Fanatics has long been the NHL's source of fanware, supplying most clothing items such as t-shirts, sweatshirts, hats, and more. While they have quite the grip on major league sports fanware, they will also soon have the sole manufacturing rights to the NHL's jerseys.
This comes after the NHL announced it would not be renewing its jersey manufacturing deal with its current partner, Adidas, who has by all accounts been an amazing manufacturer.
Fans are worried about the impending dip in quality among NHL jerseys and for good reason.
As fans have begun to receive their Stanley Cup Champions merchandise, a common theme is being noticed. The quality control on most of these items is absolute garbage. Take a look for yourself.
The images speak for themselves. This is just truly awful work by Fanatics and something they should be ashamed of.
The NHL and their fans deserve better, but Gary Bettman doesn't care.
As Seen on Blade of Steel - NHL fans already upset after Fanatics ruins Stanley Cup merchandise showing just how bad the deal is
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23 JUIN | 99 ANSWERS Fans Outraged Over Quality of Fanatics NHL Merch Should the NHL drop Fanatics? | ||
Yes | 87 | 87.9 % |
No | 12 | 12.1 % |
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