LAWeaver Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 The Three Striped Tire Tread is coming to an ice rink near you: http://www.tsn.ca/adidas-lands-nhl-jersey-deal-1.346839 @loganaweaver - Twitter / @loganaweaver - Instagram / Nike Vapor Untouchable Football Template / Logan's Logos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sodboy13 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I don't get it. They own CCM. They switched every other team and league they do business with over to CCM last season. They pulled the adidas brand out of the NBA, where there are many more higher-value opportunities for brand promotion. Why ditch that to slum it in the NHL, where your entire legacy is, what, a couple of seasons supplying the Oilers 30+ years ago? On 1/25/2013 at 1:53 PM, 'Atom said: For all the bird de lis haters I think the bird de lis isnt supposed to be a pelican and a fleur de lis I think its just a fleur de lis with a pelicans head. Thats what it looks like to me. Also the flair around the tip of the beak is just flair that fleur de lis have sometimes source I am from NOLA. PotD: 10/19/07, 08/25/08, 07/22/10, 08/13/10, 04/15/11, 05/19/11, 01/02/12, and 01/05/12. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportstar1212 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 A source told TSN that the deal would surely mean big changes to uniform designs, perhaps with Adidas’s familiar three-stripe trademark being added to some or all team jerseys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1insaneguy Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Well, now another league's jerseys will be flushed down the crapper by Adidas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 How many teams get the tire track treatment? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STL_ArchMadness Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Looks like I'll be soon buying some new NBA jersey's with Nike and staying away from NHL jerseys all together http://boards.sportslogos.net/topic/98633-2014-nfl-concept-expansion-series-dallas-cowboys/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw11333 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 The original 6 teams will be fine. Reebok tried to get rid of horizontal stripes, several owners would not let it happen.They'll incorporate their triple stripes on a lot of things, but few jerseys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GFB Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 If hockey/the NHL is a part of Adidas' long-term business strategy, why haven't they wrestled away the current uniform deal from their dying subsidiary that is Reebok at any point in the last 3 years? It just feels like a " it, who knows," move by Adidas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VikWings Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Just when the NHL is starting to look good again, save a few teams, Adidas is gonna come in and ruin it with 3 stripes and ads everywhere. It's gonna be edge all over again. The O6 and a few others will tell them to off while the rest will get tire tread garbage and 3 stripes and then will eventually come to their senses a few years down the line (well except for like the Avs and Sens). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuordr Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WSU151 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I doubt we'll see 3 stripes on the uniforms (okay, maybe one or two new designs). But Adidas's three stripes were only prominent on NBA warmup gear and not the actual uniforms. Plus, Adidas took over for Reebok in the NBA and there wasn't that much change. Luckily, the NHL doesn't have much warmup gear.And I doubt they go tech-fit or tire treads on the uniforms. The overall disdain for the Edge design is pretty widely known, and I'm pretty sure Adidas knows this. Smart is believing half of what you hear. Genius is knowing which half. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morgan33 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 If this results in another league wide re-branding debacle like in 2007, I will seriously consider not watching anymore. A uniform contract should not be an excuse to change everything attractive and interesting about a teams identity, but that's exactly what RBK did with nearly all of them. It's been eight years and just when uniforms have started to look respectable again, we get this horrible news . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berlin Wall Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 For me the NHL is the best looking sports league right now and made huge steps forward over the last decade. I hope that doesn't end up in a desaster. I'm a simple person, I have a pixelated David Beckham as profile photo since 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw11333 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I believe the owners of each team get the final say about their jersey's, so I do not think it will be as bad as everyone is making it out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldschoolvikings Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 http://dstewartpaint.blogspot.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanMcD29 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Could be worse. Could've been Warrior. Twitter: @RyanMcD29 // College Crosse: Where I write, chat, and infograph lacrosse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pabig Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 I like this. Adidas produces great quality products and that is what it should be about. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnWis97 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 A lot of the stories out there think that corporate ads are going to come along with this. The NBA and NHL are both too close...it's going to happen. CFL-style for now. Then we'll see. Disclaimer: If this comment is about an NBA uniform from 2017-2018 or later, do not constitute a lack of acknowledgement of the corporate logo to mean anything other than "the corporate logo is terrible and makes the uniform significantly worse." BADGERS TWINS VIKINGS TIMBERWOLVES WILD POTD (Shared) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cajunaggie08 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Adidas has had the NHL rights ever since they bought Reebok. I see it more as a brand shift than a supplier shift as Reebok is the crossfit brand now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJWalker45 Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Didn't the CFL use this pattern for their combine jerseys? Still read Reebok though. I'd expect something like thtee stripes up the sides of the practice jerseys and breezers. I wonder if they'll go the CFL route with Puma and put the logo on one front shoulder and the back of the neck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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