So you want a Michkov jersey. Here’s how to get the most accurate jawn.

Hey you friggin jabronis, I know you all want a Michkov jersey because we're all a bunch of degents. Being the giant jersey dork I am, I figured I'd post "where to get good jerseys" on here after seeing a few kinda rough ones. This post will only be concerning legitimate, authorized jerseys – no fakers here. Why am I posting this then? Because if you're gonna spend your hoagie money on a polyester shirt, you might as well do it right.

For Michkov specifically, he will never wear a "Michkov/39" adidas jersey. You should wait and get a Fanatics branded one. I know, Fanatics is a giant piece of shit company BUT for the first two years of them taking over, the "Premium" (read: Adidas "Authentic") and "Pro Authentic" jerseys are 1:1 with Adidas. Same knit, same materials, same everything. Just no shoulder dimples. "Breakaway" jerseys are still fuckin' dogshit and you should NEVER waste your money on them.

If you desperately want an Adidas Michkov jersey, that's between you and Bobby Clarke.

Flyers jersey customization QUIRKS AND FEATURES:

1. The nameplate is made of twill, same as the numbers themselves. The Flyers are the only team to do this – everyone else either uses a matching material nameplate, or stitches the name directly to the jersey. If you see one with a mesh nameplate, it's wrong!

2. The numbers are what is called "reverse kiss cut (RKC)" rather than "stacked" – that means that instead of putting the foreground color on top of the background, the middle is cut out to show the lower layer. This is really hard to explain via text, so here's some pics:

• Stacked (the orange layer is on top of the black layer)

• RKC – hard to see, but the black is on top of the white layer.

  Why does this matter? RKC is significatly lighter and more flexible than stacked.

Now, if you've gotten this far and your eyes haven't rolled to the back of your head in boredom, or you just want the tl;dr…

Here are the places you SHOULD and SHOULD NOT buy your jersey from.

SHOULD:

• The Farg (pls be Wawa Center). They send it to the Flyers customizer and will be done 100% correct
• Hockey Authentic – they're out of stock of everything but they actually give a shit.
• Buy a blank from ebay or SportsK or BenHSports, get it customized by WFC/Vorhees Skate Zone.

SHOULD NOT:

• CoolHockey. They don't do the nice RKC kits, and the twill they use is crazy stiff. They also have a habit of leaving the heat press on too long, sloppy stitching, and sometimes not even using twill nameplates. Sometimes they forget to stitch numbers down. Their Flyers font kinda sucks. Zero attention to detail.

• NHL Shop/Fanatics/Lids: These are all the same company. You'll either get something that's stacked with a mesh nameplate, or they'll contract through Silver Crystal Sports (which is CoolHockey) and you'll get some wack stuff.

• Dicks: Same problems as NHL Shop, plus really poor return QA so you might even get a fake.

OTHER:

"But OP, what about one of these independent customizers, like Liberty Bell Jerseys/etc?"

Most of these one-man shops you see on IG and Reddit either cut their own kits, or they order kits through Customize Sports (LBJ cuts his own or just refers people to WFC). Why would you spend $100+ to have an individual do it when WFC charges $70?

I'm not trying to be elitist with this, rather I am trying to make sure you aren't disappointed by wasting your money. Got questions? Drop 'em in the comments. Happy to help.

Fuck the Pens.