Fanatics Officially Take Over as Jersey Provider, Ducks/Kings Rebrand, Game 7 Ratings

[@BoyNamedSue4]

I love that the Ducks went all in with Orange County. No pretending to be LA’s little brother. No Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. This is Orange County’s Team. Period.

[@Mr.Quinlan888]

I can't stand the Los Angeles Angels name change they did a few years back. Like what the f*ck!? Orange County is not LA.

[@Winterb0rn88]

@@Mr.Quinlan888 Arte Moreno is a clown and is the worst thing to ever happen to the Angels.

[@GizmoBeach]

@@Mr.Quinlan888 Since the name change they’ve had ZERO winning seasons, unlike the original Los Angeles Angels who had two in four years, after a surprising 70-91 debut in 1961. They had the most success as Anaheim Angels, but sure let’s go away from that. 🙄

[@mao4936]

Not to mention, Anaheim Angels sound really good as a name and they mangled it!

[@Spanluver]

Ok rich boy do you live in Newport Beach like Shaq? Nothing but million dollar yachts line this one particular strip of Newport Beach.

[@joeya8721]

Congratulations to the Los Angeles Kings for spending two years and $25 million to create the logo & jersey they already had.

[@22bmain]

Really a dumb move!! I'm still a fan of the purple & gold. (ROYALTY)

[@shawklan27]

​@@22bmain preach plus if they've went purple and gold full time it might grow the reach of the brand outside of the hockey market because of it's ties to the lakers.

[@joeya8721]

@@shawklan27 Lakers are forum blue n gold because of the kings (colors of royalty, same owner when kings established)

[@juanpeace3y2d]

All that to make a "new font" and "redesigning" the crown. You think that's wild look up pepsi branding costs for a circle lol, I swear brandin/marketing companies are crazy BS lol

[@KevinWindsor1971]

Jack Kent Cooke put both the Lakers and KIngs in the purple and gold color scheme in the 1960's He named the purple color Forum Blue.

[@aidenroqz]

I like the new Duck unis. A 3rd jersey with the white and green colorway like the Mighty Ducks to commemorate their legacy would be fantastic and nostalgic for us 90s kids.

[@estellegrignon]

I've never seen anyone complain that the Red Wings' all-red uniforms is too much red: I'm sure once we get used to it, the all-orange Ducks look is gonna be more than fine. Plus, black pants would just make them look like the Flyers too much

[@voodoo2plus1]

This.

[@BoyNamedSue4]

Awesome to hear the ducks have such a good working relationship with you.

[@lawrencebarone3457]

I miss CCM jerseys

[@CraigMcConnell-pk9wm]

Were those Maska brand?

[@Newbobdole]

CCM material is robust & they’re the quintessential hockey jersey - but the cut of the Adidas actually fits me better, with decent quality material I have no hope for Fanatics to improve over either earlier brand

[@Oldtymehockey67]

Congrats to Glen Sather on his retirement! I still have old game programs from when he played on the Edmonton Oil Kings with some friends of my family back in the early-mid 60’s. One tough player!!

[@ryanw2544]

The production cost for anything Purple are insane. I'm not shocked at all that teams are dropping that color.

[@TheFusionmix]

Some things haven't changed since the Phoenicians, I guess.

@@TheFusionmixThe Phoenician Coyotes?

[@sameold5050]

Purple is just pink with a tighter grip. 😁

[@32a34a]

Many moons ago when I played hockey as a youngster they would put corduroy patches on the elbows. What they didn't realize is how good those patches were when you wanted to rub your elbows into somebody's face. Lots of raspberries and strawberries from this.

[@LSA30]

Wish the Kings jerseys had purple. Their RR 1.0 was perfect, that should have been the rebrand!

[@Avaholic96]

The Ducks new unis are INCREDIBLE. I love the orange, I love the classic logo. Perfection.

[@EskimowSC]

Stars Fan checking in; I'm loving the return of the Duck Mask with the new orange, white, black, and gold colours. I really hope they run the Purple+Teal as a third alternate, but goddamn. Anaheim ducks are back having the best logo in the league, hands down. I'm so glad the duck mask is back.

