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Looks to be True Temper-supplied carbon fiber as the weave looks like the one they’re using on the sticks. Makes sense to switch to it.

Also wanted to point out how I got my skates fitting the way I wanted. I actually ditched the red footbed and that helped the heel lock quite a bit. I run superfeet carbon only. Also, I rebaked my tongues by themselves to get rid of the creases from the heat molding process. Once the creases were heated out of the tongues and they turned back to being nice and thick, this also helped with overall fit. The more u bake ur skates just remember the more your tongue takes a beating too, getting crushed by the laces. Heating the tongues only will help thicken them up again.

Didn't realize there has been so much action in this thread since I haven't been getting any notifications. Anyways. It's been about ten mths since I got my True skates. I've only been playing about 3x a month since. It wasn't until last month that my skates felt really dialed in. I think it had to do with them finally softening up a touch. The heel lock issues you guys talk about is what I had issues with on my right skate. I used the clamp method with helped but didn't feel as good as my left skates which was perfect. I noticed that my right foot over pronates depending on how I position my knee during a lunge position. And bc that's the position I was scanned in, the boot was made with a slightly lower arch than what I needed, and therefore made the right boot feel less locked in around the heel and arch. But for whatever reason, it feels a lot better now and I barely even notice it while walking and don't notice it at all on he ice. I do make it a point to kick my heel into the heel cup when putting on my skates. I recommend everyone do this especially during the heat molding process to really make sure your heel gets sucked in. I may eventually re bake the skates doing the heel kick because I never did it originally. But they feel really good for now and after a few months of questioning whether I'd go with true again for my next skates, I can confidently say for me, I would stick with true. Knowing what I know now about my right foot pronation, I would be sure to position my foot during the scan so that there's more of an arch as well. My next project might be to use the graf rms bolts system in place of the traditional rivets. Anyone tried this yet?

Kings will have an equipment sale this Saturday at the Toyota center. Its training camp there also, so it may be a bit of a mad house. The past couple sales have been good, depending upon what you want, if your a season ticket holder (they get in first). Generally, sales take place in the parking lot. Prices can be high on some things, but you do get what you pay for. If your going, have fun.

I'd just like to see both the Sharks and Ducks go to their original jerseys for their thirds. Actually, I think that could be a cool promo for the NHL. Have ALL TEAMS wear their original uniforms for "throwback week" or something like that. No matter how good or bad.

In the end, this is USA Hockey's attempt to put 10U youth hockey in the proper perspective and attempt to promote DEVELOPMENT; as opposed to winning. You hit on a lot of the reasons why (accommodate multi-sport athletes, promote retention, develop organic talent). However, underpinning all of those is the fact that it's not lost on anyone in Colorado Springs how hypocritical it sounds for USA Hockey to expend a giant amount of time and energy promoting long term athlete development - while at the same time hyping their Tier system, national championships, and elite level teams. Those teams and events are SO elite that you simply can't be a part of them if you're not a single sport athlete, devoting multiple hours a week towards on-ice training...AND multiple MORE hours a week to hockey-specific off-ice training. USA hockey knows this...and they know how much it costs to make anything approaching this level of commitment. And, what's more, they know that, in the end, it is ABSOLUTELY BATSHIT CRAZY for ANYONE to be making that level of commitment as a 10U (or younger) player. It is an incontrovertible truth that NOTHING a player does (or doesn't do) at the 10U level really matters when it comes to his/her chances of 'going somewhere with hockey'...unless s/he gets so fed up with the game that s/he quits, of course. As a coach, I see coaches of 10U 'elite' and 'travel' teams doing absolutely horrifying things like teaching 1-2-2 or 1-3-1 trap style forechecks to kids that don't have the mental capacity to understand either the tactical or strategic implications of a specific forecheck system - instead of letting them develop the actual SKILLS that will translate to their games as they get older. "But, knowing where the weak-side wing goes in a 1-2-2 is a skill," you say. No. It isn't. You know what you call the 14 year old that 'knows where to go in a 1-2-2'? A Bantam B player. The player that has developed the individual playmaking ability to step outside that 1-2-2 box and create magic is the AAA player. You simply can't develop as a scorer...as a puck moving defenseman...as a weapon for your team...AS A HOCKEY PLAYER if all you're doing from 10U on is chasing team letters ('A', 'AA', 'AAA', 'Elite') as a result of pressure to 'be on the best team'. USA Hockey is throwing down their gauntlet and telling organizations/clubs that they need to forget about comparing themselves against the teams from the next town, remove the pressure to 'letter chase', and start developing their kids - ESPECIALLY at the 8U and 10U levels. Kids quit because they (and their parents) feel all this pressure (both time and financial) to start chasing letters at a young age, instead of allowing development to happen organically. The mindset of "10 year old Johnny isn't going to get better if he doesn't spend 8 hours a week on the ice" simply needs to go the fuck away. BenBreeg is absolutely right when he says, NONE! THERE IS NO BENEFIT TO 'TRAVEL' AT THE 10U LEVEL! Personally, as a coach, I freaking LOVE this. I wish all state level associations would ban all 8U and 10U participation in all post-season tournaments, there-by removing the vast majority of the incentive to engage in this stupid nonsense. I wish club hockey didn't start until 12U, there-by allowing the good hockey players to continue being good ATHLETES, instead of gradually turning into robots that only play hockey. And most of all, I wish that the damn parents would look at 10U hockey less like 'the first step to a college scholarship' and more like 'something my son/daughter does to get some exercise, learn life lessons, and have a Zamboni room full of fun while doing.' Just my $0.02....😉 ______________________ N.B. Speaking of pressure - the worst, most despicable things that coaches and associations do are reserved for these ridiculous birth-year Brick tournament teams that become all-encompassing, psychosis inducing all-star teams that turn ordinary, normal hockey people into raving, salivating lunatics. It takes about a picosecond for these teams to become 'pay to play' entities. "Want to be on my Brick team? Well, that means committing to two private lessons a week and at least three extra sessions of ice time. Oh, you can't afford that? Sorry..." Kids quit EVERYTHING to be on these Brick teams - they quit school and start home-schooling, they quit all other sports, they quit being kids. All for what? A $15,000 trip to Edmonton the summer after their Squirt Minor year? What. The. Ever-loving. Hell? "Oh, but Connor McDavid played in the Brick Tournament..." "News flash. Your kid isn't Connor Fucking McDavid...and if he was, you'd already know it." If you told a parent of ANY other youth sport what happens with the Brick teams, they'd laugh in your face at the absurdity of it all. There is a special place in hell for the organizers of the Brick Tournament...and for the coaches/organizations that have perpetuated it and allowed it to get to this level of insanity.

Yep. While I don't go out of my way to recommend Trues for most youth players, I don't actively recommend against them. As alluded to earlier in the thread, unless a skater has a biomechanical issue that is best addressed with custom footwear, when asked about Trues, my response is generally something along the lines of: "Hey, if you want to spend the money for customs, you can't go wrong with True. However, go into it with your eyes open. Your 9 year old's $800 skates WILL NOT fit him next year...and MAY not fit him by the end of this year; so you must be prepared to upgrade earlier than you otherwise might have to. As a parent of a kid with a relatively 'normal' (albeit, wide) foot; I wouldn't go that route...but I can't deny liking my True skates and, in the end, it's your money!"