Buy the licensed shirts and hats and other knick-knacks, but when they decide to come down substantially on player uni's, then i'll buy those licensed. I won't gripe or complain, but then again my team is not in the hunt to be moved anywhere anytime soon. If the knock off looks great and fits the wallet, i'll wear it with no shame. As you can plainly see, these Jerseys were born out of a concept created by DC Visual Arts, which I posted on the blog in June. Not only have they ripped off the jersey designs — which, let's be honest, are not all that original in the first place, but rather based on historical sweaters — but they've even used the guy's Winter Classic logo. Quakers-based Flyers concepts have been all over the place as have white Rangers jerseys with the logo instead of the wordmark on the front. You can see lots on the Icethetics Concepts page alone. Look, if it comes down to someone just wanting a physical representation of their own design, there are legitimate ways to go about it. But let's call this what it is. These boneheads are saying they're "authentic" just to make a buck. It's embarrassing. As with the Jets, I'm not saying these designs could not possibly be similar to the 2012 Winter Classic Jersey, but simple fact is, the event hasn't officially been announced yet. We know from the schedule that the Flyers will host the Rangers in the elements on the afternoon of Jan. 2, but who knows whether they'll even have new retro jerseys. In fact, both teams are already wearing throwbacks on a regular basis. My goal here isn't to be a downer. I'm just trying to help you separate what's real from what's not. You don't have to buy it, but I have offered evidence. And just understand that if/when any NHL uniform design does leak, it certainly won't be coming from an illegitimate Chinese company that makes lousy knock-offs. Some final thoughts: If you're the sort of person who's eager to hand his money over to an illegal business for a fake NHL Jerseys, then you lose the right to complain when your team has a shitty season or the owner does anything you don't like — be it snubbing a high-value player or not fixing up a run-down arena. It just makes you a hypocrite. Buy officially licensed merchandise and support your team. That's my bit. Everyone complaining about people buying fake jerseys and not supporting their team, well here is the reason I do it. I play hocket 3-6 times a week, a good number of those times I am wearing my own jersey. I am also a goalie. If the NHL made an affordable Cheap Jerseys that actually fit goalies than I would buy one. Do you know how hard it is to get a legitimate Halak goalie cut 3rd jersey made? Oh well basically impossible. Reason being, Reebok wont sell their jerseys in goalie cut with a team logo on it, and you can't find the front logo anywhere to sew on either. So that means you have to spend $70 for a Chinese made Reebok goalie cut jersey, then $80 for the name/number kit. Then around $70 to get the logo custom made. Or I can get the Chinese made knock-off that isn't perfect, but I can then cut it open on the sides and arms and extend it for $15 to get it to fit over my equipment and not feel bad about "ruining" a good jersey. If the NHL had any sort of affordable jerseys I'd buy them instead of the fake ones (I do own real ones as well). If they sold a jersey with a name/number for $70-80 I'd buy it in a second. In fact I'd buy a few and NHL would be making more money. I truly believe that in this case lowering your prices would increase profits. For the $30-40 more for the legitimate jersey over the knock-off NHL would cut into the counterfeit business. And people like myself would be able to afford more MLB Jerseys and not just the odd "treat" once every 5 years.
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