[@shanew5957]

Supposedly they will have 4 tiers according to Brodie Brazil Authentic Pro- official on ice jerseys made in Canada and haven't been available to fans for 10 years. Premium- Equal to the highest level of retail jerseys that exist now Breakaway- Lighter material with flexible shields and patches that can be folded Practice- Newly designed practice jerseys that will be sold at retail

[@SteveMcbrain]

The preds need a rebrand, add some more blue, change the shoulders or something

[@mdwm1981]

Im a fan of the numbering on the new Ducks jerseys

[@user-vc7ps6tk8i]

I wish the Panthers would go back to the leaping cat. Still, the Adidas 2021 and 2022 reverse retros were 🔥

[@_KRose]

When you have a logo as incredibly good as that OG Ducks logo, you really don't have to do much to it. Just bring it back and update it a little - which is what they've done. That said, I am kind of glad the webbed D has been kept as a shoulder patch and not completely discarded.

[@PowerPackers90]

Ducks fan from Wisconsin. Leaks ruined the reveal but still happy the iconic "Mighty Ducks" logo is back. Wish it was eggplant and jade. But I still like them overall. I'm for sure getting the white jersey. that looks really sick.

[@e-c-dia]

Happy you dont hate the DUCKS anymore SHANNON! we love having you as one of our Spokemen!! ahaha

[@Alexirongatewelding]

To this day the Reebok jerseys were revolutionary.

[@TheHutchIsOn]

The reebok edge jerseys were ugly asf

[@jasongodek9828]

Reebok was bad. So much unnecessary piping. SO MUCH

[@TheHutchIsOn]

@@jasongodek9828 yeah i happily own a few Reeboks but i doubt the quality will be that different from the Fanatics

[@kushroyal6946]

Bring starter back lol

[@timar6868]

The NHL doesn’t like to spend money

[@Alexirongatewelding]

The Hockey Guy rules 🤘

[@heathclark318]

SAD Day for all Jersey Collectors...

[@teeganreed7989]

Sad day for their wallets

[@user-vc7ps6tk8i]

Thankfully I have a lot of good CCM, Reebok, and Adidas Panthers jerseys

[@justinsolomita9283]

Probably won’t stop me from buying the mid tier.

[@thomasthomasthomas296]

Worth noting that the fanatics issues in mlb were caused by nike reinventing something that didn’t need to be. Fanatics owns Majestic that was the jersey supplier for the mlb for a long time. They produce jerseys for nike, nike tells them what to do for that.

[@justinsolomita9283]

@@thomasthomasthomas296 I don’t expect the same issues to apply to the NHL.

[@JackGilb]

This change for the ducks is long overdue. The only thing I'm disappointed with is we don't get to see Bedard wearing this with McTavish and Zellweger since Chicago won the draft lottery last year.

[@christopherkuzek9816]

long overdue? the ducks change jerseys like the leafs change tenders. pttthhh.

[@Jonesyful10]

@@christopherkuzek9816the ducks haven’t had a new home/away since 2014

[@christopherkuzek9816]

@@Jonesyful10 huh i thought they have done quite a few my bad

[@cranjismcbasketball1638]

@@christopherkuzek9816 you're probably thinking of the third jerseys

[@christopherkuzek9816]

@@cranjismcbasketball1638 very possible. i apologize for my error

[@BlakeWheelersBurnerAccount]

$400 for a jersey. Robbery

[@rickyrougs]

aint no way what???

[@coastingalong]

bro didn’t watch the full video…… that’s not the price of just an ordinary jersey……..

[@Borodin410]

Welcome to the new NHL.

[@BlakeWheelersBurnerAccount]

@@coastingalong bro, I did watch the video. Charging 400 for any level of jersey is robbery.

[@coastingalong]

@@BlakeWheelersBurnerAccount bro hasn’t discovered inflation 💀 how adorable

[@adriane7841]

I was not expecting to hear Doc Emerick's voice with the official fanatics release. It seem like NHL is doing some damage control early with Fanatics

[@matthewfranke9988]

It’s always a great Summer when Shannon rolls out the jersey history videos!

[@KevinWindsor1971]

Liam O'Brien really sold himself to the fans in Utah when they had the welcome day.

[@Mitch-ui8ps]

I know right, 3 years for him is insane

[@sydisticsandman]

Good for him 😊 I like that dude 👍

[@isaacwest276]

I love it for the Ducks. I've wanted my Oilers to embrace more orange again, but I never wanted them to go full orange, but I still wanted to see it tried by someone, and I think it's very fitting that the Orange County team did, and I actually think it looks really good, especially since it's a darker orange. I might be a little more excited by them because I love these and did not care for their previous uniforms, but still I love it. It's very unique, it's very on-brand, and to me it looks really good especially the logo and numbering, but we'll have to see how they look in-person and on-ice. My only problem is this probably decreased the chances of the Oilers having more orange on their aways like they did in the '70s and for the first RR, but hopefully it increases the chances of an orange alternate when we're done with the current alternate (I've actually grown to like the current alternate more now that navy blue isn't a regular color for us). As far LA I do not care, but the new, redone logo is nice. I don't complain because I know it's extremely popular, but black, white and silver is very bland to me. I want purple, black and yellow.

