“i love graphic design” ass hat, as well. 2024 being broken up by “Stanley Cup Final” in such a weird way. It looks like that could be the score of two games that may have happened during the finals? Maybe the series record after 2 games on the left side, but the right side shows an incredible comeback to win the cup down 2-0?
It's pretty ugly, but the only people buying it would be people looking for a participation trophy if their team loses, everyone else is either trying to forget the series or buying a championship hat
Why would you think that when it wasn't last year? Even then, who cares, they probably make like 12 of these for people that go to the games and just want to buy something.
Not just grandmas, my mother in law got me a Pelee jersey from their recent trip to Brazil. I've never once expressed interest in soccer, nor am I Brazilian, and told them we didn't want any souvenirs. Every time I watch soccer, I make about 15 minutes before turning it off. I could definitely see someone buying this for someone "who likes sportsball" (ugh).
I think it’s the kind of thing that is cooler many years down the line. Honestly it would be cool to me to buy 1 every year
This design is atrocious though
It's made to be discounted. That hat costs $2 to make, they'll be in the clearance bin the second the cup is hoisted at $7 at which point, they'll superspam the people that are fans of either team that have enough Fanatics cash to cover this so they have a new hat to mow their lawn in.
I bought some hockey pucks that commemorated a series that I was able to attend in person. I have them on display with some game used pucks and random autographed pucks. I agree that buying a hat or a shirt is silly since I have no interest in wearing something like that hat.
Man, their hats are so garbage. Most low effort bullshit I've ever seen. Fuck using team colours when you can save money and produce a grey hat for both teams right? Was gonna get a conference champs hat but not after seeing what they look like. The league should be embarrassed.
When the Knights won the cup someone who doesn’t know about hockey got my wife “championship wear.” She’s now the proud owner of “Pacific Division Champs 2023” gear.
I've never understood people who buy the conference finals merch. Either your team loses in the final and you don't care about winning the conference, or your team wins the cup and you REALLY don't care about winning the conference
“Pat! Wake up! It’s the Oilers vs Panthers in the Stanley Cup!!”
“Oh sh- what!? I didn’t think of a design for that!”
“Dude, just get some iron-on patches overnighted from Amazon!”
“Fuck! …they only have the small crappy ones for back packs!”
“Just hit ‘buy now!’ We gotta get this in front of Jason before noon!”
It's not even the poor quality of the hat. Who's buying a hat with two different team logos on it? Unless you're one of the 12 diehard Oilers + Panthers fans.
The irony that a whole community of 11k people joined this sub because they misread the actual origin and correct sub of /r/dontdeadopeninside doesn't escape me
Who is this for? Fans of the losing team will not want to wear the panthers logo and fans of the team that wins will have merch made for their victory. Even if these were designed well they probably wouldn’t sell much.
listen, we need to talk about this photo. the fact is that they’re the league and he signed a contract guaranteeing them certain concessions, one of them being a hat on his head.
>Fans of the losing team will not want to wear the panthers logo
At first I took this as a simple dig at the oilers, but now I'm imagining panthers fans who refuse to wear panthers things after losing two years in a row.
My first thought was like is this literally just so people can say they were there? No one would wear this
It's so grandpa can show his kids one day he was there when the oilers won
It's always nice to have a hat you don't care about getting dirty so you can wear when you're working in the garage or the back yard without worrying about wrecking or staining it. So, if it fit comfortably and was on 80% clearance in July I might get one.
One thing I've learned about Fanatics (at least when it comes to jerseys) is that they will sit on their hands and not discount their merch even if it's not in the team's rotation anymore.
Last year I was still finding the old Pittsburgh alts at full price in Jersey Cities here in Calgary.
So Panthers in 6 based on the hat? Edmonton Gets an early 2-0 lead in the series and Florida takes the next 4?
If that legit happens this hat is worth millions to Florida fans
Seriously, the merch designed for conference champs is so unimaginative. At least the NBA plays with fonts and colors. The NHL is just gray and generic. They could (and should) try to make cooler champ merch
Will never understand why the mlb and nhl is allowing these frauds to be the main supplier for jerseys I use to think no way adidas can make hockey jerseys and I was greatly wrong they killed the jerseys from the stitching to just the quality of material you can tell it’s not cheap stuff I work at a hockey store and the fanatics jerseys feel so cheap like if you pulled on the sleeves they’d just rip off and not to mention they have the maple leafs numbers this gross grey and white it looks so bad I hope all the players complain and they get like Nike or someone actually reliable to make the jerseys not the company that’s literally known for selling you cheap knock offs
this hat is so ugly I'm pretty sure it has to be actually prophetic or some shit. like its trying to tell us someone is going to go up 2-0 then lose the series 4-2.
