After reading much of this tread i feel like its time to say a few things. First off when they say "founder of HockeyMonkey" thats a bend of the truth. HawkHockey was a small pro shop in Costa Mesa, Ca (started by this Hockey Tron founder) Thats, it, just a pro shop. It was then bought by the current owner of Hockey Monkey who made it what it is today. After the buy, the store was moved to its current Santa Ana Ca, location and the online store was build to what it is today. Not sure of the other retailer claims they make, i just know that part of the story. HockeyTron is centered in So California here, and while i work at HockeyMonkey, i see people at all the rinks using Tron gear. I even played a tournament with a Tron employee and he even admitted the gear isn't the greatest. Couple guys were using the Tron 405 stick (copy of the RS) and it was not one bit like the RS. It was a 4x concave shaft geometry, heavier, and there was all sorts of manufacturing deformities in the blade. In addition, both the guys said they weren't nearly as durable. They could have tried a little harder. Haven't actually been in the store so i haven's seen all the gear but i may take a trip over there sometime soon.