Flyers Unveil 50th Anniversary Gold Jerseys, Twitter Reacts
In Pittsburgh, the color gold is associated with our great sports teams.
For the Penguins, they've officially made the switch to "Pittsburgh Gold" full-time for their road and away uniforms.
That move marked the end of the "Vegas Gold" era, which most fans were excited to see.
Gold is also associated with 50th anniversaries. That is significant because the Penguins will be celebrating their 50th anniversary season this season.
The Philadelphia Flyers will also be celebrating the same anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, they designed new jerseys, which we unveiled on Wednesday.
Take a look:
Hello, gorgeous ???? pic.twitter.com/9uMgNE44hD
— Philadelphia Flyers (@NHLFlyers) August 31, 2016
As you can see, the logo has a gold ring around it and the numbers are the same gold color. Sure looks like the Flyers claimed the Penguins' "Vegas Gold" leftovers doesn't it?
Maybe it's their way of congratulating the Penguins on winning the Stanley Cup...for the fourth time since they last won it...in 1975.
Not surprisingly, Flyers fans are divided about the gold. Some Penguins fans couldn't help but offer their opinions as well.
Here are some of our favorite reactions from Twitter:
@NHLFlyers have you gotten a single compliment yet? lmk when you do
— joe м (@dr_pizza_MD) August 31, 2016
@NHLFlyers @28CGiroux You realize gold is our main rival's color. Right. Like the Eagles adding a blue star.
— Chad Gambone (@Mountainhawk98) August 31, 2016
@NHLFlyers did you guys get the vegas gold from the penguins garbage bin
— Taylor (@tayburgh7) August 31, 2016
@NHLFlyers @28CGiroux you don't get a Stanley cup just for adding black and gold to your jersey
— 2X Cup Champ (@Fleury4Vezina) August 31, 2016
.@NHLFlyers it honestly looks like someone stitched the penguins numbers onto a Walmart Flyers jersey. I'm so disappointed.
— Lori (@Lulu_Vohn) August 31, 2016
@NHLFlyers on a positive note, there is 100% room to improve the 50th anniversary jerseys
— Non Muse (@NonMuse) August 31, 2016
@NHLFlyers couldn't you have focus grouped this with like 5 people? Then you would know these belong in the dumpster
— Mike Cilly (@Mcil9518) August 31, 2016
@NHLFlyers Booing so loud my office phone fell off its holder
— joe м (@dr_pizza_MD) August 31, 2016
That Flyers jersey is one of those ones that should have been "leaked" to get a fan reaction so they could then have a chance to burn it.
— Adam Gretz (@AGretz) August 31, 2016
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