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Best and worst sweaters of all-time: Phoenix Coyotes

Colorado Avalanche v Phoenix Coyotes

GLENDALE, AZ - APRIL 01: Shane Doan #19 of the Phoenix Coyotes skates with the puck during the NHL game against he Colorado Avalanche at Jobing.com Arena on April 1, 2011 in Glendale, Arizona. The Avalanche defeated the Coyotes 4-3 in an overtime shoot out. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)

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All right so the Coyotes have issues finding someone to buy the team, but that doesn’t keep them from at least being interesting looking on the ice. With a haunting rich history based in Canada and a current look that’s more than awesome, the Coyotes are at least good at looking good on the ice.

Best: The Coyotes started off with sweaters that tested your sobriety and sensibilities as a fan or follower of hockey, but when they redid their logo and uniforms it was a change for the better. Their current look with Sedona red and white is perfect for life in the desert. Their home reds are some of the sweetest looking duds in the league with the howling coyote head on the front and a patch paying homage to Arizona on the shoulder it’s a good looking sweater. It also won’t give you the feeling like you’ve taken hallucinogens when looking at them play the way their original sweaters did.

Worst: When the Jets moved to Phoenix and became the Coyotes, they adopted a highly unique and bizarre looking logo that some described as the “peyote coyote.” Their home and away set though looked nice for what it was. When they opted to add a third jersey, however, things went haywire.

The crest zoomed in on the head of the coyote while the rest of the sweater itself depicted a desert setting complete with cactus and mountain outlines with a moon and everything. Add in the funky lizard shoulder patch and you’ve got yourself something that seems like it came out of a Homer Simpson insanity pepper-induced nightmare. Find your soul mate Homer. Or in the Coyotes case... Find your owner, Gary.

Old-Timey Throwback: Since the Coyotes came out of Winnipeg, what’s not to like about what the Jets did with their look. Bold blue road sweaters, blindingly white home ones, and the likes of Teemu Selanne whirling around the ice scoring tons of goals in their modernized look they sported on the ice from 1990-1996. The home whites stand out above them all showcasing everything that was the Jets. While the ones the Jets wore in the 70s and 80s were also nice in their own right, the Jets’ 90s sweaters were something special on their own. Besides, the 90s white jerseys get an added bonus in that Coyotes captain Shane Doan even got to wear those in his first year in the NHL. Coyote for life, y’all.

Assessment: Phoenix’s current set is truly beautiful. The home sweaters I love and the road whites with the red shoulder yoke is great to look at as well. Phoenix’s black third jersey with the full-bodied running coyote on it with circular paw print logo on the shoulder is a nice touch as well. While the Coyotes can’t get a lot right done off the ice, they can sure look good on it. Deviating from this design without needing to would be a mistake.