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[JFresh] Icethetics reports that the Minnesota Wild will be switching to North Stars colours in 2025-26 as part of a rebrand.

  • June 12, 2024


[JFresh] Icethetics reports that the Minnesota Wild will be switching to North Stars colours in 2025-26 as part of a rebrand.

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  4. lol I just posted this but it got removed for similar content. Hate this rebrand and color changešŸ˜”

  6. Well, guess I wonā€™t be buying any more merch. Iā€™m not from Minnesota and the North Stars moved before I was born, have no connection to themā€”I fell in love with the Wild. Hate this nostalgia bait. Colors are hideous, look like Team Subway. Just so disappointing. If all they do is promote the Reverse Retros Iā€™m gonna hate them. Ugh. Just really disappointed by this.

  8. Why the fuck would they do that?!

    Like, the Northstar throw-backs are fine as a third/alternate and I’m sure they sell a bunch of sweaters at the Hockey Lodge, but this is the Minnesota Wild! Iron Range red, forest green, harvest gold, Minnesota wheat, and white, those are the colors! Don’t backtrack on 25 years of history for some bullshit, Boomer nostalgia.

  12. I don’t agree with this direction at all, but if this is true and the seal is broken, they might as well go 100% on this. Try to get the North Stars name and history back from Dallas. Similar to the NBA’s Charlotte Bobcats/Hornets arrangement. Half assing it is just stupid.

  13. Not on the same level as the bs going on with pwhl mn but is mn hockey trying to make the wrong choice at every possible chance right now?

  14. I’m a little surprised by the reaction to this, thought it would be popular.

    I, for one, am a big fan. I’ve always had to really TRY to like the Christmas color scheme. Never have fully liked it.

    The Northstar colors though, I have always adored.

  16. Man why? I get the nod to the North Stars but the Minnesota Wild are completely different

  18. I hate these jerseys so much. They have released 3 different types of these jerseys! Ya I get it the north stars were a part of Minnesota but they should bring back the OG jerseys. Maybe change them a little but stop shoving the north stars down our throats.

  20. Fuck that. We are the Wild, not the North Stars. Fucking boomers ruin everything.

  22. I’m sure this will go over well here.

    As someone that doesn’t go into a rage anytime the North Stars are brought up, I don’t like this. The RR 2.0 were a good 3rd jersey. Wearing them 6 times a year was a nice homage without getting in the way of the Wild’s own unique branding.

    The Wild have pretty solid branding and the forest green fits the “Wild” name. If the teams wants to make more $$ on jerseys, they should’ve stuck with releasing a 3rd jersey post-reverse retro which was long rumored but kept getting shelved.

    Even though I don’t like this change, the teams knows how their sales go. Just because Redditors hate anything North Stars related doesn’t mean the fans out in the real world do. The RRs probably sold so well that the team felt they had to go in that direction.

  24. Ownership is only looking at the past at this point. Trying to make an easy $.

    Hereā€™s the thing, a rebrand isnā€™t a bad thing. But this ainā€™t it.

    Nostalgia is a hell of a drugā€¦

  25. Green is my favorite color

    Yellow is my least favorite

    This is some serious inner conflict

  27. I grew up a North Stars fan and became a Wild fan when they started up. I will always love the North Stars and always hate Norm Green, but this is a miss by the Wild. I like the retros for a third, I think it’s wonderful and a nice callback. But the Wild are not the North Stars. This is a bad call.

  31. I don’t necessarily like the decision. I’m not up in arms about it either.

    But all of the vitriolic responses in this thread towards…boomers, I guess…is a bit weird. Like guys, our hockey team is still here, unlike some markets, and they’re just changing colors to a scheme this state once had. The senior citizens aren’t trying to steal your happiness from you.

  33. Damnit…I love our current jersey set-up with the retros in the mix. I thought that was a *perfect* happy medium.

    Dark green just screams “forest” and the red/wheat trim pop out great on it.

    I’ll have to see the jersey designs to make an opinion…will they be the retros? Will it be a different style with the new colors…who knows but I’d like to see a fresh, modern jersey with new colors rather than “we’re using the designs of the last two retros.”

  34. The Wild are separate from the North Stars. Itā€™s over and done. Why does this continue to happen

  35. Russo just tweeted this is false

    > Zero truth to this the #mnwildĀ  tell me. ā€œNot based in fact.ā€

  37. I LOVE the North Stars colors as a third jersey. But I never wanted them to replace the main team colors. I’m not completely against it if this is true, but it will be disappointing if they drop the dark green and red.

    I guess the silver lining is that the main team colors will be retro years down the line and we’ll get some sick classic wild jerseys then.

    Edit: I wanted to add a comment for the people say this only pleases boomers and that we should have our own identity. For one, I love the colors and I’m a Millennial. The North Stars left when I was 3 years old, I never even remember being able to watch them on TV let alone go to a game. But they just look sick.

    As for having our own identity, we do. The Wild has *always* been about honoring Minnesota Hockey history. From hockey day Minnesota, to the Let’s play hockey chant, to the High School jerseys hung up around the arena, and more. The North Stars are a big part of MN Hockey History and **no one else is using those colors**. Dallas has never used them even technically being the North Stars. So we took them back, we own them, it’s part of our identity as a state and the Wild as our team.

    Again, having said that, I never wanted them to replace our original colors. I’m disappointed if it’s true, but I do love the North Stars colors on the Wild.

  41. Original tweet has been deleted and Russo tweeted that there is ā€œzero truthā€ to this.

  48. I miss our inaugural jerseys a lot. The home whites just looked so iconic and clean.

  49. I’m a very casual and out-of-state fan, so take my opinion with a grain of salt, but I hate the North Stars look for the Wild. I’d love a rebrand but to a different color scheme altogether.

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