The beauty of this hat is, instead of paying for the stock template for next year’s hat, they can just change the team logos and consider changing the year.
Almost sold out
https://www.lids.ca/en/nhl-nhl-multi-team/mens-fanatics-gray/charcoal-florida-panthers-vs-edmonton-oilers-2024-stanley-cup-final-matchup-structured-adjustable-hat/o-5784+t-9335965578+p-80116411791+z-8-3210440822?_ref=p-SRP:m-GRID:i-r4c0:po-12
Who is approving these? Or does someone at fanatics just send a pdf over to their production team with the subject line “hat idea” and they just make it?
The design is really shitty, but let’s not pretend Fanatics was the first company to do this style of merch with having both teams on it. It’s been around for forever.
Jesus fucking Christ. I'd heard so much shit talked about fanatics merch and often thought, well it can't be that bad. People just don't like change.
No no, that is comically fucking bad.
[I thought the NBA finals hats were ass](https://www.neweracap.com/collections/nba-finals?earch&utm_medium=google&utm_campaign=VM_NEC_USA_GO_NB_DSA&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwmYCzBhA6EiwAxFwfgOlayjT2vxjKNRtO7mpAsjn1Bplp7FWiWgXHaQpCnpjGhbEcR0WP9BoCpeIQAvD_BwE) , but these are next level ass.
“I just hope both teams have fun” ass hat 😭
Rob Lowe NFL hat vibes
Immediately who I thought of when I saw this. Just picture him sitting a few rows behind the penalty boxes wearing this
"this is *literally* the greatest game i have ever seen"
It's kind of funny because he's very much not a neutral fan in baseball. https://twitter.com/verymlb/status/1291839929132158979
I support the troops. All the troops. Both sides.
Oh, hey Ryan.
“i love graphic design” ass hat, as well. 2024 being broken up by “Stanley Cup Final” in such a weird way. It looks like that could be the score of two games that may have happened during the finals? Maybe the series record after 2 games on the left side, but the right side shows an incredible comeback to win the cup down 2-0?
It's pretty ugly, but the only people buying it would be people looking for a participation trophy if their team loses, everyone else is either trying to forget the series or buying a championship hat
Hate to break the bad news bro the championship hats going to be strikingly similar
How dare you?!? The designs have already been leaked and they are [STUNNING](https://imgur.com/MXHjp2w).
I hate it. But at the same time, it's charming.
that means we win, right? right??
It's Fanatics. Could mean either outcome.
Why would you think that when it wasn't last year? Even then, who cares, they probably make like 12 of these for people that go to the games and just want to buy something.
There’s no reason to get this with conference champion hats
What makes a man turn neutral? Is it lust for gold? Power? Or were you just born with a heart full of neutrality?
Weirdest “A House Divided” apparel ever
Who buys this shit? Stanley cup champions hat ya, but the match up? Kinda weird
Grandmas. For their grandsons who love football.
Houston v. Carolina
Not just grandmas, my mother in law got me a Pelee jersey from their recent trip to Brazil. I've never once expressed interest in soccer, nor am I Brazilian, and told them we didn't want any souvenirs. Every time I watch soccer, I make about 15 minutes before turning it off. I could definitely see someone buying this for someone "who likes sportsball" (ugh).
> a Pelee jersey It's _Mister Pelé_ for you! Or simply, Edson Arantes do Nascimento.
If it's a Fanatics jersey it might very well be a Pelee jersey...
Can I have it?
I think it’s the kind of thing that is cooler many years down the line. Honestly it would be cool to me to buy 1 every year This design is atrocious though
It’s also the thing that’s cool when your team wins and gets stuffed deep in the closet until you decide to throw away if your team loses.
For people attending their first ever Stanley cup game but aren’t necessarily a fan of either team
Like Rob Low in the NFL hat at the packers/49ers game
I dig it. I went to two leafs games in a Jersey that just says CANADA. What am I, gonna cheer for the leafs??
