And I’m not much of a fan of the white jersey either, but just adding “Tampa Bay,” makes the logo much more recognizable.Īs much as I dislike the jerseys, I like the shoulder patches the Lightning will wear. Even though the bolt and circle have always been on Tampa’s jerseys, something as simple as just leaving “Tampa Bay” off, in my opinion, leaves the Lightning now with one of the worst logos in hockey on their home jersey. I decided to look into this myself, and the two are similar, with solely the bolt traveling through a circle. Speaking with a friend about the logo, he couldn’t help but bring up how similar it is to the logo of DC Comic superhero “The Flash," (pictured left). So when I saw that, I expected the same logo to be used on the blue jersey, but the words “Tampa Bay ” were left off, leaving just the bolt through the circle. But why are the logos different on each jersey? The white jersey has the same lightning bolt cutting through a circle with the words Tampa Bay across the top, similar to the Lightning’s current jersey, similar to past Lightning logos. With the elimination of black and silver completely, Tampa uses a solid white for the logo on the home jersey and a blue logo for the white jersey. Personally, I don’t mind the color scheme of the jerseys, but what really gets to me is the new logo, or logos. The new road jersey is the same build with a switch of colors, blue stripes on a white jersey. The home jersey, a solid blue with white collar, ties and a white stripe on the arms and at the bottom, looks like a combination between the Toronto Maple Leafs, having similar coloring, and the Detroit Red Wings, with the striping and solely a logo front and center. Going almost completely away from their currently look, the Lightning will completely scrap black jerseys, something they have been wearing since they became part of the NHL in 1992. On Monday, the Lightning showed off their new home and away jerseys that they will debut in the fall. And tagging along with the feel of a winner, Yzerman has decided to bring a new look to the team on the ice. The culture is felt on the ice, as the Lightning currently sit in 2 nd in the Eastern Conference with 67 points, four points behind the Philadelphia Flyers. Yzerman has brought a whole new culture to Tampa, a winning culture that Yzerman was always a part of while in Detroit. But perhaps the biggest change of all was bringing in Steve Yzerman as General Manager. After a disappointing 2008-09, in which the Lightning recorded only 66 points, they had the 2 nd overall pick, which they used on Swedish defenseman Victor Hedman. Only three years ago, this team was dealing off one of the franchise’s best players, Brad Richards, and using the first pick in the 2008 NHL Draft to select prolific scorer, Steven Stamkos, from Sarnia of the OHL. The Tampa Bay Lightning continue on with their big changes.