adam14

literally under the "pucks" category. https://www.inglasco.com/pages/series/CUSTOM/62

inglasco has 965's directly available on their site.

You touched on it with the apparel, but I agree that the "Shop" option is kind of in the background of this site. I personally would love a MSH hoodie to wear around the shop I work at. I'm a member on a similar style forum but for baseball/softball players, and they sometimes do a run on exclusive model gloves but only if the demand is there. They recently did a line of custom ball gloves from Wilson with specs that are unavailable on the customizer but a minimum commitment of deposits had to be put down before the order was placed and the extras were sold in their shop. Something like that could be cool especially with some of the relationships we have with manufacturers that potentially getting special specs on gloves not available at retail or on customizers would definitely garner some interest. PS I'd also love approval to the shop guys section!

You're misunderstanding. I had his original pair sent back and a new pair in the shop in under 7 days.

And just to play devils advocate, it doesnt help that almost every company uses varying sizes of rivets at stock

Yes, True took all the responsibility, but that responsibility should have been taken the day your skates showed up and they didnt even fit your foot. That's where your LHS's lackluster attempt at hoping you figure this out on your own comes into play. I live in a city where the shop I worked at had a very high reputation and if we would have dragged this on to this extent there would have been hell to pay. True took responsibility for their screw up. Your LHS didnt take responsibility for theirs.

its nice to see it took a month of you bitching on a message board for a solution that your shop could have had resolved in 3 days. Did True mess up sizing? Sure. but it sounds like the LHS made minimal effort to bring the attention to true. When I fit a JR player for Trues in the summer there was an issue with materials beneath the ankle foam, there was a sharp piece protruding and it was very uncomfortable. It wasn't until I tried the skate on myself that I realized there was something there. I called and emailed True every day for a week until they agreed to a resolution. I'd be questioning how much your LHS appreciates your business after this circus way more than questioning Trues customer service.

I remember how long I lurked before signing on Haha over a decade talk about a commitment. I still remember being in absolute awe of guys on here; Drew, TBLfan and others. what a journey it's been.

Finally landed a job in my field. I'm 2 weeks in and loving it. When I got to the age that I was through chasing the dream of playing professionally I made the adjustment of "theres still ways to be in hockey" and now my job is based around it and I couldn't be more excited about where this will go. Anybody with doubts, trust me I was there for a few years. dont lose focus and keep your stick on the ice. bounces will come.

not entirely true, you can get internal Ribcore construction, or at least you could in the past. Same build, no visible ribs on the lower portion.

am I the only one getting at subtle easton eq50 vibe?

Havent seen the ccm retail, but its offered and has been very popular on their pro stocks that the JR teams and university teams are using this season.

I'm sure Suzuki's brother playing at McGill may have factored into him being one of the pieces included.

Why would they ever do this when their main concern right now is establishing a good up and coming young core. Don't over spend youth, the Bruins are in a pretty good place right now in terms of prospects. Not to mention Krug plus a late round (that rangers 4th) would bring back a more than capable mid 6 winger.

But if your LHS doesnt have it best believe I'm looking at one of the big online stores before I go to the Bauer site strictly because promo discounts and shipping make it more appealing value wise.

Not to mention if done correctly and with coordination on ice ads dont always looks awful. Look at the ice during Spengler as an example of how the Swiss league does it vs a Swedish or Czech league team where it looks like ads are thrown wherever there is room.

thanks for the pics! instantly turned off with the sleeve interior.

mind posting more pics of the elbow pads on your arm? still very intrigued by them @alien7364

Barzal.

Your statements here are false. Warrior is not a distant third, at retail or at the pro level because they have great offerings at great price point. Are they trailing in certain categories? Sure. distant? no chance. The skate market is oversaturated so I'm glad warrior hasnt pumped all kinds of money into r and d to develop from the ground up. Your statement about true is also false. They didnt just decide to give it a whirl, they've been an OEM for one piece sticks for big players since the beginning of the composite era. Not the best statement to make friends on a board flooded with retail employees, shop owners and techs that have decades of knowledge and experience in the hockey retail landscape. This just comes off as your DTC program will be the norm just because nobody ordered during booking so your hand was forced. Interested to see how heavy the pricing fluctuates when your products get to Canada.

apart from eyelets and the leather which is usually just cosmetic the boots tend to get soft rather than break down, think old s15/s17 from Easton, you'll eventually be able to twist them in your ends and really push in the ankles.

I've never heard of this one tweak from true and weve done over 100 pairs of customs at our shop, including one or two pairs that needed to be totally redone. Their customer service is top notch and this kind of sounds like the shop is being lazy. in terms of durability, it all depends on the care of the skate. I have noticed that VH and True skates begin to look very worn down alot quicker than certain other brands though they are usually still very stiff and usable. I've only dealt with the pro rep for Bauer, he stopped in when he was in town for the pro team, so I cant comment there. I dont have anything bad to say about ccm customer service too. The thing to remember about how issues are dealt is how the LHS handles them, not how the manufacturer handles them. It's the difference between "watch our YouTube video and take a heat gun to that area" and "yeah that isnt right send them back we'll start making a replacement pair today."

CCM offers 2 different "price points" for their custom option. It depends how much extra detail you want.

That's what I said. why pay 1000 for off the shelf when i can put you in a custom guaranteed to fit your foot and have 0 issues and probably be a bit of a better build for an extra 100 bucks. Now that the materials in the boots are easy to manipulate nd they can streamline production of customs it's only a matter of time until the top price point isnt even a display at stores anymore

Customs are nothing new, and the 100 dollar upcharge from their retail off the shelf price point has been the norm at least since I've been fitting skates. I'm goad CCM and Bauer are offering these options, I think thanks to all the manufacturing and tech advancements weve seen in the last decade it's made the production of customs much more seamless than it used to be (when they were custom built in Canada) is a huge factor as to why they are pushing this so mainstream. I've always told customers if you're spending 1000 bucks on skates already, what's another 100 to get a full custom fit that shouldn't give your feet any issues. It's a no brainer really. On another note, I'm glad this is much more user friendly when fitting customs than Bauer's "custom order sheets" from previous years.