{"id":139606,"date":"2025-09-13T07:01:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T07:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/139606\/"},"modified":"2025-09-13T07:01:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T07:01:25","slug":"washington-capitals-voted-to-have-worst-nhl-home-jersey-in-online-poll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/139606\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Capitals voted to have worst NHL home jersey in online poll"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/file-aliaksei-protas-aland-7645.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\ud83d\udcf8: Alan Dobbins\/RMNB\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>The Washington Capitals\u2019 current home jerseys may have run their course \u2014 at least with national hockey fans.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jfreshhockey\/status\/1966576316930474121\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">In a poll conducted by the popular social media personality @jfreshhockey<\/a>, the Capitals\u2019 home jersey was ranked worst in the league by 903 voters. The Capitals got a 3.7 out of 10 rating, finishing last for the second consecutive year.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">2025-26 NHL Home Uniform Survey RESULTS  <\/p>\n<p>903 of you rated each uniform out of 10; here are the results.<\/p>\n<p>#32: Washington Capitals \u2013 3.7\/10  <\/p>\n<p>For the second year in a row, the Caps&#8217; Rbk Edge leftovers finish 32nd. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iGBLwFCNtV\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/iGBLwFCNtV<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 JFresh (@JFreshHockey) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JFreshHockey\/status\/1966576316930474121?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Capitals have worn the red home jerseys since the 2007-08 season \u2014 a span of 18 years \u2014 when Capitals owner Ted Leonsis did a full rebrand, opting to reunite the team with its vintage patriotic red, white, and blue colors. <\/p>\n<p>The crest sports the team\u2019s nickname, Capitals, in all lowercase letters with the t stylized as a hockey stick. The Weagle logo \u2014 an eagle shaped as a W with the Capitol Dome showing in the subtractive space under the wings \u2014 adorns both shoulders. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/capitals\/history\/jersey-timeline#1974\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">primary logo closely resembles the Capitals\u2019 original logo design in 1974<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Montreal Canadiens\u2019 home jersey (8.0) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFreshHockey\/status\/1966597401545740668\" rel=\"nofollow\">ultimately finished atop the poll<\/a> followed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFreshHockey\/status\/1966596445818978332\" rel=\"nofollow\">Calgary Flames<\/a> (7.5), <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFreshHockey\/status\/1966595940418007127\" rel=\"nofollow\">Buffalo Sabres<\/a> (7.5), <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFreshHockey\/status\/1966595332206100584\" rel=\"nofollow\">Detroit Red Wings<\/a> (7.5), and <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFreshHockey\/status\/1966594729857982557\" rel=\"nofollow\">Chicago Blackhawks<\/a> (7.5). Notably, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFreshHockey\/status\/1966586501904384509\" rel=\"nofollow\">Utah Mammoth<\/a> ranked 17th (6.0) after choosing a nickname and changing from the Utah Hockey Club. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JFreshHockey\/status\/1966576316930474121\" rel=\"nofollow\">See the full results.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the Capitals\u2019 current sweaters didn\u2019t move the needle in this poll, the club\u2019s Screaming Eagle design <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/2024\/10\/19\/washington-capitals-players-vote-screaming-eagle-jersey-favorite-team-history\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">has been popular<\/a> among <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/2021\/06\/17\/capitals-reverse-retro-jersey-voted-fifth-best-by-nhl-players\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">players<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/2021\/02\/16\/poll-results-reverse-retro-jersey-popular-new-thirds\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fans<\/a> \u2014 both locally and nationally. The Capitals <a href=\"https:\/\/russianmachineneverbreaks.com\/2024\/12\/12\/capitals-screaming-eagle-jersey-regular-rotation-report\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">have reportedly had discussions about putting the Screagle in their regular rotation<\/a>, but as of this season, the team is continuing with its same home and away uniforms. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udcf8: Alan Dobbins\/RMNB The Washington Capitals\u2019 current home jerseys may have run their course \u2014 at least with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":139607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[556],"tags":[64,63,575,85],"class_list":["post-139606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-nhl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139606","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/139607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}