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Well, today went... not so bad, actually. My original plan was to skate at the local school on Tuesday to gauge my readiness for real hockey, but when I got there, that skate was cancelled. (so I went to PIAS and bought a 20 year old stick for @bunnyman666 instead). So, forging ahead, I told the Russian Embassy that I would come back today anyway. I started off ... pretty wobbly, I guess. (I'm also recovering from a cold - when it rains, it pours), let in a few soft goals, felt like I was going to puke. I'm surprised I managed to get dressed in proper order. But after 5 minutes or so I felt much better - adrenaline I suppose. I still let in some bad goals because my stamina is shot all to hell (I made the mistake of looking at the clock at 9:30am, with the skate due to end at 9:50am. Oops.) and I was just worn, but my teammates gave no quarter and treated me exactly as they had before I had surgery so I got into things pretty quickly. I made some nice saves and was pretty aggressive - I've been playing that way since the tournament in the summer, and it's working out well. I took a nice close shot off the collarbone which has left a bruise, but mainly I was just tired, so nothing for that but skating. And I am so, so happy to be playing again.

I would definitely love to know how they compare! between the super tacks and VH skates, those are my likely next purchase next year as my original Mako's start to degrade. Had them for ~2 years so far, so they're about due to be replaced.

Has anyone had any more experience between the 2014 Supreme skates and the current 2016 models? In particular I'm curious if in fact the 1S and S190 do in fact run larger than the MX3 and the 190.

I would definitely like to know how these compare to the VH because I've currently been skating in the Super Tacks for about 2 months and like them a whole lot more than my 1X's, but for me they just aren't "perfect"... I'm just not sure if perfect is even possible with hockey skates:( but I would imagine VH would be as close as possible. I measured my feet/took tracings and pictures, but have yet to pull the trigger on the VH for some odd reason... Think I'm worried the VH won't fit any better than the Super Tacks or that I've screwed up the tracings or measurements somehow. @laserrobottime Anyway I'd really like to know how they compare. My email is vasawchuk1234@gmail.com if you want to go that route.

I can do that, but I'm sure I'm not the only one curious about that comparison. You may want to post in the VH and/or Supertacks threads about it. I don't have a dire need to know as I have a stockpile of Makos that will last a while and the Supertacks and VH skates aren't in my current plans, however; I think it's unlikely I'll be going back to a boot with a separate outsole after using KORs and then Makos for the last decade or so and it's nice to keep tabs on other skates without separate outsoles. I know when another member, mc88, did a comparison of the Mako II and VH skates it was very interesting reading. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who feels that way.

Pretty depressing that these aren't isolated incidents. I recently had to turn down an offer to play with a bunch of my good friends simply because men's league is a sanctuary for the civilly challenged. And it isn't cheap, either. The way I see it, if you're not enjoying yourself, your money's not well spent.