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I did it. I had a pie of old beat up Easton gloves I disliked so I cut the backhand pad out, sewed Velcro on the back of the pad and stuck it in. Did the thumb padding too as it was cut off. Works perfect youd never know the difference plus it doesn’t move. thanks everyone for your suggestions I also fixed the palm hole.

You should compare your skates in the same situation at the same time. If the holder/steel combination of the Ribcores gives you less height over the ice this can explain the difference in stability.

IMO the Carbonlite blades are a very poor investment. For starters, the actually quality of steel is very poor, even worse I have found than basic LS or LS2 steel. The carbon piece also presents many issues. Too many times I've seen them come into my shop and the carbon upper has been completely mangled by someone who is not qualified to sharpen them. Even as an experienced sharpener they present a bit of a hassle in terms of properly aligning them on the jig so as not to damage the carbon. I haven't seen any break/suffer major damage from regular on-ice use, but the life of these blades is very short as there is not much steel to work with when you buy them initially. I have had players who bought Carbonlites at the start of the year and had to come in for replacements during the season because they didn't have enough blade left. I generally recommend LS Pulse TI to any of my customers who are looking for a premium quality Bauer blade. I have found that Step Blacksteel is the best blade that I have personally used, but it is pretty hard to come by now in a Bauer mold since CCM acquired Step.

The only thing that impacts bad leagues is when lots of teams start leaving. No amount of captains complaining about this, that, and the other has any impact on how leagues are run as long as the league is still getting their money.