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Davideo

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  1. Is it just me or do the pictures in the thread just look they were taken at later points in the stride? Note the position and angle of the blade on the ice.
  2. You are correct that there is no different in volume. However, my theory is that it changes slightly where the laces dig into the foot, temporarily lessening the pain. Either that or it's completely placebo.
  3. Why did taping the toe first become popular? 20 years ago it seemed pretty uncommon. Did it have to do with the introduction of composite sticks/blades?
  4. Compared to pre-Synergy wood or aluminum sticks, pucks will fly off any modern stick. For kicks I pulled out one of my aluminum sticks from my college days (just around when the Synergy came out). It was pretty much terrible in all respects compared current sticks. Correction, it has a lot of heft making it much better for slashing 🙂 I would recommend two pieces or lower to mid end sticks to experiment and get what you like dialed in. Then when you figure out the curve, flex, kick-point, etc. go slightly nicer if you want.
  5. I find significant improvements in hockey equipment to be quite infrequent. I stopped playing competitively a dozen years ago and my gear from then was not much worse than what you can get now. Sticks rapidly improved in function and durability the first handful of years when one pieces came out, but the last half a dozen of years there hasn't been much improvement. I've heard helmets have improved, but for no check, I don't really care about that. Stuff is lighter, but often trivially so. Seems most yearly updates are a color change and "upgrade" from SUPER ProTec Foam to ELITE ProTec Foam! So in summary, I don't see much reason to upgrade when you get your gear dialed in. And even playing pretty regularly most stuff should last a few years. I do get excited by certain older gear in good shape. Old Eagle gloves, CCM HT2 helmet that must be paired with a Jofa 381 cage (currently looking for a black one, much harder to find than white), NOS righty senior replacement stick blades in an acceptable curve (seems like they are as rare as hen's teeth these days), game worn or practice jerseys from the '90's, etc.
  6. Our rink got some cheap pucks a few years ago that chipped and split very easily. I'm not sure what exactly made them different, but they were really bad.
  7. Used pro-stock stuff is typically pretty beefy and often inexpensive.
  8. Bump. Does anyone know why he would do that?
  9. In my limited experience, baking and breaking in a skate compresses the foams a bit and should open up a little more room. And I would strongly recommend against using skates that are too big.
  10. Don't have a name, but my first reaction upon seeing the picture and before reading your post was "those look like motocross pads"
  11. Would definitely recommend a shooting pad and a net/board.
  12. My feet are borderline between regular and wide (depending on the model) and your description exactly describes the pain if the skates are slightly too narrow or tied too tight. Just one anecdotal data point. But I might stick with the waxed laces and leave the first few eyelets loose. With waxed it should mostly stay like that, with regular laces I would think the "looseness" will just spread.
  13. Do the Kings require them to wear shot blockers on their skates? Or do they all just happen to have them?
  14. It wouldn't be hard to sew velcro onto a cheap pair of compression shorts.
  15. Dragon's Den is Shark Tank is Canada. Colt hockey sticks made a deal in Dragon's Den. Hockey players are not a small niche in most of Canada like in most of the US. That being said, Colt Hockey had a simple to understand proposition: sticks break, this still will be harder to break. You are correct that it is difficult to understand why it is better and if it is.
  16. I think you are giving STX more than bit too much credit. They did not "literally" take lacrosse from "ultra niche" to more popular that hockey. How about: STX is a large, long-established, and well respected brand in the lacrosse industry, which has more players than hockey. I'm sure STX tries to build their market and create more players, but that only goes so far. From name recognition from lacrosse and some previous hockey equipment it seems they could make a decent go of DTC. I don't need any gear at moment, but I but wish them success.
  17. Thanks. Exactly what happened in this situation is not clear. But I am a little confused. Can't the skate manufacturer see the foot measurements and determine that the selected boot won't work? If I'm the manufacturer, I reach out directly to the customer to inform that their skates won't fit. If it is not possible, then I'm only taking custom orders that are signed off by trained fitters. Fair or not, it's the manufacturer's responsibility to ensure the entire process is done correctly. Now they likely have someone telling all their teammates that custom skates are a scam. There is no shortage of poorly trained hockey shop employees that could potentially make mistakes or provide incorrect information, which could make for a major failure point in the process. Again, not knowing the details of this scenario, if a customer says, "But I like the look of the Jetspeeds better, since it is custom, can't I get those instead of the Tacks?" and the uneducated employee says "yeah, no problem", then the customer gets screwed and CCM's reputation takes a hit. It seems the board's opinion is that the customer should have some basic knowledge on the custom fitting process. I've never done customs, so I've never researched it beyond this board. But where can your average consumer who just goes to his LHS get educated on the basics and be warned that the kid working the scanner may give them bad information. The customer having basic knowledge is not an unreasonable position to have, as long as the manufacturer can clearly and obviously convey this knowledge to the customer.