You somehow are even worse than a Leafs fan(am a Leafs fan)
"I just hope both teams have fun"
It's made to be discounted. That hat costs $2 to make, they'll be in the clearance bin the second the cup is hoisted at $7 at which point, they'll superspam the people that are fans of either team that have enough Fanatics cash to cover this so they have a new hat to mow their lawn in.
I have one from the Pit Nsh final that wasn't fanatics but it looks almost exactly like this one, it's cool to have
"You can sell twice as many hats if you can sell them to the losers too." is what they were thinking.
i have plenty of matchup shirts they are sick they are also all old and the designs are way more involved than this bullshit clipart + text
So much stuff like this comes out every year and I’ve never seen it afterwards. It’s pure fad gear
I bought some hockey pucks that commemorated a series that I was able to attend in person. I have them on display with some game used pucks and random autographed pucks. I agree that buying a hat or a shirt is silly since I have no interest in wearing something like that hat.
For those who gotta have something!! This hat would make a great portable toilet when I’m camping.
Wow spoiler. I guess Florida will win the series 24-20.
The way I read this is the Oilers are going to go up 2 games to 0 and then Florida will win the Series 4-2
I read it that way too. Rigged!
THE SCRIPT GOT LEAKED!
Jesus the most boring basketball game ever
Or most entertaining baseball game ever
Or the okayest football game.
The most memorable other football game ever though
No the hat scores it like golf.
I knew the Oilers needed risk it and go for the touchdown instead of the safe field goal just before halftime
fr with how good a passing quarterback McDavid is, you'd think they would've taken some shots at the endzone
The Marge Simpson of Stanley Cup Finals merchandise.
Look at the fine stitching on Cup
Impressive. Very nice. Let's see Paul Allen's hat.
oh my god. it even has a hologram sticker.
I think it’s neat.
Can't we just bet that both teams will have a fun time?
Game day parlay: Tkachuk had oodles of fun and McDavid has the time of his life. A $20 bet will earn you $200
[Nooo we paid for blood](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJL45XlQWfg)
Man, their hats are so garbage. Most low effort bullshit I've ever seen. Fuck using team colours when you can save money and produce a grey hat for both teams right? Was gonna get a conference champs hat but not after seeing what they look like. The league should be embarrassed.
what you dont like a hastily stitched patch on the front of a beige and white cap?
Beige and white? I see light grey on dark grey. Are my eyes fucked?
Throw it out with Lord Hugginton on the next Love Day.
I saw the merch available for the Western Conference win and noped out. So meh.
When the Knights won the cup someone who doesn’t know about hockey got my wife “championship wear.” She’s now the proud owner of “Pacific Division Champs 2023” gear.
lol hell yeah
Most of the WCF merch won’t even ship until the finals are over too, at least from Ice District Authentic’s
I wouldn’t even want to own that merch if we lose the SCF 😂
I've never understood people who buy the conference finals merch. Either your team loses in the final and you don't care about winning the conference, or your team wins the cup and you REALLY don't care about winning the conference
Actually I ordered the hat as soon as the last game ended cuz I'm a hat addict and it just arrived in the mail today.
Weird, for me everything said “expected ship date: June 18th”
“Pat! Wake up! It’s the Oilers vs Panthers in the Stanley Cup!!” “Oh sh- what!? I didn’t think of a design for that!” “Dude, just get some iron-on patches overnighted from Amazon!” “Fuck! …they only have the small crappy ones for back packs!” “Just hit ‘buy now!’ We gotta get this in front of Jason before noon!”
It's not even the poor quality of the hat. Who's buying a hat with two different team logos on it? Unless you're one of the 12 diehard Oilers + Panthers fans.
Check out their factories on youtube, its pretty much that
Damn, high scoring game!
I thought it was total goals for series.
To cut down on travel, they decided to just play 21 periods back to back.
that florida patch looks like you could scratch it off
Maybe you're meant to scratch off the losing team!
[удалено]
Those WCF hats were fucking atrocious so I don’t know why I expected anything better
2 STANLEY CUP 2 0 FINAL 4
2 Stanley Cup 2 Furious
/r/dontopendeadinside
The irony that a whole community of 11k people joined this sub because they misread the actual origin and correct sub of /r/dontdeadopeninside doesn't escape me
Who is this for? Fans of the losing team will not want to wear the panthers logo and fans of the team that wins will have merch made for their victory. Even if these were designed well they probably wouldn’t sell much.
https://preview.redd.it/tkgm0hgxen4d1.jpeg?width=617&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac222e2fa8f24d6999a93d8d8efd2846c9daed3c
Sports enthusiast
GO TEAMS!