[@kyledouglas1394]

It's funny how people are complaining that the Kings are the same as the early 90s and the Ducks aren't the same as the early 90s

[@Sekushiwolf]

The Ducks' original look was in my opinion a classic they never should have switched from. The Kings' are one of many iterations which I have no opinion on in either direction but that tends to be the divide for why you're seeing those reactions.

[@Serenessl1994]

Because the Ducks chose the logo the fans wanted. The kings didn't. Fans wanted the purple to come back.

[@GizmoBeach]

They’re not the same; same stupid logo, only neon orange instead of eggplant purple and teal. “Which shade of barf do y’all want? Also let’s have a Jason Voorhees crooked-mask logo instead of something associated with our mascot name.”

[@holamix]

People just complain to complain

[@cranjismcbasketball1638]

@@GizmoBeach old man yells at clouds

[@Jonesyful10]

Ducks jerseys are sick. I absolutely love the striping.

[@nickokona6849]

I'm an Oilers fan, so take that for what it is, but I really like the look with the orange. I never loved the black/gold ones with the D logo/Ducks word mark. The original purple/green were basically my grade school's colours, so I was fine with them moving on from that before I got out of grade school. I'm just glad it's not another white, red, blue/black uniform like for the Caps, Panthers, etc.

[@kota3233]

I am happy to hear the NHL teams are involved and talk with you.

[@dennis3351]

Wonder what were the Canadian viewers compared to US viewers on game 7.

[@Pyrospriter042]

Love the Ducks new jersey designs on their own. With the orange pants and I believe orange helmets it's going to be a little much overall I fear on the ice. Probably should've stuck to black pants at least.

[@sherrimorstein8693]

I think those new duck’s jerseys look so awesome .

[@patsgarage8593]

I have no problem with the orange jerseys. It's different which is always nice

[@stokervu]

Would it be possible to get an interview with Ben on the channel?

[@N1NJ4P1R4T3]

This is a fantastic idea

[@zZach___]

The font on the jerseys and wordmark they revealed are soooo nice

[@allghilliedup21]

Reebok had several levels, actaully Premier (cheapest) Indo-Edge. (Entry level to authentics made in Indonesia) Edge 1.0 (made in Canada, on-ice) Edge 2.0 (made in anada, on-ice)

[@shawklan27]

Even so the premier are of higher quality than what fanatics are doing with their breakaways

[@MH-ls8mg]

I'm sorry, but $500 for a jersey is completely insane.

[@robertparamonte3947]

Glen Sather deserves his own retirement video.

[@Hexinvir]

I love the new Kings & Ducks jerseys, I do agree that the jersey is very heavy on the orange. If they wore black pants instead of the orange pants, that would help to break up the orange.

[@outsideredge]

I agree it's a lot of orange. I would hope instead of black they use the gold color of the triangle for the helmets, pants and gloves, especially on the home jersey.

[@cjzizzari2405]

The made in Canada ones actually fit really well without pads. I’d make an argument they look much more symmetrical even over a hoodie or t shirt. And the quality feels so much nicer. I’d really suggest swapping: the long sleeves no armpit room of the 2nd level ones is an odd look. They look like dresses the way they flare out.

[@ChadSimplicio]

Ducks' rebranding fits, much like the Kings' blended rebrand into the Gretzky-Era logo.

[@Tbiblaine23]

Gonna be a dark 10 years for NHL jerseys. Hopefully fanatics screws up so bad they lose the contract early

[@neeltheother2342]

Shannon Skanes, Ducks insider lmao. Certainly a glow-up from "hockey super-fan" according to Global National.

[@edwinkim6192]

Despite Fearing Our RivalsThe Duckies New Logo Is Full Cup Winning Destiny...Now I Have To Say... These Uniforms Are Amazing. In Fashion Sense They Should Win The Stanley Cup In Fashion AndStyle On The ICE. OMG So Fly And Take My Money Please!! Oh I Love The New Chevy Retro Modern Sweater! GKG!

[@wynonasbigbrownbeaver6757]

Those kings jerseys are a thing of beauty

[@TheFusionmix]

Teams cant have a 3rd jersey until next year, I really hope we get things like teal and purple Ducks and 90's Stars

[@wheelsofmercury]

Congrats to Glen Sather! I remember reading about those Oilers teams that he built back in the 80s.

