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I mean, if they’re made to measure than yeah they very well could be.

Well apparently not a heart attack. Doc says he doesn’t know what it is but it’s his job as an ER doctor to make sure it’s NOT on his checklist of emergency items, so he STRESSED he doesn’t know what it was and said to follow up with my doctor 3-5 days.

In hospital for potential heart attack. I’m kind of surprised by how relaxed they are being about the fact that my wife has COVID-19 symptoms, especially after I explained them and the nurse was like “oh yeah, she’s got it”

Mom interrupting my wife telling me she has COVID symptoms by telling me she has cancer. I hadn’t even had my coffee yet.

Yep, nothing weird about my feet at all. It's definitely why I did. Why do you not agree? And yes, it's an assumption. Actually, it's not even an assumption. It's just a hope.

I also want to point out that there has been a lot of mentioning of the Mako, especially by me. But, for good reason. Some of us are hoping the TF7/TF9 can fill the gap that was opened up when the Mako was discontinued. Some of us had finally found a skate we loved. I don't WANT to buy custom skates. I truly envy those that don't need to. The Mako is still to this day the only retail skate I've ever worn that didn't hurt.

Nope. Actually, yes. Or, at least that was definitely the case for me. Maybe my foot was just the right shape for the Mako, but those things were so comfortable. If True retail skates are as thermoformable as the Mako was, I won't need to go custom (speaking as somebody who wears custom VH right now).

Probably the same as the Mako, they'll have to bake them.

Yep, if I continue hockey I’m definitely going to be trying a retail model.

I had similar issues as you. I tried everything and spent a fortune in the process. Every line from Bauer and CCM and a couple models of Graf and just couldn’t get anything that didn’t hurt after a couple minutes. I used to ask guys if just the walk out to the ice is supposed to hurt, because I had no reference point. Usually, my feet would eventually go numb and didn’t hurt at some point in the 3rd period. Then I got my hands on the Easton Mako. My first time playing a game (playing in a division higher than the beginner division I should have been in) I had my teammates ask if I had taken skating lessons. I laughed and told them no, I just had skates that didn’t hurt anymore. Pain was gone. They were so thermaformable that they were able to fit perfectly! It really was amazing. When I switched to goalie, I bought a pair of cheap Bauer goalie skates and, not surprisingly, they hurt my feet. Not as badly, but the movements are obviously different. I wasn’t about to go through the same BS all over again and since there was no Mako goalie skate i bit the bullet and went VH custom. Ended up being one of the best equipment decisions I’ve ever made. They feel like nice, well fitting hiking boots. A nice even pressure all around the foot that makes you feel supported but not jammed. And because of the foot wrap you barely need to pull the laces tight. I could skate with no laces in these things (and sort of have before when I had a lace come untied during a pickup game). Soooo... while I think True custom might work for you based on my experience, the TF7 or TF9 retail models might give you the same experience I got with the Mako. I don’t know if that’s helpful to you but figured I’d give you my story and you can decide what to do with it.

I feel like they will be quite similar to the Mako where the crazy level of thermoformability will make them fit a lot of different foot shapes. Still not for everyone, but still a pretty wide variety of people.

Man, I haven’t seen that scene in ages. So good. I loved that show!

Good question. I assume they’ll do some sort of promo. I already have it as it’s the only way to watch games without TV service.

Merged into the existing thread where we've already been discussing these.

The play-in round is going to be awesome. 5-6 games a day starting between 9AM and 7:30PM PT. Gonna need to put a TV in my home office!

It's EXTREMELY frustrating, especially now that we're seeing businesses shut down not because of the virus but because of the morons refusing to wear masks and do social distancing.

Pretty generic message from one of the local rinks, right up until the end: Interesting about the "plastic shield". I wish the image was larger.

Probably pretty high as long as everyone follows the rules.

Ice-Plex Escondido is shut down permanently, and that email I mentioned is from San Diego Ice Arena (Mira Mesa). Carlsbad is where I was playing on a team.

Just got an email from another local rink that they’re in big trouble and will likely be shutting down if they don’t get county assistance. So, that’s 3 of the 5 sheets locally that would be gone.

I’ve been saving up for months for new goalie pads. Due to a combination of coronavirus, local rinks permanently closing, and being kicked off my team I’ve decided it was time to invest in a new hobby, instead of buying hockey gear I’ll never see much use out of. Welcome to the team, Rocket! 🚀 I’m so pumped, but at the same time definitely going to miss hockey. I’ll still have my gear for now, but if it doesn’t see much use in the next 6 months or so I may try to just sell it all.

Hopefully they wait at least that long.

Well, it’s pretty simple. Some people do things differently from you.

I don’t know how this is silly. It fits a need. Now I don’t have to rip my tape down the middle.

Probably, but I don't think anything like that is going to keep them from trying.