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Capitals trot out new third jerseys

2015 NHL Awards - Nominee Media Availability

2015 NHL Awards - Nominee Media Availability

Dave Sandford

Alex Ovechkin wasn’t just on hand to do some interviews at the 2015 NHL Awards on Tuesday. He also served as a model for the Washington Capitals’ new third jerseys.

Here’s the write-up from Caps PR describing the alternate sweaters, in case “rock the red” doesn’t get the point across:

The primary color for the uniform is red and closely resembles the team’s jersey worn from 1974-75 through 1994-95. The original Capitals wordmark is featured on the front of the jersey with six stars above it and five stars beneath the numbers on each sleeve. The Capitals will wear blue pants and red helmets with their third jerseys. The new third jersey will replace the white third jersey the Capitals wore from 2011-12 to 2014-15.

The new duds certainly won Tom Wilson’s approval:

It sounds like the Capitals haven’t been shy about trying out new looks since Ovechkin came to town:

What do you think, is the red an improvement or should they instead stick with white?

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