[bc-chris]

i was talking to an adidas sales rep guy yesterday and we chatted a bit about adidas getting the contract for the nhl jerseys

this was his take.....

thinks the jerseys will look awesome after seeing what they did with nfl jerseys (i don't watch nlf so i don't know if this is a good thing or a bag thing. i do know the seahawks now use neon green - ummm yea... you're not gonna sell me on that one ever! ha!)

has watched what adidas has been doing with sublimated jerseys and has seen some awesome looking stuff (currently this would be for minor hockey, beer leagues, etc)

now with the above being said, he doesn't think there will be huge crazy changes to nhl jerseys (the habs won't be going neon any time soon)

also does NOT think advertising on jerseys will be a go - just waaay too much opposition to it

i guess we'll now next year if he was right


i can tell you this - we just worked on a set of adidas jerseys - they were full sublimated jerseys except for the front logo - they wanted the traditional twill/embroidered front (so that's why we got them). they looked ok. the one thing i did notice is that the sleeve numbers were really high up on the arms - similar to the current team canada jerseys where the numbers are right up by the shoulder.