  18. So what is the answer to the question? Is the customer out a grand?
  19. I could certainly understand your being offended, if I said anything like that. But of course, I did not. You will note, that I said "a D III school", not "all D III schools". Apparently an anecdote about a particular D III school being not very good academically should mean that every D III school is not very good? That's quite the leap. I will also state that going to a lower tier college could be quite an accomplishment for many and worthy of celebration. However, this individual stated they were considering ACHA schools that bluntly put, were much better schools. But clearly hockey was the number one priority and the quality of the school did not really seem to be a consideration, even though his chances of a professional hockey career were effectively zero. I intentionally did not name the school before or now because I don't want to offend anyone, but I just checked and in US News & World Report it is ranked just about at the bottom of the roughly 200 "Regional Universities - North" schools and has an acceptance rate of 99%. So no, it is not Fairfield 🙂
  20. I like the jersey bottom hem as well. Maybe add some red to the inside edge? Looks a little plain with it all black.
  21. No personal experience with Bauer warranties, but I don't interpret "equivalent model stick" as "equivalently priced stick". My understanding is that language is more to cover the situations like you purchase the 2017 model X stick at the end of the season and Bauer only has the 2018 model X stick to send as a replacement. Unless their policy has more (and potentially contradicting) language, Bauer seems to not be following their stated warranty policy. It does not make them look particularly good... Edit: If for some reason you paid more than retail, would they give you a higher end stick? Haha
  22. I should add too that it is more realistic for the average hockey player to get academic scholarship money then athletic money. I came to that realization pretty early on and put a lot of effort into school and got a nice academic scholarship and played ACHA hockey and had a blast.
  23. It is nice to hear these perspectives, good thread. I'm of the age to have kids playing hockey, but don't have any kids. I do seem to have noticed a shift in the desirability of the low range of higher end teams. Growing up in New England in the '90's, it seemed to me that if you were really good the goal was D1, Jr A, maybe even HS prep. Lower level juniors and DIII seemed to be viewed more as "eh, whatever". Now kids are pushing to try to get on a junior C team, or having press releases for committing to a DIII school that is essentially a community college. There are more kids playing hockey and not many more D1 or JR A teams, so that could at least explain part of it. Pouring money into specialty youth hockey with the goal of playing high level hockey is such a crap shoot, even for very talented players. On my youth teams I played with a bunch of future DIII players, a few D1 players, a 5th round NHL draft pick, and our rival team actually had a guy currently on the tail end of a decade long NHL career. So I did get to see the development of a number of good players. It truly is a crap shoot. The best player I played with just stopped growing at 5'5". Yes, technically not impossible to move up the ranks at that height, but orders of magnitude harder than if you are 6'2" or something. Barring injury or something fluky, I fully believe he would have made it to the NHL if he had decent size. Meanwhile, the kid who was drafted, I was a winger on his line for a number of years. He was very obviously very talented. However, he was also very lazy. He could get away with it as he was just a notch better than 95% of the other players on the ice. But he never went further than a D1 3rd liner. I saw him play a college game and it was amazing seeing the exact same lazy habits on the ice that he had as a 12 year old. He just didn't have the drive on the ice that was necessary. I'm a bit involved with the local youth program and I'm amazed by the apparent indifference by some of the kids. Their parents are spending time and money on travel teams and camps, but the kids show little to no interest in playing informally. For example, I try to organize neighborhood street or roller hockey games and the same kids who will drive 10 hours to a tournament, don't want to get off their couch and walk to two blocks to play street hockey. When we were kids (and somewhat still...) my brother and I would play any type of hockey, any time. Even things like playing in the driveway with a frisbee after losing all our balls and our folks wouldn't take us to the store. So I hope their folks are enjoying the trips because clearly those kids do not have the drive to go much of anywhere playing hockey. Over the years, I've also come to the conclusion that I love playing hockey more than at least 95% of players 🙂
  24. Yeah, I don't think this is the cause in this case. Similarly, mine that broke at the fuse point was in a 75 flex and broke on a poke check. I may have taken 2 slap shots before it broke? It seem to be a too common point of failure. But I love the how the blade feels.
  25. I would definitely contact True. I had the same thing happen with a True blade (not 2018 version), broke right at the hosel after a couple games. The next True blade I used is actually still going strong and is the longest lasting blade perhaps I've every used.
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