Almost two years ago, the news broke that Adidas won a long-term deal to make jerseys for every NHL team, and that deal begins next season.
Obviously everyone is anxious to see what NHL jerseys will look like with Adidas making them, but 13 fanbases will be a little more curious than the rest.
Thursday, Chris Creamer of sportslogos.net reported that 13 NHL teams will be getting new uniform designs for the 2017-18 season, three of which are reportedly Canadian teams.
"The teams we were told to expect some changes to are the Boston Bruins, Buffalo Sabres, Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, Columbus Blue Jackets, Dallas Stars, Edmonton Oilers, Florida Panthers, Minnesota Wild, Nashville Predators, New Jersey Devils, and the Ottawa Senators."
The 13th team is the Vegas Golden Knights, but they would be getting a new jersey regardless due to the fact the 2017-18 season is their first in the NHL.
Now, the nature of the changes hasn't been revealed, but as per Creamer, he doesn't expect them to be major:
"Let’s make this clear right away, these changes could be very minor, even as minor as just an already existing alternate uniform being “promoted” to a full-time home uniform (as we know is the case Edmonton). We’re expecting almost all of these to be no more than just a few tweaks to their design. Unlike the switch to Reebok for the 2007-08 season, none of these uniform changes will be accompanied by a new primary team logo."
So, with a lot of time between now and when the new jerseys are expected to be revealed (just prior June 23rd at the NHL entry draft), what changes do you want to see these teams' jerseys?
Let us know by tweeting us @BarDown and be sure to follow Chris Creamer on Twitter for all jersey related updates.
(H/T: sportslogos.net)
