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NHL to make Fanatics official Jersey manufacturer



https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/03/21/fanatics-nhl-uniforms.html

by CrashEMT911

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  2. Caniac_Nation

    The pinnacle of quality. Wait till the teams get upside down logos.

  3. bamisbig

    I have a Fanatics Necas Jersey and I don’t really see the problem? It’s worked really well for me this year.

  4. PsychologicalBank169

    Looks like I won’t be buying any jerseys for a few years. Adidas jerseys were fantastic, I do not enjoy the quality of fanatics gear

  5. sporkithus

    Damn very nervous about this news but. Hopefully this won’t be like everything else they make which is just a logo slapped on some low quality apparel. I imagine there must be some sort of quality expectation coming down from the league for their jerseys. Really sucks too that under adidas jerseys looked and felt pretty decent

  6. ghudson46

    I think the quality of the authentic on ice jersey will be just as good as adidas. No chance the players are wearing the cheap sweaters you can buy from fanatics now

  7. connor8383

    This is absolutely devastating to my hockey jersey collection hobby. I adamantly refuse to purchase or own any of their products, so it looks like my days of collecting new stuff are done for the time being.

    This fucking blows.

    I mean this with every ounce of my being when I say:

    ***FUCK FANATICS!!!!!!!!!!***

  8. Stock up on Adidas while you can because the merch quality for the next 10 years is gonna be brutal

  9. thecollegecaniac

    hopefully they’re different than what they make. imagine the nhl with screen printed jerseys lol

  10. Harlaxt0n

    Maybe this is exactly what’s needed for Fanatics to boost their quality?

    LOL – J/K – fully prepared to see jerseys fall apart on the players mid-game.

  11. mondaywonderhands

    Well now I know, gotta grab a current jersey ASAP.

  12. JayCanes23

    There is a reason the Fanatics jersey is called “Breakaway”. Worse quality of any sports manufacturer

  13. Clark828

    Hopefully that means they can put more money into quality.

  14. adsheppa

    I’m very anti-Fanatics but now knowing they make the on field MLB jerseys for Nike and make the NFL authentics sold in stores and online that makes me a tiny bit hopeful. MiCs (or their equivalent) will probably be pretty nice quality.

  15. King_Charles_LXXXVI

    I hope their official jerseys are better than their current knock offs!

  16. Should we just have an alternate with the upsidedown logo

  17. Dkportal2

    Well I guess I’m buying my 25th anniversary Svech jersey today

  18. CaesarBeaver

    glad I decided to invest in a full set of this years jerseys, I’ll be wearing them to games for the next decade

  19. ImMakingItNice

    Ugh. I got some Braves gear from Fanatics last year that was absolute shit quality. Even the tshirt was super thin and didn’t wash up well. Maybe they’ll improve with the NHL contract.

  20. RingRingBananaPwn

    my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

  21. millard_spillmore

    Saw this coming a mile away. Big NHL on Outdoor Life Network vibes.

  22. RumRunner323

    Fanatics sucks, but I’m going to hold judgement until I see an “authentic” jersey. Yes the Fanatics jerseys right now are trash compared to the Adidas ones, but they’re not supposed to be the same quality, that’s why they’re cheaper.

    It’s a little concerning that with all these sports apparel manufacturers, no one wanted to sign so the league had to fall back to Fanatics who have never made on ice/field/court uniforms (from my knowledge) or high quality fan apparel in general.

    ETA: Apparently, Nike contracts Fanatics to make the official NFL and MLB unis for them. Those are pretty good quality, so there is some hope.

  23. CoopaClown

    “Fanatics said Tuesday it will manufacture the new NHL uniforms in Canada at the same factory that had been making the NHL’s on-ice uniforms for the last three decades. ”

    Honestly this kind of explains why Fanatics gear was previously cheap. I guess CCL, Adidas, etc. have been using the same facility and Fanatics previously wasn’t able to produce their own high quality product due to the contract. I’d expect the quality of the Fanatics jerseys to increase now.

  24. ripinpeace12

    I just wanted CCM. Was that such a big ask?

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