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To be fair, the speed skating industry gave us the MLX/Mako and the VH/True so it’s certainly far from a sure thing that speed skating tech will fail in the hockey world.

My VH has glue all over the place and the glued on colored accents (they’re not actually stitched on) are peeling off. But that was VH and I was okay with it. I expect better from True, though. The tongues I could almost understand if they changed the design at some point, but the bubbling should have never made it past QC.

I think I’d be contacting them about it. I personally don’t think either of those things is acceptable. Tongues are obviously an easy fix, the bubbling I’m not so sure about.

Don’t use photobucket - it’s garbage. Use imgur.com instead.

Beautiful. Great packaging too. Much better than what my VH came in! Haha

Anyone hiring? CCIE, JNCIE. Thanks.

Here's the latest video from pickup.

You're spot on. Getting 6-7 is one thing, but even with 10 we still have 4-5 who have been playing hockey for less than two years. That (and the lack of experience that comes with it) is our biggest problem, other than me and my play.

A bit of both. We routinely have 6 or 7 skaters this season. Our best defenceman left the team after last season and now we're generally running with two of the three D-men being from the division below us (rookie aka D6) so while they're pretty skilled (to be able to move up), they also make mistakes and don't have a ton of experience (so a lack of hockey sense). Things like reading the play in the offensive zone and knowing when they need to start backing off, or how to handle pressure in their own end is something they haven't yet developed. I also noticed that since we also have 3 guys that play forward that were also in rookie league within the last 12 months, there is absolutely no cycle. Everyone tries to either walk in off the side boards and deke people to get a shot, or just throw it towards the net. No passing. The D-men do the same. They get the puck and try to step around their man to get a closer shot, and nobody knows to draw back to cover them. So that's the rest of the team. For me, I don't think I've really changed that much but frustration level has definitely been increasing which isn't helping. I have had a really bad couple games as well. One a few weeks ago where I couldn't even catch a simple shot. I'd end up bobbling it every time. It was like my timing was off, or something. So overall there's a lot of factors in play. I'm a career GAA of almost 5, so that's not good. But when the other teams are given breakaways or grade-A scoring chances that can become bloated also. There was a time when our team was so good with the cycle and overall skill that even if I was struggling we could just outscore them 7-5 or whatever, but those days are gone. We've had about 90% roster turnover since I joined the team two years ago, with pretty much all the new faces being from the rookie league below (as in, guys who had literally never picked up a stick before until then). The other teams get their players from the divisions ABOVE ours. We add newbies, and they add guys who immediately step in as their best player. The league is super lopsided right now. Top team is 10-1. So I'm definitely not playing as well as I need to be, but neither is the team as a whole either.

My issue was that the yellow insole wasn’t stiff enough and bunched up in the toe box. Had to replace it.

I couldn't even get my VH on my feet before they were baked. There's really no point in even trying since you know they need baking anyway. I put mine on with a shoe horn. You can actually hear the air getting pushed out of the skate as I put my foot in, which is good because I can show people who give me funny looks for using a shoe horn why I'm doing it!

Man, that's a bummer. But he wasn't looking too good the last few years after his surgeries. RIP.

We just got destroyed 8-3 and I am now 1-8-2 for this season.

Cassini. No, I don't care that it's not a person.

Maybe a second bake?

Sparks new wheels:

HP?

Definitely not True. The toe cap is totally wrong. Looks like CCM to me, too.

Bad time of year to be ordering custom anything. Is what it is in this industry. Theyre worth the wait :)

img tags aren't necessary anymore. Just paste the URL and the forum will convert it to an image automatically. I did this for you.

I did, but it was Rob that sent it directly to me. It wasn't automated or anything. I'm sure you can ask them for it. (Then again, this was in the VH days a couple years ago, I like to think True is a bit more automated for the order process but who knows)

I had just figured that since mine were perfect, I didn't want to introduce the possibility of something being off. But from your experience I think it'd be better to get it done. I guess it SHOULD be more accurate and make for an even better fitting pair of skates. But that ounce of concern is still there nevertheless.

Interesting. So perhaps I should go for the foot scan instead of just having them make mine based on my VH tracings.

I use mine once a week (two passes for touch ups). Sadly I went about 5 months without using it because I was out with an injury. I’m about ready to buy my second ring at this point. After using it I’m not all that worried about durability. I mean, I understand that it’s an electronic box and will therefore likely have a much shorter lifespan than a mechanical tool you can replace almost every single part on, but I still imagine it will still be around for a long time. It’s a seriously solid unit.

I’ve had mine for quite some time now, with no issues so far. Not sure if that’s long enough for you!