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Nice! Thank you for the reply. I was in HockeyMonkey a couple weeks ago and was randomly trying on gloves (knowing that my beloved Warrior Koncept was discontinued) and put my hands in a pair of N8s. Needless to say, they came home with me. The only issue I have with them is a bit of finger discomfort (the index and pinky fingers), likely due to the lack of stretch from the palm material wrapping around the finger the way they do on those gloves. If the EK is an improvement off the Nexon gloves, then I will be picking up a pair ASAP!

Flew up to Chicago for a 4-day network install. Finished it in 8 hours. Going home first thing tomorrow morning :)

Heh, three years is right around where I'm at. I went home to the Toronto area (Barrie, actually) last month. Normally I go during summer or Christmas, but I haven't seen an Ontario autumn since 2005. Sadly, it rained that entire week. But visiting the HHoF and watching NIN in Toronto made it all worth it :)

NICE! Nothing like playing on NHL ice. We played at Staples a few weeks ago. Had a hard time paying attention to the game, just because I was too busy looking around in awe! The ice was like GLASS! Wow, that's actually a FANTASTIC idea. All AHL and ECHL teams, or just a select few?

^ I miss snow. I don't get much sympathy from people about the weather though, living in San Diego... lol But I really do miss actual seasons.

Ive found that now that mine have broken in I'm having greater difficulty getting my lacing right (and boy can I feel it when I get it wrong!). Same spot as other skates I've worn - on the outside of the foot.

Are the EK gloves roughly the same fit as the Nexon (are these a replacement to the Nexon? I'm a bit confused if these are replacements or a separate new line..)

it's also a 9' radius out of the box.

Awww yea, using a spreadsheet to do expense reports. Just like it was 2003 again!

Nice. I picked one up in the store, almost bought it, but decided to snag the last RH T90 Undercover Slimfit 70flex they had left, figuring I can always get an EK15 later :)

The tools I use for my job are as important to me as salary and benefits.

Thanks for posting that pic. I loved the white tendon guard earlier in the thread and wondered how the whole thing would look in white. You've answered that (personally, it's too much for me). Was the name/number a special request? I'm not sure if I'd do that to mine, but it would be awesome to have something fully custom (my current running shoes are Nike iD with my starting weight on one tongue and my goal weight on the other, kind of a motivational thing, so yeah I definitely dig custom stuff).

Definitely. I'm one of them, no question. The Nexus is the best looking skate on the market, imo... if that says anything. Sure isn't going to stop me from wearing something comfortable though! And now that they're black, so much the better. I hate to admit this (insert confession bear meme here) but I've honestly avoided Bauer Vapor everything the entire time I've played hockey (about 3 yrs now) solely because that's what EVERYONE has. Trying Vapor skates was the last thing on my mind (though I did do it, before giving up and forking out the cash on the Makos). Anything Bauer I've ever had has been Supreme or Nexus. Yep, I guess I'm one of "those guys", but in reverse.

Leak or legit?

Yup, that's exactly what I'm feeling now. STILL very tempted to try VH, though.

Well sure, but this is completely removing the laces from the top four eyelets, not just loosening them. I have to pull the tongue way forward and slip my toes in carefully before putting my heel down, or else the footbed will bunch up. Not a huge deal besides the extra two minutes it takes to re-lace all the eyelets on both skates. I just wish the stock footbeds were slightly more rigid. But I also wish I didn't have to wear a neoprene sleeve on my ankle to keep from getting "mako-bumps", but if thats the price to pay to skate pain free then so be it.

The only I've found is that I have to be REALLY careful getting my foot in, or else the footbed will actually bunch up because its so thin. Pretty much have to unlace 4 top eyelets to get the skates on my foot.

New company making me use a Windows laptop... (rather, making me carry a windows email machine and my personal laptop to actually do work on even though I'm not supposed to)

That's caused problems for me too. Never got heel lock on my right foot because of it. Luckily I'm only 0.25-0.50" off so Makos were an option that worked for me.

No, it won't fit backwards. I spent 5 minutes trying to shove it in the holder the other day wondering why it was so hard to get in. Yep... backwards.

Do you actually USE them, or do they just collect dust? :)

Heh well this was more of a retention bonus. "Please stay with the company at least until it gets sold and we'll give you a small % of the money from the sale". Beyond that, our bonuses aren't too bad. Mostly certification based. $5k base salary raise for expert-level (CCIE, JNCIE, etc), and $1-3k cash bonus for lower level certifications (CCNA, CCNP, JNCIA, JNCIS, JNCIP, etc). My last job was a quarterly utlilization bonus. Sounds great until you consider your base is much less. Eg. would you rather work for 100k + 10-40k in bonus (potential for $140k) or would you rather just make 120k base salary with no bonus? Hard to say which is better. Hah, I just got my team jersey (as an add-on, we only had four made for the new guys - not a new order), so luckily I won't need jerseys made for quite a while.

It already could be, rather the company we've been sold to. But the bonus is nice and makes it suck a lot less! :)

Getting a big bonus from the sale of the company I work for. Woo.

Nice, thanks JR. Definitely going to pick up an EK15 stick!