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Picked these up a couple months ago.

This is actually relevant to the points I made with the TF9 comparison I made earlier. One of the most striking comments/observations my son made was, the second time he wore them (1st profile after the initial skate) was in an evaluation camp where he wore the TF9s for two back to back games. This was a risk, but his Makos were hurting his feet so bad we didn't think he could make it through two full games, so, wanted one game to adapt before leaving the final impression in the second game. He had played a game the day before and could barely skate at the end his feet were hurting so bad. As I noted in my comments up the thread, he looked observably faster to me. I could tell he was unsure in them and playing conservative so as not to trip over himself, but still, by the second game was rushing full ice and jumping in the O zone. Anyway, when he came out to the car, aside from the speed comment, he said he felt less tired after two games in the TF9s than one game in the Makos. Again, not sure where the energy losses were coming from, but there certainly were energy losses. The Mako is a pretty darn soft boot.

Hey gang. Shot in the dark here but any chance anyone has any/leads on tracking down a new pair of the old Bauer pro shoulders in Medium? Appreciate the help.

OGs? Heck, haven't seen those for years. I think his last pair were Mako IIs. He's had M7 and M8s as has my daughter. His last pair was actually a pair I had in reserve for myself, which he got, because TFs were not available yet and he needed new skates pronto. I believe they are MIIs. The current ones I'm using are on their last leg, so, given the path we've gone down with him, I'm thinking I might give the TF7s a try for myself. My modifications are much more substantial than his though, so, I'm not enthused about starting from scratch. It's the journey that makes it interesting though, right? ... 😉

Not seeing the "x-ribs" we've seen in previous models.

I last heard March

I had the opportunity to skate this week for the first time since I broke my hand. Um, no thanks. I don't understand how the rinks are even still open. Then again, I'm in a county where strip clubs are "protected by the first amendment", but camping in the middle of a 600K acre desert is a big no-no.

Sooooo I got the news today that my customs have arrived in store! That’s 4 weeks from when they received the order to ship them over to the UK. Pretty impressive. Only downside is that our current lockdown restrictions mean I am unable to get them.

I've had the same experience unfortunately. It's really young youth hockey (U8), and I had a dad come up to the bench where they are not allowed and ask why his son isn't getting on the ice. I had to explain to him that he got a penalty for slashing a kid on purpose after getting knocked down, at his level we just sit them out for 2 shifts, but it could have been the whole game if the ref deemed it. I had another mom come up to the bench, and ask why his kid kept on getting double shifted, he's tired etc. I had to explain to her that everyone's double shifting because we have one sub. I've had someone argue with me about the format that Hockey Canada was putting out "half ice vs whole ice" (which is definitely not my call lol). And on the other hand, I've had parents who didn't give a care, I always have to help this one kid (U8) in the locker room (tying his skates and all), and escort him to his dad who's waiting in the truck in the parking lot (who doesn't even get out of his truck to help his kid load the gear, nor even acknowledge me). This half-year with COVID I think was the last straw, it brought out the worse in everyone. I've had way too many parents come up to me and yell at me for things that are beyond my control, I'll probably quit next year.