Wow. I am extremely disappointed. These look disgusting. I just got my hands on a new Blackhawks jersey, and I have to return it. The quality and appearance is nowhere near to how great the Reebok Jerseys were, even adidas. I thought the adidas jerseys were bad, but at least with those you can actually see the quality. If I wanted to buy a jersey this ugly, I would buy a bootleg from Ali baba.
I know the goal for fanatics was to make a jersey that is friendlier to folding, but come on, the patches and quality looks so so bad. The margins on these things must be ridiculously good.
I am deeply disappointed in the route the NHL took, and all I can do is laugh at how terrible of a job that fanatics did. I’m going to return it this weekend.
Anyways, that’s my rant for the day. What are everyone else’s thoughts?
Edit: Here is a link to the photos https://imgur.com/a/7Ysr7cg
by Tough-Arugula
29 Comments
Thinking I won’t buy one until the partnership changes
Funny enough the bootleg alibaba ones are often excellent quality and indistinguishable from the real thing. At least that’s been the case every time I’ve bought soccer jerseys.
I also received my Bedard jersey in the mail and I will be returning it. I’m extremely disappointed with these Jerseys. I’ll get one of those T-Shirt jerseys instead…
How much do they cost ?
Waiting for the Aho extension (🤞🏻) before buying his jersey but I will be scouring eBay or stores that still have the adidas ones. I don’t care for the quality of the fanatics ones, and if I’m going to drop $$ on a jersey I want it to be solid quality.
10 years of saving cash not buying jerseys.
“FRIENDLIER TO ****FOLDING!?”****
A proper jersey is easy to fold so if THAT is their excuse for poor quality I’d rather the CEO just say “no we skimp in quality. Fans can fuck off!”
I’m worried about next season
I am really curious to see how the authentic Fanatics jerseys look next year because the Fanatics replicas are god awful.
Why is that a goal? Friendly folding what the fuck? That’s just an excuse for cheap. Don’t buy Fanatics jerseys.
I’ll just have to search for deadstock apparel now that fanatics has taken over
I’d return a Blackhawk’s jersey too
Dude will you PLEASE post some pictures. My bf and I keep talking about if we’re going to buy one or not, as some of the players we like, would be cheaper to buy fanatics than a custom adidas or Reebok. Thanks !
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Stop buying fanatics shit until December.
Simple rule: If you paid less than $270 for it, it’s not authentic, and you get what you pay for…also, sometimes you still get screwed buying online.
Am I the only one that had an issue with fanatics jerseys? Like all the way back to 2018 I have never had an issue with any jersey I got. I also find them to be comfortable
NHL has suddenly dropped Fanatics in favor of Alibaba to supply jerseys.
Funny enough fanatics actually “makes” the adidas ones too. They are made the same place and they just license the logo out and slap it on.
So the new fanatics one for the next decade will be exactly the same quality, proves they can do it for same margins they just choose not to. Shit company.
I’m sure I’ll be downvoted but I have an adidas and fanatics canes jersey and I prefer the fanatics most of the time. It looks fine and is way more comfortable. It’s not like I’m suiting up to play.
Fanatics jerseys are terrible. The Adidas were $50 more. They aren’t phenomenal either but far better than Fanatics imo
OP is that one of the breakaway jerseys??
Rather buy like 4 alibaba jerseys that suck ass then one that sucks ass
All their products are horrible.
Why would anyone want to fold a jersey. They are damn expensive and should be hung up. I have never even though to try and fold one of my jerseys
Are fanatics NHL jerseys the equivalent of NBA swingman jerseys? Are the NHL jerseys that say “primegreen” the best ones?
Im buying all 3 Hawks jerseys this year to have before Fanatics takes over.
That’s why I’m loading up on Adidas Jerseys (the ones I can find on sale) to survive the coming dark age
Fanatcis doesnt take over jersey production until the 24-25 season. You’re talking as if these are the new fanatcis jerseys the players will wear. Id recommend not being a cheap fuck and buying the official adidas jerseys which are incredible, ive never seen a authentic one thats bad.
Ya I bought one recently I was very very disappointed. Gone are the days of only being able to purchase an authentic hockey jersey that was over $200. These are just skimpy crap material
Can you elaborate for someone with no eyes for this stuff? Personally I bought a fanatics jersey and I don’t really see much wrong with it, but again I don’t know what good looks like.