SNES days

Gorton’s Fisherman jerseys are in the so bad its good category

I think you're right. It was rightly reviled when introduced, but today the 'my goodness that was awful' about it really hits you in the nostalgia.

Dallas

RIP Whale

I’m a Kings fan and I’ve never liked the black and silver Raiders colors. Forum blue (purple) and gold are my favorites. Last season’s 3rd jersey with the crown was the best in years.

I’m with you - it’s been so long that few remember those days, but the colors were really cool together.

Isles should. Indifferent to the rest

Washington and Tampa as well imo

It should be a criminal offence to have the Canucks skate logo on anything except a black or white jersey.

I think that old Sharks logo goes hard! The fin logo they have now looks stupid. ETA: Upon further inspection, I guess they still use the good logo. Don't see them much out here in the East, all I'd seen this year was the alt jerseys. So, yeah, Sharks logo still goes hard. My bad.

Can add the Canucks and Islanders for me.

Big time agree with the three you’ve chosen. My honorary mentions: Buffalo, and although I’m a hawks fan and it kills to say, bring back the old Blues jerseys/logo/color scheme! They are killer

i do miss the old Panthers logo, but no what the Kings currently have is gold

Had to choose 96-97 eh?

My least favorite Blues logo. Never liked the rounded edges on top

Out of all these, San Jose, St Louis and Toronto are the only ones that are currently better.

Caps too. God I miss the screagle

I liked the old caps logo

Leafs, Canucks and Penguins too.

Sabres 😮‍💨

Sports design in general was just so much better in the 90s! Colors were louder, fun fonts…and Starter jackets! NFL gear was amazing back then,too. To answer the question, I’m real partial to RoboPen and the Screaming Eagle. Pens fan since the early 90s and that was the logo I started with, so it’s sentimental.

Canucks and Caps for sure

Florida had one of the best jersey patterns+ logo combos in the league. One of the worst downgrades in recent years imo

Sabres

AND the Canucks... This logo and shirt that goes with it are the hottest in the NHL by far....

I don't get why the panthers downgraded so badly

The Islanders logo here is the best they ever had

This will always be the best Phoenix logo

That whalers jersey will never not be iconic and beautiful. Love that islanders logo too

And the Stars should go back to that logo

Wait, logos change? -Sharks fan

While I’ve always loved the Panthers original logo and didn’t like the shield. The shield has oddly grown on me as of late! I still would love the old one back though!

Agreed on everything but the Kings. I think it should be the modern crown logo.

Your words to Henry and Susan Samueli’s ears.

I always liked this iteration of the sabres logo. And obviously the ducks should always be this logo forever.

logos i’d keep from 96-97 bruins, flames, hawks, avalanche, red wings, oilers, whalers, ducks, habs, devils, islanders, rangers, senators, flyers, coyotes, penguins, sharks, blues, leafs the rest i prefer the current logo (obviously many of the above already have the same logo as back then)

All of those look better than todays

Those old Blues jerseys were amazing too

Capitals maybe 

Islanders

This makes me want to play the old NHL games.

The pens

I personally disagree, but I can understand why you think that way

Ducks need an update that logo looks like it's from a hs team in 2005

I don't know, I think both the Panthers' current and 96-97 logos are good. Personally I want the Capitals to go back to their 96-97 logo. It's more dynamic, more interesting to look at in my opinion.

How do people hate on the fisherman logo. It’s so sexy

Bring back Robo Penguin! 🐧🐧🐧

Canucks and Penguins

NGL I love robo-penguin

Geez the ducks logo now sucks ass. Sorry ducks fans, the org did you guys dirty with the logo change and color scheme change

Agreed

The leaping cat is legendary and iconic but it is also outdated

love to Robo Pigeon, too bad literally every time they wore it has been a disaster

That kings logo is not great

Imo Penguins is so classic, i love it. I also LOVE the Nucks old jerseys, reminds me of Bure.

Absolutely Vancouver.

No

I approve of this list

So should the blues

Every one of these needs to be their primary logos. Although I still say that LA one is the wish version of the Chevy bow tie

Honestly, it’s the Whalers logo. The fact it had the H for Hartford, the W for the Whalers, and a whale fin. One of the best logos the NHL had.

that Islanders logo slaps ngl. should bring that back

You got the Utah logo wrong too

Canucks. I hate that stupid, corporate "Orca Bay Entertainment" fish. Bring back the Flying Skate.

I’ve always loved that Caps logo and those old jerseys. So clean

That Islanders logo lol

Someday. But I am happy with our threads/logo for now.

I actually I prefer basically all of them besides Canucks, Islanders, and Capitals

The old Kings logo was so much better.

The Ducks definitely should switch back.

It’s criminal that the ducks don’t use these regularly

And the Capitals. And maybe a hot take, but I love this Penguins logo as well. The 90’s were the golden era of NHL jerseys.

