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Those are too far gone. The hole the eyelets shaft goes into has been enlarged/elongated. Putting in new eyelets will result in them just rattling around the expanded holes.

Team provides them. I'm just looking for a solution so his FT2's (which are falling apart - toe cap stitching all gone and piece missing, eyelets failing) can be replaced with something he can rely on. Whatever mistakes were made need to be corrected, which is why I shared for input in the first place. I have no way to tell how much they were heated (he wasn't told in store) and he said he tightened them "like I always do". So the chances right now of getting a replacement pair and ending up any better off are unknown at this point. Unless he goes to a different baking method altogether as you mentioned. I'm not sure if they store can do that for him or not. I don't want him to take them home to deal with baking himself.

I know TRUE sizing has been a huge point of confusion, and I recently measured my foot on their brannock at Hockey Monkey and the size it showed was actual .5 to 1 size larger than my Bauer size (7 Fit 2 Vapor 3x and 6.5 Fit 3 Mach), it shows me in a 7.5. Is their brannock sizing to be taken as a grain of salt, and more of a "starting point" (similar to what many say the Bauer scan should be viewed as). Since the TRUE brannock is blue, is it fair to say that this was created for their TF series? Should one subtract 1 full size from what the TRUE brannock says? Most here in this thread understand the TRUE boot (and other brands) will open up a bit after the bake. Do you guys believe brannocks are created with the sizes placed on them prior to a bake? Earlier in this thread (I think?) I shared my sizing experience across the TF and Cat line, and its been noted that many believe the Cat line sizing has been updated to be more in line with Bauer and CCM. Regardless of what a scan or brannock says, I suppose the bottom line to an extent is everyone has their own preference as to how snug or not a skate should feel, with the general consensus of toes brushing the toe cap as the "proper" fit.

We actually moved to Washington in the summer. I ended up starting my own team because they didn't have any goalie spots. Theres actually a bigger, better league in Seattle but thats too far to drive so I'm stuck playing in Tacoma. But at least I'm playing regularly again!

That's not exactly true with modern boots. It certainly used to be true, but nowadays boots are made to be baked to heat mold to the foot. You're completely right that it's not going to make a poor fitting boot fit, but saying it's just "to speed up the lining material packing process" aka breaking in, that's not giving the modern foams enough credit. Of course there are some that are known to be significantly more heat moldable than others, like the TF9. And certainly the Mako back in the day.

No point just return them.

1000% go to TSR.

Yeah, they just seem very obsessed with particularly targeting the agent, that video in particular was slightly cringe. It’s super weird too because the same guy does videos for Yew wax, and in one video he will be blasting Bauer for their sticks costing a premium price more than verbero, then in his video for Yew he will go on about how their bar size is small and the price is higher than the competitors is ok because of their technology and quality of components.

They took screenshots of a different social media account's weight of the Bauer Ag5nt. But the other account was weighing sticks that were taped up, then they showed how that stick was heavier than their stick was... but their stick wasn't taped. So they were being super misleading and then didn't like when I called them out on it.

Agreed. You can bake a skate over and over again. It really doesn't do much in terms of breaking in the foam except conforming it to some degree to your ankle bones. Even with my trues. After baking it a number of times, the only thing that broke in the foams was using it and having your weight against certain parts and hours put into wearing it. As you said. Boots now adays are meant to be heat molded and wrap so much better than materials even 10 years ago. Well except Bauer. Bauer is still using curv composite which doesn't really form as well as other brands during their respective baking instructions.