Teams better up their equipment budget. They will need to replace them every other game.
lightning_teacher_11
Perhaps Fanatics will up their quality. Haha.
R_O_Bison
Wow the NHL is really leaning into the budget sport meme if only the tickets were budget.
IndividualCup7311
What the fuck
zappygrl
Noooooo. 10 years š
TheHockeyGeek
Next up, fighting ban so the uniform survives the game.
Glowinthedarkpants07
WTF! WHY
kdavis0660
eBay baby!!šŖā”ļøEven found some of the past Reeboks. Got all my authentics from them in great condition for half the price. Just gotta be patient and research.
Inflorida17
I wanted **NIKE** so bad.
riotide
Thanks for saving me money Bettman, very cool.
Maverick_Raptor
Damn it NO. So tired of their dumb site and crap clothes
Allatura19
Fanatics couldāve purchased a legacy hockey label like Bauer, CCM, etc and use that as their hockey brand, and we wouldāve loved it like the lemmings we are.
CespedesBrokenAnkle
God no. Good fucking no. Lemme go buy every Lightning adidas jersey there is
captaincrispi
Fanatics is trash
JBurlison92
Looks like my Hedman jersey is gonna be my forever jersey. Their stuff sucks, and if you order something they won’t let you get a cash refund without taking 10%, so they hold your money hostage too.
The-Machinist-
Just made sure I will not buy another jersey, especially after the patches fell off the last Fanatics jersey, sitting in the closet.
Absinthe_86
Gross.
Maywestpie
But does that mean the soft looking dimpled texture on the shoulders will be gone? It looks like good quality paper towels and I legit love it.
shayna16
shayna16
TEN FUCKING YEARS?!
RaysBoltsBucs84
Fanatics is wet hot trash. This is a sad day. Fanatics knows they can continue to produce straight garbage because they own the market. Itās is very apparent that no one in professional sports or fanatics corporate is listening to these endless customer complaints about the awful quality of their products.
gekkohs
Weāre living in a true hellscape
StrikingClassroom809
Fanatics is such trash
Geniusxavi
Welp well looks like Iām stocking up on adidas jerseys then
toolschism
Honestly, at this point might as well just buy a knockoff from fucking aliexpress. They may get the colors a shade wrong but hell it’s still better quality than a fucking fanatics ~~sweater~~ roll of toilet paper.
OldGuyInFlorida
I haven’t purchased a jersey in a very long time. But I have a few scattered thoughts on this:
Fanatics is doing something similar with MLB & NBA. How have those league’s fan apparel fared?
Very few naming/branding deals run the full (ten year) term. Who can predict what “Fanatics, Inc.” will be called in ten years?
The owner, Micahel Rubin, seems to have made his billions with outlet-quality e-commerce. We might order our next Bolts sweaters from “[ShopPremiumOutlets.com](https://ShopPremiumOutlets.com)!”
Let’s hope the players won’t have to wear the exact same merch we poor schleppers would buy.
In ten years, every piece of clothing will be sold by TJ Maxx anyway.
clem82
Iāve gotten 2 fanatics jerseys, Iām not too concerned
LeanMrfuzzles
Leave it to the NHL to go with a shitty FAN APPAREL company for on ice jerseys instead of an established hockey brand. FFS.
CKGator42
This is awful.
Not a good look for the NHL that they couldn’t get an actual manufacturer of sports apparel and had to go with this BS-knockoff-crap supplier. Ugh.
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well, that was easy.
Now the players get to suffer just like us!
Teams better up their equipment budget. They will need to replace them every other game.
Perhaps Fanatics will up their quality. Haha.
Wow the NHL is really leaning into the budget sport meme if only the tickets were budget.
What the fuck
Noooooo. 10 years š
Next up, fighting ban so the uniform survives the game.
WTF! WHY
eBay baby!!šŖā”ļøEven found some of the past Reeboks. Got all my authentics from them in great condition for half the price. Just gotta be patient and research.
I wanted **NIKE** so bad.
Thanks for saving me money Bettman, very cool.
Damn it NO. So tired of their dumb site and crap clothes
Fanatics couldāve purchased a legacy hockey label like Bauer, CCM, etc and use that as their hockey brand, and we wouldāve loved it like the lemmings we are.
God no. Good fucking no. Lemme go buy every Lightning adidas jersey there is
Fanatics is trash
Looks like my Hedman jersey is gonna be my forever jersey. Their stuff sucks, and if you order something they won’t let you get a cash refund without taking 10%, so they hold your money hostage too.
Just made sure I will not buy another jersey, especially after the patches fell off the last Fanatics jersey, sitting in the closet.
Gross.
But does that mean the soft looking dimpled texture on the shoulders will be gone? It looks like good quality paper towels and I legit love it.
TEN FUCKING YEARS?!
Fanatics is wet hot trash. This is a sad day. Fanatics knows they can continue to produce straight garbage because they own the market. Itās is very apparent that no one in professional sports or fanatics corporate is listening to these endless customer complaints about the awful quality of their products.
Weāre living in a true hellscape
Fanatics is such trash
Welp well looks like Iām stocking up on adidas jerseys then
Honestly, at this point might as well just buy a knockoff from fucking aliexpress. They may get the colors a shade wrong but hell it’s still better quality than a fucking fanatics ~~sweater~~ roll of toilet paper.
I haven’t purchased a jersey in a very long time. But I have a few scattered thoughts on this:
Fanatics is doing something similar with MLB & NBA. How have those league’s fan apparel fared?
Very few naming/branding deals run the full (ten year) term. Who can predict what “Fanatics, Inc.” will be called in ten years?
The owner, Micahel Rubin, seems to have made his billions with outlet-quality e-commerce. We might order our next Bolts sweaters from “[ShopPremiumOutlets.com](https://ShopPremiumOutlets.com)!”
Let’s hope the players won’t have to wear the exact same merch we poor schleppers would buy.
In ten years, every piece of clothing will be sold by TJ Maxx anyway.
Iāve gotten 2 fanatics jerseys, Iām not too concerned
Leave it to the NHL to go with a shitty FAN APPAREL company for on ice jerseys instead of an established hockey brand. FFS.
This is awful.
Not a good look for the NHL that they couldn’t get an actual manufacturer of sports apparel and had to go with this BS-knockoff-crap supplier. Ugh.
What the fuck