2021-2022 NHL Thread

[Nik]

NHL sent a memo updating vaccination requirements to its teams: "Any person whose job, role, position or access entails or entitles them to have personal interactions (within 12 feet) with Club Hockey Operations personnel (including Players) are required to be Fully Vaccinated."

— Elliotte Friedman (@FriedgeHNIC) August 13, 2021

[Heroic Shrimp]

Unvaccinated NHLers risk being left behind on road trips and losing paychecks if they get infected, the NHLPA has warned | @RussoHockey & @KatieJStrang ⤵️https://t.co/oJtzTsc5F9

— The Athletic NHL (@TheAthleticNHL) August 14, 2021

[herman]

BREAKING: @NHL owners have approved jersey patches for the 2022-23 season. 3-inch x 3.5-inch ad space, so slightly bigger than the @NBA patches.

More from me and @soshnick 👇https://t.co/4zhrR8g4H5

— Eben Novy-Williams (@novy_williams) August 17, 2021

pic.twitter.com/H80FrLgBhc

— birky (@b1rky) August 17, 2021

MLSE just has to now.

[L K]

What a shock.   I can’t wait until the jerseys look like  Europe. 

[herman]

pic.twitter.com/LlSCaU3zWf

— Kevin Lee (@BringBackLee) August 17, 2021

Dang this one is good too

[Peter D.]

Ads on jerseys was inevitable, but still effin’ gross.

[Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate]

Ads on jerseys was inevitable, but still effin’ gross.

Sure is.  But hey, I'm a suckerloser and greed is good, right?

[Arn]

What a shock.   I can’t wait until the jerseys look like  Europe.

You get used to it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[CarltonTheBear]

Call me naive, but I don't see the NHL ever going full-European style hockey jerseys in regards to ads. The NBA has started to do ads on their jerseys. Correct me if I'm wrong, lots of soccer/football leagues have ads on their jerseys. Neither of them have gone overboard with full head-to-toe ad placements. So I don't get why jerseys from a Swiss hockey league are typically seen as the standard for this. When the game is actually going on I really don't think you even notice this kind of stuff. Especially when the players are surrounded by ads on the ice/boards/stands anyway. So a big ol' meh here, at least from me.

[Frank E]

Doesn't bother me at all. 

[herman]

Nathan MacKinnon seeing the Avalanche jersey ad pic.twitter.com/Lkt7goiGv1

— Petrov McGuire (@McguirePetrov) August 17, 2021

[Arn]

I actually think from an advertising point of view one patch is more effective.

In our early days we only had one main sponsor on the shirt, Harp Lager, and one on the shoulder patches

Belfast Giants Game-worn Jerseys.

A thread.

This is a season one (2000-2001) home game worn. Let’s see if we can get a picture of every jersey from every season. Please RT to include as many fans as we can. Must be close to 100. #GiantsGamers pic.twitter.com/lddQoAbqmd

— Davy (@Davy_McG) December 20, 2020

Now we have this

SIGNING ANNOUNCEMENT 🚨

David Goodwin is back 👊#GiantsReborn pic.twitter.com/HknqNAq7RE

— Belfast Giants (@BelfastGiants) August 4, 2021

And I couldn't tell you who 90% of the sponsors even are

[CarltonTheBear]

I actually think from an advertising point of view one patch is more effective.

In our early days we only had one main sponsor on the shirt, Harp Lager, and one on the shoulder patches

And I couldn't tell you who 90% of the sponsors even are

That feels like another reason why we won't see NHL teams get flooded with ads on their jerseys. A team like Belfast or teams in the Swiss league probably take on a boatload of ads from local companies and I'd assume the team doesn't get paid a ton for each one but they add up to a decent profit. But here most NHL teams will partner with one or two big brands (like the Leafs with Scotia) and those companies will pay NHL teams more not only to have their ads on the jersey but also for exclusivity rights to block other companies from getting placements.

Side note, Harp is one of my favourite beers.

[Bullfrog]

Doesn't bother me at all.

me neither.

[CarltonTheBear]

How has Jack Eichel not been traded yet?