from Paul Lukas of ESPN,

But these new NHL All-Star designs aren't just awful -- they're awful in a very specific way, thanks to the use of all that really loud, neon-green trim, which sticks out like, well, like really loud, neon-green trim. Variations on this color -- sometimes varying more toward yellow, sometimes more toward green and often somewhere in between -- have been popping up throughout the uni-verse and the sports apparel world with increasing frequency in recent years. Nike calls its version of the color "Volt"; adidas calls its version "Electricity"; the Seattle Seahawks call their version "Action Green"; and the NHL is referring to the tone on the All-Star uniforms as -- drumroll, please -- "Elite Green."

By any name, it's an odd color to include in the All-Star uniforms. Aside from being visually jarring, the color doesn't appear at all in the game's logo. You can tell the players don't think much of it either, even when they're trying to be diplomatic about it. The whole thing is almost too easy to ridicule...

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