The Pooh Bear is back.

jsinger121

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I like the 90s Pooh bear jerseys when I find them because it lines my wallet with cash.
 

NickEsasky

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I feel like a lot of other teams brought back a retro jersey. I saw the Rangers brought back the Lady Liberty jersey for example. Everybody is running out of ideas.
Well, they are branded Reverse Retro...so yeah? I agree with the last point though.

Edit: I feel like if my kids were older and into the Bruins this would be a fun jersey for them. But otherwise, meh.
 

Comfortably Lomb

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I think the bear is less of a problem than the jagged stripes. It's not good, and feels even worse because the Bruins have great standard jerseys.

I wasn't familiar with the meth bear until this thread. I'm not sure it's good but I love that it exists.
 

Bozo Texino

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It's so, so bad. I honestly don't know which part I like the least - the bear's derpy-ass face, the atrocious wordmark on the shoulders, or the striping.

I mean, it's white. So at least it's preferable to the original in one way.
 

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I will be the contrarian and say I love it, though I wish he looked a smidge less confused.
I don’t mind inquisitive bear (although I prefer other bears) but the rest of the jersey tanks it for me. I guess I’ll try and reserve judgment until I see the team zipping around the ice. Winning in the jersey might make me root for the laundry I guess. I’m pretty confident there will be worse reverse retros out there.
 

Bigdogx

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Hate them, never liked the comic book bear on the front jerseys, looks like something a AHL team would wear to me!
 

Bozo Texino

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1936 was the year of the franchise's original sin.

I love the standard black and gold B's jerseys, but a BRUIN is BROWN. Why they made the switch to black and gold in that year, I don't really know. But ever since then, any Bruins stuff involving bear imagery is just going to look weird - either because the bear has to be a color other than brown, or because brown and black look terrible together.

Maybe do a white and brown jersey with a meth/pooh mashup?

 
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katnado

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Absolutely loath the pooh bear jersey. They were horrific in yellow. Slightly better in white but still absolutely terrible. The meth bear is a million times better than pooh bear. Any of our kids on this board could have come up with a better jersey idea than the pooh bear disasters.