Normally, the phrase “Islanders set to announce third jersey” is enough to make droves of people run for the nearest rock to hide under, either for fear of another hideous fashion monstrosity or the myriad of histrionic responses that uniform reveals, particularly hockey ones, tend to generate. This one has been a source of fan worry and chatter for some time, with everyone and their grandmother taking to Photoshop to cook up a concept that could be passed throughout social media for eons.
The Islanders did indeed release video and pictures of their new Adidas-approved third uniforms today and I’m happy to report that the world didn’t burn down and that the jerseys are, in my opinion, shrug-worthy and totally fine.