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This Saturday at the Wachovia Center marks an important match-up in the eastern division. Wings vs. Rock? Sort of. Iannucci taking on Watson? I guess. Wings fans racing against time to get their fill of dollar hot dogs? No contest. (I’ll pray for you, hot dogs.) But with each team rocking a redesign this year it’s time to take a look at who’s going to come out on top of the forgotten contest: the jersey battles.

I’ll get my say after the jump, but you can have yours right here. Hopefully in due time and after a series of surveys we’ll have a handle on who’s got the fan favourite jersey in the NLL.

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Having a gigantic letter double as a logo puts the Philadelphia Wings in pretty elite company: the Hartford Whalers, Colorado Mammoth, Colorado Avalanche, and Alvin the Chipmunk, to name a few. It’s simple, clean, classic and as if that isn’t good enough, the W doubles as a pair of wings. Don’t worry if you didn’t catch that at first, I know someone else who took a while to figure it out and she’s arguably smart, swear it. Good hair too. Nice person.

Recently at the Wachovia we’ve been seeing a red third jersey, as modelled by Athan Iannucci up top. Pair that up with a red-out in the crowd and what do you get? Two lame Moses jokes on NLLinsider. You also get an already intimidating crowd further unified in their cause of abusing opposing fans and players as well as referees, arena staff, holiday mascots, public officials and probably local orphans cheering their team on.

I do like the red, but as Sassygrl72 noted on the forums, the jerseys look like they’re “doing a Flashdance off the shoulders.” HA! Regardless, these days it’s pretty rare to associate the words “new jersey” with anything good — the blame for which can be shared equally by hair gel, muscle shirts, and the Vancouver Canucks — but the Wings have managed to put out a new sweater that looks sharp and modern while carrying a bit of a vintage feel.

On the other, slightly busier hand, the Toronto Rock also have a new look this year in the form of a tenth-anniversary logo. Compared to the clean-cut Wings logo this thing has got so much crap going on it looks like it was designed by Clark Griswold. Luckily it’s relegated to the shoulder, leaving the familiar Maple Leaf overlayed with the word Rock on the front with a patriotic swoop of red, white and blue anchoring the design. (Refer to Mr. Manning’s picture at the top of the article.)

This is far from being my favourite logo in the league, but I will say it’s better than the CN Tower playing guitar. I spend enough time living in fear of that building dropping a chunk of ice on my car as it is without picturing it playing the solo from Working Man. I will give credit where credit’s due: the Rock probably have their anniversary logo to thank for the win over the Buffalo Bandits. Not only did Ken Mountour have to contend with Peter Lough barreling into his crease, he probably didn’t even have time to wonder how the absinthe got into his water-bottle when he saw that thing flying at his face.

While my subpar showing in the pick-ems last week may have proven that I’m pretty far from accurately predicting the outcome of every game, I will wager a guess that regardless of whether the Wings win or lose, they will look better than the Toronto Rock while doing it. Feel free to have your say in the poll. This post has been brought to you by the letter W.

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