DarkStar50

You can't be f**king serious! JOFA RULED protective for how many years with primarily white protective?!?! I'm shocked DS! Alas, The Chad and I agree on something...LOL Yea, Jofa rules in the NHL locker rooms. Do they rule at retail? No. Does white still wear sweat stains and grime making your $125 shoulder pad look like crap? Yes. Jofa long ago established their equipment on protection values. They could cover their protective in pink and NHLers would still wear it. This is Year 2 for Warrior hockey protective. White is a risk when you still trying to establish your brand in protective. My thinking is different. I am looking at the gear from the position of a LHS equipment buyer. Do I want to hear from parents in a few months how that Warrior gear they have in all white now looks like crap due to the white showing all the sweat and grime? No.

Some times I think their stick graphics get a bit too overdone for the consumer. Also, white as a dominant color in protective equipment is a risk as it tends to wear sweat stains and grime a bit too quickly.

The fit on both the X:60 Pro and X:60 is tapered. The differences between the two gloves are as follows: Protection- X:60 Pro Inserts: Poly, X:60 Inserts: Vent Armor Composite, X:60 Pro Shell: Nylon Mesh + Cable Mesh, X:60 Shell: Synthetic Leather + Cable Mesh. Fit/Mobility- X:60 Pro Palm: Dual Layered Digital Nash Palm, X:60 Palm: Techniflex Digital Nash Palm w/Absorb Pad, X:60 Pro Cuff: contoured, segmented, X:60 Cuff: Free Flex Cuff, X:60 Pro Liner: Termo Max +, X:60 Liner: Thermo core +.

TO flatheads and washers are gold. The rest of the line has standard copper. :lol:

So you don't accept it, but then you do? Except that it is essentially the same technology, with updated styling FOR A LOWER PRICE. The ONE75 was supposed to be a ONE90 replacement but these so called replacements have always been a little speced down to reach a slightly lower price point. And then you seem to be complaining about something, which you don't know what it is? And then in wrapping up you quote So you're claiming to have a skate which is "going to change the hockey skate forever" but complain that it sets a new bench mark in pricing. How do you expect it to be any other way? Hope you can help me to reconcile all of the contradictions in this post to save me from thinking JR should have suggested a deletion not a repost in the correct thread. Thanks for breaking down that post because it did leave my head spinning.

Uhm, no. you'll love the shin guard then, probably. wrap around lock on the back gives you alot more protection then before, and less slippage from what ive been told. basically the new stealth protective line is a huge improvement over the previous models. easton finally is catching up in almost all areas, and still excels in sticks. Easton OPS still have great feel but no sex appeal on the rack. I'm glad they gave the ST a new look but it really needed a new name. The S19/S17 is also a tough sell. If you had a problem with your S17 snapping, you're not as likely to buy that S19. Easton does make great OPS. I just think they need to market them in a better way. They need some new model names and some dynamite graphics that catch your eyes when stacked up against a wall of OPS in the shop. Bauer OPS are easily outselling Easton in my shop. Props to Chadd, marketing can work when it is done right.

Only if they win the division!

No time or patience in Toronto for Leafs fans or management to build through draft. The Rangers were the same way forever. The Rangers finally slowed down with that method and now have Dubinsky, Staal, Callahan, Girardi, Del Zotto, Anisimov, and Lundqvist to show for it. Brian Burke is not God when it comes to building a team.

Burke might want to notice that the Pens are now Stanley Cup champs and that the Capitals are doing pretty well with the draft. What an idiot he is, actually just arrogant and pompous.

No way Wilson gets fired with Burke and Olympics down the road. As far as your last sentence, I don't expect anything of the Leafs. They have a long way to go but people in Toronto are tired of waiting. A lot of talk over the summer is showing no early results or reason to be optimistic.

Might have helped if Tucker did that more often when he played for Toronto. Nice to see him rise from the dead after his performance last season. Back to the Leafs: name the coach Burke replaces Wilson with.

I saw the last 10 minutes of the 3rd. The boo birds were out. Winless in Toronto. I don't see much hope in sight.

X:60 LE is senior sizes only.

1. I manage a pro shop and ordered them for the team. 2. Team order gloves from Bauer = 15 pair minimum, no single pair orders. 3. Price depends on your LHS.

The Retail double layer with the XXX palm feels great. However, I have Vapor XXXX gloves from Team Canada Junior team from two years ago. I won them on the ebay auction after the tourney. Those gloves have Pro palm single layer. When we went to place this custom order, I knew I wanted another Pro palm glove in the 4 roll. It was easy to get 12 pair together in Pro palm. They feel awesome and the 13" glove I got is actually a touch snugger than my 13" 4 roll NBH retail from 08. We did 14 pair in Retail palm for the team. The minimum for the team order is 15 pair. I'll be giving the Eagle PPFs a rest for the first time in a few months to wear these Bauers tomorrow night.

I manage the Pro Shop at the Ice House. The team ordered the gloves through the shop. Who did you play for and where?

We just got in these Bauer 4 rolls in custom colors for North Jersey Avalanche 16 AAA team. We did 12 pr + in Pro Style single layer palm and 12 pr + in Retail Style double layer palm. The Retail palm is the Vapor XXX palm! That was a surprise, in a good way. Great fast job by the Custom Department at Bauer Hockey! Thanks guys!! Pro Style single layer palm Retail Style double layer palm

Is that a long term or short term review?

The all black X:60 LE has red stitching. It looks nasty. BTW, don't ask me for pictures. I don't have any! It's all a memory.

X:60 LE shipping 10/15/09.

I was afraid of that. When I was in college I worked winters at a Camden County hockey pro shop and summers in a Salem County golf pro shop and we did lots of custom orders and never charged tax for out-of-state shipping. Bet we also got audited a lot on in-state sales on what things were taxable sporting goods (hockey sweaters, spiked golf shoes) or non-taxable clothing (hockey fan sweater for a baby, spikeless golf staff shoes). I understand the CYA. a shame that I have to think twice about coming up there because not only $15+ sales tax, from Exit 1 on the Turnpike I'm probably also looking at another $15 in tolls (road taxes). Glad you understand. Tax auditing by the state happens more than some may think. They visited the last place I worked at quite a few times. Also, the tolls on the NJ Turnpike suck. The Eagle customizer is back up.

Just to clarify, I charge the 7% NJ sales tax on custom gloves shipped out of NJ. This is known as CYA. It keeps the CFO happy. As for shopping in NJ, there is a 7% sales tax on "non-essential" items. Shopping for food and clothes(essential items) in NJ = no sales tax. This is why so many people from NYC drive over the Hudson River to food and clothes shop. While X:60 skates and Easton SE16 OPS may be "essential" to us on MSH, they are taxable items in NJ. All further questions can be directed to the Department of Taxation in Trenton, NJ. :lol:

Yeah, it's from carrying around the Smythe and the Cup since June.

I just got signed by the Penguins and Bauer is fitting me in gear head-to-toe!!

Well your XXXX is way lighter than your One55.