NHL announces new jersey provider beginning in 2024-25 season
The National Hockey League announced on Tuesday morning that they've reached a ten-year agreement with Fanatics to become their new jersey provider beginning for the 2024-25 season.
Fanatics has drawn heavy criticism from fans ever since they started making replica jerseys and official NHL merchandise in 2017. The quality of their jerseys are very poor, with specific details lacking when compared to adidas' uniforms. Back when Reebok was the uniform supplier for the NHL, there wasn't a big difference between their authentic and replica jerseys, other than the cost.
In their statement with the NHL, Fanatics CEO of Commerce Doug Mack said that there won't be any radical changes at first. It's unclear if he means in terms of the quality of the jerseys and their design or if there won't be any teams that will rebrand in the initial year of the switch.
Before the announcement with Fanatics, there have been several reports stating that a few teams were looking into a full rebrand, regardless of who the new provider was going to be. So it's something that we'll have to keep an eye on going into next summer and at the 2024 draft.
Many fans were hoping for either Nike or Under Armour to take over from adidas in 2024. Understandably, a ton of fans on Twitter are disappointed with the NHL's decision to go with Fanatics.
Are you happy with the NHL's move to Fanatics as the official jersey provider starting next year or would you have wanted a different manufacturer? Let us know your thought in the poll below.
Source: NHL.com
| POLL | ||
MARS 21 | 1 ANSWERS NHL announces new jersey provider beginning in 2024-25 season Are you happy with the NHL's move to Fanatics in 2024? | ||
| Yes | 0 | 0 % |
| No | 0 | 0 % |
| Nike or UA would have been better options | 0 | 0 % |
| LIST OF POLLS | ||
| G | A | PTS | ||
| Kyle Connor | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Alex Tuch | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Owen Power | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Michael Bunting | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Drew Helleson | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jirí Kulich | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Isac Lundestrom | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Vladislav Namestnikov | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Nino Niederreiter | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Gabriel Vilardi | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Jason Zucker | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Leo Carlsson | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Nikolaj Ehlers | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Ross Johnston | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Evgeni Malkin | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Josh Morrissey | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Cole Perfetti | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Bryan Rust | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Mark Scheifele | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Trevor Zegras | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Complete stats | ||||
| STANDINGS 2024-2025 | ||||||
TOP 10 | GP | W | L | OL | PTS | |
Jets | 20 | 17 | 3 | - | 34 | |
Wild | 19 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 29 | |
Hurricanes | 19 | 14 | 5 | - | 28 | |
Devils | 22 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 28 | |
Capitals | 19 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 27 | |
Golden Knights | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Maple Leafs | 20 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 26 | |
Rangers | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 25 | |
Panthers | 20 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 25 | |
Flames | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 25 | |
| Conference | Cumulative | ||||||