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No. The DX has a black Warrior logo on a black matte stick (that's a discussion for another day) so you can see the WARR if you look hard enough.

I got annoyed by all the dubious marketing hype and improvements that are essentially “but this one goes to 11.” But, even if I’m disenchanted by the marketplace, I still like staying on top of things and being aware of what’s available. I enjoy the minutia of this site and knowing what’s new and sexy, even if I personally don’t want to buy it Also, I’m at a point in life and hockey where I’m pretty happy and content in a good way. I think when I’m not in a good place mentally, I tend to “chase” and fetishize material things, which ultimately buying don’t make me all that happy anyway. We’ve all seen guys on here who obsess over a particular thing- “what if I switch from a p88 to a p92 and cut the length by 1/4” and go up 5 in flex, will I be better at taking off camber snapshots from the wing?” Nothing is gonna make that person happy (or better). There’s a certain zen to just giving up and having fun playing with your $100 stick and 5 year old skates, and not needing the latest and greatest.

It's very interesting how Warrior got into a position to do this. A few years back, there were a lot of people in the industry who wondered how they were still around. But they've put out a lot of good product, have good relationships with the major dealers (until a couple of years ago, one of them would barely touch them), strong at pro, and have the best social media in the industry.

Protective doesn't fall under this. It's always been about the product you can see. When all of this started, CCM's aim was to get players into their product at the CHL level, so that way as they moved on to minor league hockey, they would still use it, then once in the NHL, they would stick with it. There was no way that a player was going to be forced to use a brand they didn't want to if they were on a one-way.

Not very protective is the word on the street. I took a look at some prostocks over the weekend and there were so many mods to shore up gaps in protection that I'm certain they'd be dangerous to play with if you have guys who can rip shots.

It's all about the guys in the locker room. Win or lose the guys on my team have become my best friends and I look forward to seeing them.