NHL style power rankings, the debut: Teams relax their dress codes, and players’ personal styles break out
New York TimesPigs are flying, hell has frozen over and it’s the end of the world as we know it: NHL clubs are starting to relax their game day dress codes. https://t.co/B8Q9P5iYu1 pic.twitter.com/VcF19U9Y65 — Mike McKenna October 1, 2021 In an effort to chronicle this exciting time in league history, The Athletic is thrilled to debut our look around the NHL at players’ emerging fashion sense. So far, not bad.. look at these sadly unprofessional clothing choices, so much for team unity and healthy routines 😔 pic.twitter.com/fFSjdCPoWw — mitch marney October 19, 2021 This was from before the relaxed code: Nylander exists to make the rest of the NHL look bad pic.twitter.com/2HmdILPG38 — rach 🌸 October 16, 2021 I’ll bet the Leafs agreed to not go too crazy in the first few weeks of the relaxed dress code and his style will heat up around midseason. pic.twitter.com/oAp0lkjKMm — Arizona Coyotes October 19, 2021 Ryan Dzingel is the first player on either of the two relaxed-dress-code teams I’ve seen put a real outfit together. It’s not just about the quality of the look at this early stage in the “NHL players actually expressing themselves” game, though; it’s also about the boldness.
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