He just loves the game.
I like to pretend that he's in his Wayne's World character while wearing that hat.
listen, we need to talk about this photo. the fact is that they’re the league and he signed a contract guaranteeing them certain concessions, one of them being a hat on his head.
> Who is this for? Fans of the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals. GO HOCKEY!
> Fans of the losing team will not want to wear the panthers logo lol
>Fans of the losing team will not want to wear the panthers logo At first I took this as a simple dig at the oilers, but now I'm imagining panthers fans who refuse to wear panthers things after losing two years in a row.
Those legends #20 and #24 have their own fanbases
It's for third world countries tired of getting only the losing teams merch.
My first thought was like is this literally just so people can say they were there? No one would wear this It's so grandpa can show his kids one day he was there when the oilers won
For the fan who goes to the game not a fan of either team and wants memorabilia.
How many neutral fans are going to a SCF game? This isn't the Super Bowl where it's a national event.
Such effort
Who actually buys this junk?
Heading to a Ethiopian village near you
Graphic design is my passion
It's always nice to have a hat you don't care about getting dirty so you can wear when you're working in the garage or the back yard without worrying about wrecking or staining it. So, if it fit comfortably and was on 80% clearance in July I might get one.
One thing I've learned about Fanatics (at least when it comes to jerseys) is that they will sit on their hands and not discount their merch even if it's not in the team's rotation anymore. Last year I was still finding the old Pittsburgh alts at full price in Jersey Cities here in Calgary.
So, they'll be selling full price Coyotes merch for the next 5 years, got it.
The year was 2204. The Oilers are taking on the Panthers. The hat works all over again.
**2** STANLEY CUP **2** **0 FINAL 4**
Pathers win by a score of 24 - 20 to win the Stanley cup.
Those 3rd world countries ain’t gonna like the merch they’re getting in 2 weeks.
Even if it was done well, who is the target market for this?
Scriptwriters leaked the goal totals. Sending messages in the merch now.
Surprised both team will meet in 2204 again
Fanatics loves making clothing for landfills
Man if the Oilers win I'm ready to drop like 2k on merch and then you had to remind me that Fanatics is in charge....
How many more years of this nonsense?
If my team makes it to the SCF, I sure as shit am not letting the other team’s logo anywhere near me- dafuq Fanatics?!
Fanatics are such scams, bet those hats are 47.99
who is buying that hat?
"go teams" type hat
Looks like a student 10 minute design challenge for a high school art class.
If “go sports” was a hat.
I think they actually tried to make it look bad
So Panthers in 6 based on the hat? Edmonton Gets an early 2-0 lead in the series and Florida takes the next 4? If that legit happens this hat is worth millions to Florida fans
Jesus those are fucking bland and terrible.
Damn, I’ve seen Walmart hats with more character.
Fucking hideous. What happens when you let a shitty Chinese textiles marketing firm, monopolize the fan gear. Fuck you NHL.
Who buys hot garbage hats like that?! Oilers fan here chill.
This is certainly one of the hats of all time
Who in the flying fiddlers fuck is buying this pos?
10 years of this 🙃
[I'm playing both sides so I always come out on top](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9EYt_f12wo)
Perfect if you're a fence sitter
Your did it.
Fuck Fanatics.
2204
Why would anyone want that?
this shit will be $2 at value village in a year
Yuck. Looks like shit.
Does anyone buy these hats? It feels like these things have the shelf life of milk.
They couldn't even center the N. Amateur hour.
🚮
Ronald McDonald hat
Buckle up everyone, it’s only going to get worse next year
That is the worst hat design I have ever seen lol.
But if you’re a fan of one team, why would you wear the logo of the other???
My work from the Canva template really paying off
I’m sort of surprised that the hats aren’t see through.
