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hockey monkey in my area has CCMs and both True TF7 and TF9 in my size. I'll be heading there Saturday to grab something new! Exciting

I've been following this thread since this morning. I'm a pro shop owner and work with both PROSHARP AS 2001 AS and Sparx Sharpeners in the Boston area. A couple of things jump out. First off, blades do not have to be trashed just because you don't know the history. PROSHARP has a process and charts on how to set up the machine for a previously profile blades with either the QUAD, ZUPERIOR or ELLIPSE. If the owner doesn't know or you don't know where the pivot point is, you can use a piece of paper ( I use yellow sticky notes) and on a flat surface, try and located the PP. Now, saying that, I'm not a big fan of this. What I like to do is rebalance, rematch the blades together in the AS 2001. Then I put back on either a 13, 11 or 10 radius. What that does is assure you where the PP is back in the middle before you start a more professional profile like the QUAD's or Zuperior. Now I've also discovered that I can save some metal on the blades if I'm going to put on a ELLISPE by using the previously mention method depending on the size of the blade you're going to work with. I've also started using the Detroit 1 (a 10/20 combo radius) if I'm doing a ZUPERIOR profile or a 10/13 combo if I doing a QUAD. All this is an effort to give the customer the best possible outcome. I have elite hockey players who are D1, D3, USHL, NAHL. NE PREP and NE HS players routinely testing profiles on ice at my proshop. So accuracy is as important to them as it is to me. I hope this helps.

P90TM is similar to P30 in that it was subtle but had some performance features. I'd say P30 was a P88 with a little more rocker and a kink on the bottom of the toe. P90TM is a combination of the three main retail curves. It's a flatter rocker and wider blade like the P88, with the heel twist of the P29, and the toe beak of the P28. And the same Lie5 as the P30. As someone who used both, I'd say that if you liked the P30, you'll probably be happy with the P90TM. I personally love the P90TM, much more than the P30 (but that may be the stick itself too). The Bauer P14 (and I guess Sherwood PP14) had a similar shape but it was shorter and not as much kink on the bottom of the toe. I wouldn't call it the same.

Pro stock Easton MiC or MiC Franchise. You can still get custom PPFs though, but the lead time is about 3-4 months for customs at this point. From the general options though, I prefer the Bauer Pro Series, which used to be Nexus. Light and durable and a nice liner. Warrior quality is horrible at retail these days, and CCM hg97 would be in the middle for me. But Eagle is the best out there at this point, and if you can wait a few months and afford customs then imo it's a no brainer

Problem solved, we are soon going to have Quad Ellipses!!!! Smooth transitions between different size ellipses along the blade... then people will be more confused than they are now!