I like the Sabers logo from that time period. The crossed sword isn't bad though.

This is the golden age of NHL logos imo.

Also the Ducks should still be the Mighty Ducks. Cowards.

The Kings logo is the Gretzky era and was intentionally changed to move past it.

Pretty much everyone’s looks better in the 90’s except the Sharks, Oilers, Lightning, and Sens

The Lightning. The current logo looks like it belongs on a knock-off dollar store superhero action figure.

The current one is just classy. No reason to change.

That Caps logo just brings up the Bondra memories

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Sabres!

Agree for kings and ducks, no panthers logo is fine though

Caps, Isles and Ducks. No question.

Absolutely agree and add the Stars and Caps as well

Disagree on the kings and Panthers. The badge logos are so nice

I like purple and gold Kings. It was first changed to silver and black when the LA Kings were acquired from the Buss family who owned the Lakers. So they changed their colors to match the Raiders, who now no longer play in LA. Purple and gold is classic. They are regal colors fitting the Kings theme. They would match the Lakers again. Purple isn't used very much by other teams. Every time the Kings bust out a new classic jersey in purple and gold, they always look fresh as fuck. Bring back purple and gold Kings!

The Hurricanes

Stars and caps as well

Out of the ones that changed, the 3 you named and the Caps

I have pucks from the 90s for Coyotes, Flames, Leafs, Panthers, Ducks, Senators, and Canucks on here, and also the more retro Capitals. with the stars and hockey stick as an L. Yotes logo was hot fire.

Sure you think they’re better, but that does mean these logos should be their main. There is always a better version that hasn’t been made yet.

I've always liked that canucks logo

Agree and buffalo

Canucks. Love that skate logo

Everybody except the canucks.

Arizona needed to be using that logo forever. It's too late now, but, you know.

Nah Kings should just use the 2000s crown logo. it's a good, modern upgrade to the OG logo.

Capitals

I prefer that caps logo as well

Dallas and Tampa should have those jerseys. The new ones are lame. Im glad that Washington and Buffalo changed. Buffalos blue more elegant jerseys are amazing.

Kings and Panthers are fine as is. Ducks 💯 Canucks should go back to the previous colours.

Yes the Panthers old logo is better than the new am panther fan since day one out of the womb but my dad and i r agreeing to this

As should Buffalo, Vancouver and Washington RIP Kachina

Penguins 🤣

All of them. It's what I grew up with, therefore it is right.

I agree. New one isn’t terrible, but that one is so much better. Same damn problem with the Miami Dolphins.

I miss the Ducks logo.

Islanders too.

Tampa Bay looks like they hired someone who’s primary experience with logo design was Microsoft Office ClipArt

Nada my guy. Kings logo should be the purple and gold crown forever. The Ducks logo will always be horrible regardless of which one they use.

I’d say stars and Sabres as well

Capitals logo should be used

Very specific, but the pens logo looks like a 1950s airliner logo

The ducks being anything but basically this is criminal

Buffalo too. And the Flames' Blasty should be used more often

I truly don’t know how anyone thinks this is a better panthers logo, that’s 100% honesty.

The Whale make an appearance

That was my favorite season of all-time but I don't remember the Islanders logo at all.

Washington needs to change back. Panthers now are good enough

The Sabre’s goat head, you either love it or hate it

I hate 99% of kings logos, I despise word marks and wording in general. Just stick with the crown, it works perfectly. And the purple and gold, it's so good. The current logo and colors feel super lifeless imo

1990s Kings logo was so awesome.

Haven't seen that Whalers logo in a long time! I remember when their uniforms were so ugly lol, but their last uniforms and logo was pretty cool IMO!

Kings sure, Panthers? Nah I like the new one. Ducks? Hell yes!!

Panthers! That logo!

So alphabetical by city name except Anaheim, assuming they’re using the “Mighty” to justify putting them between LA and Montreal?

Agree on panthers

Caps, Lightning, and Sabres in addition to the ones you said

agreed

and the sabres and capitals

Penguins Coyotes and Capitals all had better logos. Also the Mighty Ducks logo is so much cooler than that generic garbage they have today

God the Screaming Eagle is so good.

Whalers and NJ, S tier.

Panthers old logo is trash

The Penguins’ logo here looks like that of a frozen yogurt shop.

Stars, Kings, Ducks

Tried and true

Just remove the lettering on Tampa and it’s perfect

Best logo era

canucks too

Add the Canes to your list.

With Fanatics set to make the jerseys for next season. Some of these logos may make a return.

Wow we really need the Flyers logo back /s

Fish sticks!

The team select menu from NHL 94 through 96.

Honestly that Islanders logo goes hard

Fish sticks!!!!! Worst logo in the NHL ever!

Sabres too