Adidas wins long-term deal to make uniforms for the 30 NHL teams, beginning 2017-18

[codynw]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

If ads get put on jersey's, I hope every single company that stains their crappy logo on an NHL jersey goes broke.

I hope the entire league folds if they put ads on jerseys.

[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by polak

Oooo I'm excited. I seem to recall many of you saying you'd never buy NHL jerseys with ads on them and the backlash I got when I said that there's pretty much no chance you stick to your word if you're already buying jerseys on the regular.

I can't wait to see the hilarious back tracking if the jersey ends up looking great or once the initial shock wears off and you end up wanting the new jersey like everyone else.

You're such an edgy young man.

[HOWITZER]

Moarrrr piping/stripes!

[dino7c]

I will buy the Chinese versions without the ads...

although some of those will have knock off ads lol

[codynw]

Originally Posted by dino7c

I will buy the Chinese versions without the ads...

although some of those will have knock off ads lol

Scotlabamk

[RM14]

I absolutely hate the idea if NHL jerseys with advertisements. That being said, the replica fan jersey's will likely not have the advertisements. Similar how the Stamps on field jerseys have two ad patches on them, yet when I buy a jersey from the stamps store, they are clean.

[Addick]

Originally Posted by codynw

I can't wait for NHL uniforms to look like this!

Allowing jersey sponsors doesn't mean it will end up like how it is in European hockey leagues. Kit sponsors have existed in English football for decades yet it hasn't resulted in the sponsor strewn shirts seen in South American football leagues.

[Toonage]

Dumb question, but do the CFL jerseys sold in stores have ads sewn onto them as well or just the jerseys the players wear?

Maybe that would be the case with NHL if ads begin to appear on jerseys. They'd be there on the ice, but the ones you buy wouldn't have them?

[btimbit]

If it was jersy ads like they have on practice jersey's and CFL jerseys, I suppose I could lice with it. I'll hate it and I hope it doesn't happen, but won't be the end of the world.

Doesn't Adidas own Reebok anyway? I wonder if there will be many changes. Wouldn't mind a Flames re-design though

[Stranger]

Surely with this extra revenue the teams will lower ticket prices to give back to the fans...

[Flames89]

Happy to know the Flames will finally get their long overdue redesign, but unhappy that it will be a non-hockey brand making the jerseys more streamlined and focus-group-approved

[polak]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

You're such an edgy young man.

yesir.

now go preorder the jersey you corporate slave.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by ComixZone

Why would Adidas spend all this money to release an identical jersey that most of their new installed fanbase already own? If they had that planned, why would they go through the bother of doubling their subsidiary's current deal?

They increased what they're paying because they were competing with Nike and Under Armour for the contract.

Last year, with the Canadian tv deal, we saw what happens when the incumbent doesn't put forward a competitive offer and a new player wants into the game and is willing to pay to get it.

[Benched]

Originally Posted by Stranger

Surely with this extra revenue the teams will lower ticket prices to give back to the fans...

[getbak]

It's funny, if the story had been written as, "the company that has been making the NHL's jerseys for years will continue to make the NHL's jerseys", people wouldn't have given it a second thought.

[codynw]

Originally Posted by getbak

It's funny, if the story had been written as, "the company that has been making the NHL's jerseys for years will continue to make the NHL's jerseys", people wouldn't have given it a second thought.

Yea but there's more to it than that, so I don't know what you're trying to say.

I bet all 30(+?) teams have new jerseys in 2016-17.

[Iveman]

During a meeting of NHL team presidents in New York last year, league officials estimated they might raise $4 million per team – or $120 million annually – by allowing corporate sponsors to put their logos front and centre on jerseys.

Is that $4 million per team per year?

Flames can pay Jiri Hudlers contract while making 90% of fans mad and not buying jerseys.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by codynw

Yea but there's more to it than that, so I don't know what you're trying to say.

I bet all 30(+?) teams have new jerseys in 2016-17.

I'm saying that the same company that has been making the jerseys for years will still be making the jerseys.

Adidas is Reebok is CCM.

[btimbit]

Same company sure but I'm sure there will be some design changes beyond just the logo

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by getbak

It's funny, if the story had been written as, "the company that has been making the NHL's jerseys for years will continue to make the NHL's jerseys", people wouldn't have given it a second thought.

edit: Oh I get it, saw your second post.