Last season, the NHL shared the news of an expanded partnership with retail company Fanatics. The deal made Fanatics the official uniform provider for the NHL for the next decade and the manufacturer of all jerseys available for purchase.

My concerns here stem from the league's newest top of the line jersey which has been labeled the "Authentic Pro" tier, a tier that will run fans in the US a whopping $425 per jersey and a tier that will come in at an even higher cost for Canadian hockey fans who will be asked to fork over a whopping $500 per jersey.

Cut, stitched and assembled in the same Canadian factory that has made NHL on-ice jerseys for nearly 50 years. The Authentic