If not a Hawks jersey, then what and who?

if I had to have a player I would go classic and get Bobby Orr

Id also take a Whalers sweater, just cuz I think they are awesome

Went to a bunch of Avs games and saw tons of Nordiques/Sakic jerseys and never got sick of ’em. They are awesome.

However, I would go with LA’s alternate with Doughty’s name on it. Such a sweet jersey:

Whalers jersey.
Q-stache name on the back.

I couldn’t get a pic of the just jersey including the numbers on the shoulder (it looked kinda empty w/o), so I had to go with this pic.

Not sure who I’d get on the back, though. Messier with this is a major jersey foul, and I don’t really like any of the current Rangers apart from maybe Lundqvist or Drury. Anisimov seems cool, but I haven’t seen enough of him to know for sure.

Also, I have a Leafs jersey with my name & number (4, which has not been retired) on the back. I didn’t know when I got it this was frowned upon in North America, but I can always fall back on the fact it was a present.

to buy a jersey for a team I dont even like, but if I had to i would (and I know I might get bashed for this) buy an alexander Ovechkin jersey. He is an awesome player and I like to watch him play

Outside the Hawks, I would probably only wear the Pittsburgh jersey of this guy:
Gotta rep my countryman! Don’t really care for the Pens otherwise…

Otherwise, it’s tshirt-jerseys for me. Although the Olympic jerseys (Slovakia’s, the USA throwbacks, and Canada red) were pretty awesome as well, and I could probably be convinced to wear a Whalers jersey.

I own a USA Mia Hamm signed jersey, a Tampa Bay Lightning Manon Rhéaume that is signed, a Nolan Ryan signed Texas Rangers jersey, and a Mike Bossy Islanders jersey. Although to be honest, I have rooted for the Islanders since the 70’s so it would not really be fair to consider them to be an “other team”

The orange one. And because the guy deserves a shout-out for his “throw 300 yeard with a broken shin”; Byron Leftwich Marshall jersey too.

after Willy got traded to the Sharks I had a CCM authentic customized at Gunzo’s. It was with the ’Hawks [block] number styling though and from the NHL 75-yr anniversary season.

Kaner 88 or Miller

you can walk into almost any hockey arena in the states right now wearing one of the other and someone will say “hey, nice jersey”

the limited-edition almost-third jersey for the St. Louis Blues? You know the one I’m talking about.

a Toews Team Canada jersey. It’s colors are close enough to pass at a Hawks game but I’d probably get a lot of grief about not supporting USA. Even though I’m American, I was wholeheartedly supporting Team Canada in the Olympics. For me it was a no brainer: 3 of my favorite Hawks players were on Team Canada and my least favorite Hawks player (off the ice, anyways) was on Team USA.
I also think it would be cool to get a Whalers jersey. After the Indian head, it’s my second favorite sports logo and I like the color scheme. I like the idea of getting one in honor of Quenneville but there are so many Hawks jerseys I want before I’d consider buying a non-Hawks one.
All that being said, though, if I found myself in Atlanta I’d consider a Thrashers t-shirt jersey with Sopel’s name on it.

The Cincinnati Stingers. Back in the day — heck even still today — had a huge crush on Peter Marsh. If you’ve ever met him you’d know he is quite charming. Anyways… He played for the Stingers before the team folded. The jersey is so bad it’s good.

I guess the bottom line is that I’d feel OK buying a jersey of a team that no longer existed in the WHA/NHL but would feel strange getting one of a current team that was not the Hawks,

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Always felt the Habs had the second best jersey in the league. Also partial to the Leafs road jersey – I know the team is pathetic but I like the original 6 sweaters with the exception of the Scum.

However, if I had to choose, It would be a toss-up between a Charlestown Chiefs jersey with the name of Denis Lemieux on it or Huey’s Ice Hogs jersey – the finest sweater $5.625m will buy.

I own a Blues alternate sweater and like it. Question my fandom if you want.

However, I’m with One Timer up there. I love original six sweaters and plan on buying a Bruins one at some point this year.

Original Six Jerseys circa late 60s – early 70s with the #1
If I had to put names on them, they would be as follows;
Canadiens – Gump Worsley
Red Wings – Roger Crozier
Rangers – Ed Giacomin
Maple Leafs – Jacques Plante
Blackhawks – Glen Hall
Bruins – Ed Johnstone

And I’d get Johnny Upton’s name on the back. “Fuckin’ Chrysler plant, here I come”

Or this:

And I’d have to get Hawerchuk on the back. Bring Back The Jets!

I lived there, the franchise still represents the best of hockey, and the fans (a riot or two notwithstanding) are the very model of intelligent enthusiasm. I’m not big on player’s names on clothing that I wear, but I’d probably get Cammalleri, partly because he provided the little excitement that occurred last season and partly because he’s a symbol of this current era of decent but completely inconsequential hockey the Canadiens are in.

I rather like the current Canuck’s sweaters. I’d never wear one though…

How about these?

When I was in college the U of M tournament jersey was gold and I always wanted a Marty Turco or Brendan Morrison jersey. They were everywhere back then but now it seems like you can’t find one to save your life. They’ve changed it a bit now but that 1998 jersey, for my money, was one of the best jersey’s I’ve ever seen. I can’t find a good picture, but you can see it in this clip of (what is, in my opinion) one of the greatest hockey goals ever.

but I do like Pitt’s light blue, Toronto’s home and away and any sweater Ladd will be wearing.