As long as it isn't Nike. What a joke the recent Olympic jerseys were, my god.
Really, I'd like the rights to slide to a different company entirely, but if Adidas brings some different eyes to the table instead of letting Reebok do the legwork and just slapping their logo on it, then I think it's a good move for hockey fans. Adidas has less of a passion for "flash" than a company like Nike for the most part, and is fairly good at representing classic lines and cuts for a lot of their products. Would NHL jerseys be a part of that? Maybe, maybe not. But at this point the Flames especially could use a really iconic jersey. The only things we've had anywhere close is the 80's and 04 jersey.
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