[@nintendowater2829]

As a kings fan, I absolutely love the Anaheim jersey. I actually enjoy the orange and mighty ducks logo. It gives the ducks identity. It has the perfect amount of retro combined with newer looks. Perfect! I’m also glad teams are moving away from black (like Anaheim with orange pants, San Jose with teal pants, and Colorado with powder blue pants). The kings logo is okay, and a step above their current one. I wish they took the 60’s crown and just made that the logo, and keep it black and white.

[@CraigMcConnell-pk9wm]

Great article in the Athletics detailing Nike’s role in Fanatics brand quality endured by MLB.

[@OWlsfordshire]

Fanatics is a TERRIBLE company overall, not just jersey quality. Extremely greedy as well. When the All Star game came to St. Louis, it was adverised that players would be there doing signings for fans. People waited hours to meet Binnington only to find out he could only sign a blank piece of printer paper because Fanatics had barred all players under contract with them from signing anything else.

[@woodsie22]

The NHL is being a bit sneaky with their press releases on the ratings. Canada is what makes the stats sound better from the NA numbers. If you look at US numbers for the World Series, it was 9.11 and the NBA was over 12. For the NHL, if you just look at the US numbers, the number I read was 7.7 mil, which was behind 2019’s Game 7. I think what helped the US ratings go even that high is that all 7 games were available both on ABC (so free tv) and ESPN+ (for the streamers). A huge problem with the growth of the game in the US is that it’s such a chore to watch most games

[@timar6868]

I think the jerseys looked great however, my nostalgia Mrs. the purple and teal and always will

[@gungho8180]

The Mighty Traffic Cones of Anaheim. Yes, traffics cones! For when you want to wear your commitment to constant team construction in style!

[@chrisbelos2834]

thoses who didn't stack up on CCM jerseys really missed out

[@Lazzar1958]

Fanatics also introduced the Canucks jersey today as well.

[@biglebowski3961]

Shannon, Crystal cove state beach is a jewel if u in OC again.

[@winkletown8828]

That sweater and hat combo is straight money dude! 🤘 i dig it. Saw the San Jose sweater on brodie brazil channel, the extra stitching around the elbows looks like some top quality goods. (Not promoting anyone just referencing the source) I'm looking forward to seeing the new gear.

[@Dre2Dee2]

I'm excited to see how high the new Ducks jersey will rank in the all time jersey list

[@Nikkerman]

RIP to good jerseys

[@Rentta]

I just wanted some eggplant or teal to go with all the orange.

[@AnalyzeSportsStudio]

We will never have a purple team on the ice and it's a damn shame

[@TheBigRedskull]

Pretty sick to see NHL teams partnering with you, Shannon. Congrats!

[@atomic_hok]

The Fanatics MLB fiasco was actually Nike that was to blame

[@ogreman2229]

The orange jerseys are good, logos are good, the pants are my issue. They really need to go to black pants.

[@billwalter9917]

Yup, that’s never been done before!

[@NowAndToEternity]

They already messed up the New York Rangers jersey letters in their promotional video that was supposed to sell you how good these are lol.

[@slidefirst694]

The last team wear I bought was a St L Blues t-shirt on-line clearance from Kohls

[@AD_RC]

If anything the biggest takeaway on the Ducks' rebranding is the typefaces. Love them to death. The numbers too.

[@_mcdrew]

Video Idea: What happened to the 5 others (besides McDavid) who won a Conn Smythe on the losing team? Did they ever lift a cup? Roger Crozier in 1966 (No), Glenn Hall in 1968 (Already had 2), Reggie Leach in 1975 (Won the year prior), Ron Hextall in 1987 (Won as AGM of Kings in '12), JSG in 2003 (Won in 2007), McDavid in '24 (not yet?).

[@michaelleroy9281]

Reggie Leach won the Conn Smythe in 1976

[@AceMatthew25414]

The fanatics jerseys even look akward from the reveals we have gotten.

[@closethockeyfan5284]

We were singin': Bye-bye, Mr. The Hockey Guy More than thirty years of jerseys but these jerseys draw sighs. That good old boys club sold Fanatics the rights, Singin': This'll be the set I won't buy. This'll be the set I won't buy.

[@The_G_89]

The Ducks jersey THG is wearing is waaaaaaayyyyyy better than the new Ducks jersey revealed. The Block numbers are OG and give off the Nostalgic feel. The numbers on the new Ducks jersey look like they got lazy and made them with Comic Sans on Word.

[@DB-gr7ch]

Yay! Other mens' shirts news! Fun fact: When you keep changing the design of a uniform, it' no longer a uniform. It's a costume.

