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With shittier Quality Control. I never had an issue with anything coming from the Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu facility. We trusted it so much that only one employee had to sign off on stuff from there. Stuff from the one in Indianapolis was always checked by two (or more) employees. In my last few months working for the team shop, every single shipment from SLD had some items that were messed up and should not have passed QC checks. We had so much stuff waiting on RMAs from them, that we made a section in the warehouse just for it.

I doubt it'll be any earlier than July 1st, as Adidas doesn't take over until then IIRC.

Here's two NE patches, one from single packaging, and one from bulk packaging (where they sell us stacks of 100 without the cardboard backing). The underlying fabric is different, they're cut differently, the colors are different and QC appears to be abhorrent across both sets. (see the pull in the individual, and there are plenty of inconsistencies across the batch set that I can share as well) Bottom is from individual packaging, top is from bulk. Both came in the same box from NE.

Just saw this, sorry. This is a size 46 so the sizing might be a bit funny.

I wouldn't be surprised if there's no vendors that get the numbers correct. Almost no one on the retail side of things cares about the look of premiers as long as they're "close enough." Trying to get an RMA for something like this would be a pain in the Arse... But you're right, these are way too dark.

I'm not allowed to say where we got them from, or how (but they didn't tell me I can't confirm we have them or post pictures... so here we are). Sorry. No, as others have said, on ice will likely be embroidered. These are for premiers. I wouldn't be surprised if on ice numbers have some other gimmick to them, like last year's, but that's a total guess.

We got kits in earlier this week, I don't have access to them anymore though, they're all out getting stitched on.

Not everyone (read: every team) wants the patch. I'm sure that didn't help matters. Oh, also, the blame doesn't lie on NE. They're normally well prepared for this type of stuff.

Because NE is taking forever to get these out to retailers in any meaningful quantities. I've had some on order for both the store, and a personal order for myself since about a week before they were (officially) announced to the public, and still no shipping info. Last I talked to them, my ship date was the end of January, so we'll see. Everything was a rush job with these. I heard something about some letterers not getting enough for team sets at first-- this is totally unconfirmed though, but interesting if true.

Eh, I wish that were true. I've had arguments with some in the front office about what is "Good enough" in terms of logo production on stuff. It's hard for me to believe the team will do anything about it when the Director of Merchandising doesn't/didn't (I hope she's learned by now...) know what an "Authentic" jersey is, and cares more about getting lululemon to make stuff to sell... I could go into detail, but it's fairly easy to identify me from my posts and I rather like my job. I will admit, there are a select few who care almost as much as we do, but they may not be in much of a position to say anything -- my hopes lie in the lap of Troy Parchman. Again, I hope I'm wrong. I love the detail in the Hawk's crest. But not every team has that same detail & history holding them up from going to a sublimated/screened "light-weight" crest. If the rest of the league does it, why would Adidas make an exception for just one team? And if it provides a legitimate performance benefit, why would the Blackhawks say no, simply for nostalgia's sake? Sublimation makes much more sense for a pro jersey. I'm not sure that my source would even know the difference between it and screen printing (hence the "very nice" comment... those were their words, not mine), but I'll try and get them to elaborate. That does make this ebay one more interesting, though.

I wouldn't keep your hopes up. Hope I'm wrong, as I agree, I love the detail in the Hawk's crest. I'm sure hoping they did, much like with the Fanatics women's 3/4 sleeve ridiculousness. What worries me is that we haven't heard anything about that yet, and it's almost time to order for next season already. (At least, with Reebok's time frame... Jan/Feb order for a Aug/Sept. delivery without paying rush fees)

The important part here is the crest... Yes, that's a screen print. No, it's not exclusive to the Pens, or just practice jerseys. I've been told its a "very nice, high-quality print," for whatever that's worth. I doubt they carry over the three stripe design to all the gamers, but I haven't heard anything about that.

The promo shots are usually Reebok made. I believe gamers will still be CSL but Im not 100% sure on that.

Awesome, thanks!

How can you tell? As I don't have a ton of experience looking for kiss cut, I'm not all that sure what to look for... The only thing I can sort of see is that the numbers have rigidity when the surrounding fabric is bending in a way that the sample did not.

Coming back to this, the sample that got furthest was same font but kiss cut numbers. I wasn't much a fan of it, as the twill CSL was using is quite flimsy. I can maybe get pictures up of a premier style sample if anyone is curious enough. I still haven't heard what the team decided, and I can't seem to find any on-ice pictures that would confirm/deny it. FWIW, we continue to receive normal stacked lettering at the Flagship Store and at the UC.

Just overheard that Fanatics will not have the god awful 3/4 sleeve on the Ladies' cut. Apparently they did market testing, but somehow forgot to ask the teams (who all appear to be against it, thankfully)

Shame that they were leaked, the original plan was a (joint?) unveiling during last nights game. Which, given how fun the game was to watch, would've been that much more fun. In any case, this year's WC premiers appear to be better made than the normal premiers. Hawks ones have the ribbed crewneck collar, the stitched tomahawks and more detail stitching in the crest -- not close to Edges or Indos, but still nicer. Still the same premier material though. Those Blues ones look sharp, and the felt is dope. Can you confirm whether or not the patches appeared to be National Emblem made? They won't answer my question as to their source, but they claimed on Twitter the only way to get a jersey with an "Authentic Patch" was through them. If they're not offering Edges (or even Indos), this makes me wonder....

Heh. I assume you've been unfortunate enough to do so? Also 48 MOQ would be awesome, but it'd be much higher if it's to the States.

FWIW, there was another design... Also, the I didn't mind the materials/construction of these premiers in comparison to the "normal" ones, but I can't go into details yet.

Yep. Customization is correct.

The penalty is fairly small compared to other penalties I've seen. They release to more and more shops, earlier and earlier. They don't do a good job of having the web-retail people understand not to put it online, because people WILL find it even if not yet listed. Also, everyone wants to be the "cool guy" who shares info with their friends. We've had a few leaks this way, too. Not sure how this affects the original timeline, but will say it's not more than a couple weeks earlier than what people could/should have expected for the official release.

Heh. Not surprised it leaked. You didn't see it from me Theres small differences between it and the 15 classic ones but same basic look. Really curious how the edges will look in terms of crest stitchig(still chain/row stitched?)

You mean after they're sorted by team alphabetically, right?

Since it's the only public thing (and therefore, I can post it) so far... Coming Soon. (excuse the terrible crop, I didn't mind my background when taking photo)