I've seen mid-2000's Chinese knockoff apparel that had higher quality than the trash coming out of the Fanatics factories.
Beyond the piping, they have all the creativity and pop of a practice jersey.Worst era of NHL jerseys ever. I mean the piping looks awful. View attachment 885805
Just freaking awful.Beyond the piping, they have all the creativity and pop of a practice jersey.
Dishonorable mention to Dallas's edge jerseys. No piping, but also about as bland as a communion wafer. These and the Oilers Edges are probably my least favorite uniforms of all time.
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The Buffaslug pre-dated the Edge transition, but forgettable is a very kind way to describe it.Piping-palooza wasn’t kind to a few teams’ looks.
The Avs and Oilers were already mentioned.
I personally think the Sabres Buffaslug era was forgettable.
These two were also not spared from vertical piping-palooza.
I suppose a Thank You to Adidas is in order for restoring some of the teams back to better sets.
You’re right. Buffaslug first made their appearance during that CCM 550/RBK 6100 transition year. (I just remember they had the vector logos on the back when they debuted)The Buffaslug pre-dated the Edge transition, but forgettable is a very kind way to describe it.
I hope it doesn't reach Euro jersey level. I know we’ve all seen those garish jerseys.Are they adding more ads to the jerseys? I’m worried they are just gonna slowly keep adding ads each year until they look like those trash euro jerseys.
Thats pretty BS when the jerseys were still made in the same factory.Reebok claimed they lacked the manufacturing capability to make the star pattern. So a "design" had to be clip-art thrown together at the last second. Talk about something that will be nostalgia-proof.
Me too, I hate the collars, especially on the Habs’ home jersey.I saw a post in the business forum about Fanatics will continue to make Adidas jerseys for the 2024-25 season..
This means the collars will still look the same..
I know I hate the way Adidas jerseys look, especially the collars..
So I know the jerseys will still look the same despite Fanatics taking over next year.
Are they adding more ads to the jerseys? I’m worried they are just gonna slowly keep adding ads each year until they look like those trash euro jerseys.
Worst era of NHL jerseys ever. I mean the piping looks awful. View attachment 885805
Buffalo had SOOOO many misses during this time period. They literally did everything they could to avoid the inevitable return the their OG look and colours and released every version under the sun until 2021.You’re right. Buffaslug first made their appearance during that CCM 550/RBK 6100 transition year. (I just remember they had the vector logos on the back when they debuted)
But, yikes. Someone mentioned the RBK era were basically glorified practice jerseys. Poor Buffalo got the brunt of that “practice jersey” treatment.
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Those were silly enough.
They went on to mess up the return to the classic Sabres jersey by adding superfluous piping and the wrong shade of blue.
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RBK missed the mark on these for me so much that I considered Buffalo wordmark jersey to be an improvement.
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Honorable mention. But I think most of us jersey nerds have purged the Buffalo banana monstrosity from our collective memories.
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I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the colors of the Buffaslug era. They work well. It’s just Buffalo moving away from their royal blue shade to a more darker navy was a questionable move.Buffalo had SOOOO many misses during this time period. They literally did everything they could to avoid the inevitable return the their OG look and colours and released every version under the sun until 2021.
I should also add the Buffalsug IMO is a good jersey with good colours, the reverse retro was a beautiful.
those nashville ones were a killer...Piping-palooza wasn’t kind to a few teams’ looks.
The Avs and Oilers were already mentioned.
I personally think the Sabres Buffaslug era was forgettable.
These two were also not spared from vertical piping-palooza.
I suppose a Thank You to Adidas is in order for restoring some of the teams back to better sets.
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