[@fatzotv]

not a fan of Fanatics operating a sportsbook taking wagers on leagues for uniforms they supply.....

[@legitlyspelunking]

You nearly gave this Edmontonian a heart attack when you said Skinner was being traded! 😵 I know Stu isn't the most consistent goalie but when he's on he's great, and I love having him on our team 💙🧡

[@TheHockeyGuy]

Not traded, Jeff Skinner is being bought out.

[@legitlyspelunking]

@@TheHockeyGuy Ah whoops, my bad, thanks for the correction! And thanks for all the hard work you do with your channel 😊

[@radboy707]

I was a fan of Sather as a player. He didn't have great talent but he was a scrapper. I had a #6 home white Ranger jersey. One of my favorite memories of him is getting penalized and ejected for cutting out the palms of his gloves so he could grab and hold players by slipping his fingers out without the glove fingers moving, Genius !!

[@stanleymtoney]

I have to say my Ovi fanatics breakaway jersey is only now really showing signs of wear 5 years on now.

[@scottolsen6394]

Philadelphia Flyers jersey history: The shortest video thg has ever done.

[@billwalter9917]

Yeah, and that’s a good thing! We will always own the damn orange, btw! Good luck to the Ducks and their candy corn unis!

[@estellegrignon]

It's subtle, but the Flyers actually did a lot of changes to their jerseys through the years! A Kraken jersey history, or even a Blue Jackets one would be a lot shorter

[@Scantronimus466]

I think the Ducks’ jerseys should be MORE orange. The duck mask should be orange, with orange eyes and orange sticks, as well as an orange border. The main background color of the jersey should be orange. And the stripes? You’d better believe those should be orange. They should also change the shoulder logo to an orange, which will naturally be orange. And metallic orange helmets to complete the look.

[@shadowguy20004]

2004 - Calgary vs Tampa Last SC Final before lockout & Crosby/Ovi era begin

[@subman721]

11:49 Boston and Vancouver didn’t play in 2004 That was Tampa over Calgary. Boston and Vancouver played in 2011!

[@shhhhip52]

Pretty sure it was the Boston-Chicago series

[@Sekushiwolf]

Oof. The one thing I'm not liking about the new Ducks look is the orange pants, it all just blends too much of one color together; much like with the Sharks. They should have gone with black pants.

[@jasongodek9828]

Completely agree

[@voodoo2plus1]

Wouldn’t it look too much like the flyers then?

[@brandonb.6099]

I hope fanatics makes quality hockey jerseys that fans can purchase at a store or online. During the Adidas era, fanatics made jerseys that fans could buy where the numbers pn the back of the jersey would start coming off quickly. Also, the team logos on the front of the jersey were slick and not stitched on.

[@BigBlueHorses]

Love the orange but the only way to lower the on ice jersey cost is not buying it. Fans just don’t learn.

[@C-P_ELG]

My 2nd fav team, simply for that old mighty ducks logo 😁

[@elijahlovejoy5438]

also the Blackhawks have jersey patch for sports gambling non the less. One of the best jerseys in all of sports now tarnished.

[@ssmith87]

Hopefully the mid tier like Adidas “authentic” the crests are still of high quality like the prime greens.

[@havokan45]

The eye in the Ducks home Jersey to me looks gold not orange .Also as a Flyers fan that would have been funny if both tye Flyers & Ducks rebrands happen last season i can hear someone in Adidas Offices going nope that is to much Orange at one time.

[@TheEDFLegacy]

I'm wondering if the logo redesigned is done that way to prevent issues with Disney? I thought Disney was the reason they haven't used the classic logo for so long?

[@peterandco]

Do we know when there will be new jersey designs league wide? I’m so tired of my teams jersey haha (Nashville)

[@gordonfan291]

honestly I dont hate the jerseys for Ducks as a Ducks fan, would have preferred the purple sure but I am glad to get away from the black as well

[@Arjac1312]

As a ducks fan I'm happy with the logo just feel like it's way to much orange on the uniform

[@marvinjohnson7523]

I will be getting the ON-ICE custom St Louis Blues Jersey

[@red9delta877]

As a Flyers fan, you are welcome to hate the Flyers to your hearts content.

[@waynemargetish7953]

wow a 6 minute commercial about the new ducks jersey.

[@Steve-xf4uv]

Have a great vacation Shannon. We fans look forward to your podcasts for the upcoming season . I still like my Reebok jerseys best but let's give Fanatics a chance and if their quality does not get better, then we complain (and don't buy).

[@Keitek]

Love it, the Mighty Ducks logo is a thousand times better than their boring logo that just said Ducks.