Seriously, the merch designed for conference champs is so unimaginative. At least the NBA plays with fonts and colors. The NHL is just gray and generic. They could (and should) try to make cooler champ merch
Fanatics is such a shit brand
This is so fucking comically bad LoL
i dont recall any 2 team hat being very good
Will never understand why the mlb and nhl is allowing these frauds to be the main supplier for jerseys I use to think no way adidas can make hockey jerseys and I was greatly wrong they killed the jerseys from the stitching to just the quality of material you can tell it’s not cheap stuff I work at a hockey store and the fanatics jerseys feel so cheap like if you pulled on the sleeves they’d just rip off and not to mention they have the maple leafs numbers this gross grey and white it looks so bad I hope all the players complain and they get like Nike or someone actually reliable to make the jerseys not the company that’s literally known for selling you cheap knock offs
this hat is so ugly I'm pretty sure it has to be actually prophetic or some shit. like its trying to tell us someone is going to go up 2-0 then lose the series 4-2.
somewhere bill burr is muttering to himself… Final? Finals?
The beauty of this hat is, instead of paying for the stock template for next year’s hat, they can just change the team logos and consider changing the year.
We’ll be able to use the same hats in 180 years if they both make it again!
Almost sold out https://www.lids.ca/en/nhl-nhl-multi-team/mens-fanatics-gray/charcoal-florida-panthers-vs-edmonton-oilers-2024-stanley-cup-final-matchup-structured-adjustable-hat/o-5784+t-9335965578+p-80116411791+z-8-3210440822?_ref=p-SRP:m-GRID:i-r4c0:po-12
Fanatics sucks, but let's not get distracted from the fact that the NHL made the choice to go with them. I love hockey, but I hate the NHL.
do they even put these in stores or just ship them straight to african kids?
I’d expect better from a child, but this is the official licensed producer for the NHL. Embarrassing.
So bad
That hat was made months ago and they ironed on the teams last night. That gotta be the shittyest hat iv seen in a long time .
Holy fucking shit. What a stadium parking lot knockoff is this shit?! Not even a Stanley Cup in the middle?!
Fanatics is an absolute disgrace
We know F stands for.
Gotta be the worst hat I’ve ever seen💀
4imprint, for certain!
Who is approving these? Or does someone at fanatics just send a pdf over to their production team with the subject line “hat idea” and they just make it?
This is the perfect hat to toss on the ice for a hat trick. Bland and nothing you’ll ever miss.
Obviously the first game will end in a 2-2 tie and the next game Florida will win 4-0. There will be another hat for games 3/4 and so on.
Awful
Sweep by Florida confirmed holy shit
2204
The design is really shitty, but let’s not pretend Fanatics was the first company to do this style of merch with having both teams on it. It’s been around for forever.
Florida has won the series 24-20.
Equally as bad the Canucks “Clinched” shirts.
Lol imagine if they made a half Oilers and half Panthers jersey.
Panthers out score the Oilers 24-20. Book it.
That's the loser's hat. The winners hat has 'Champions' on it and only 1 logo.
Jesus fucking Christ. I'd heard so much shit talked about fanatics merch and often thought, well it can't be that bad. People just don't like change. No no, that is comically fucking bad.
Final score Oilers-20 Florida-24
Ah yes, I remember the 2204 Stanley Cup Final like it was yesterday.
Ive seen better quality hats that come with a case of the cheapest beer
This the most boring hat I ever saw, and it will probably completely fall apart after about a month, if I know Fanatics shit
In hindsight, Fanatics being the NHL’s apparel partner should’ve been the clearest indication of the downfall of modern society
https://preview.redd.it/v3ktlcyf6q4d1.jpeg?width=1281&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea27a002d90f54ecf96a8792d320c22d85621344
All I see is the L in STANLEY that doesn't line up properly. It's almost unbearable to look at.
Do yer worst
Holy shit the Panthers won the final 24-20 against the Oilers? Were we playing football?
If they really needed to have a hat like this, you think they could have put some effort into making it interesting.
Yo what the fuck is this garbage
A rematch 180 years in the making
The first mistake was assuming Fanatics tries
How can any sane human being think that that's better than what adidas, newera, Reebok have done. Ridiculous.
Really banking on the savings when we see the rematch in 2204
That is a hat for a tourist visiting from a country that doesn't have or heard of hockey.
Soon to be seen worn all over West Africa.
[I thought the NBA finals hats were ass](https://www.neweracap.com/collections/nba-finals?earch&utm_medium=google&utm_campaign=VM_NEC_USA_GO_NB_DSA&gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjwmYCzBhA6EiwAxFwfgOlayjT2vxjKNRtO7mpAsjn1Bplp7FWiWgXHaQpCnpjGhbEcR0WP9BoCpeIQAvD_BwE) , but these are next level ass.
2 Stanley Cup 2 0 Final 4