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I imagine manufacturers will eventually limit how much pro stock product and what specific items they will allow to be sold by teams to 3rd party resellers.

These look great. How well are they built?

Be careful when using those on coated steel, it will damage the coating.

Go to your local hockey store, most of them can help you place the order. Some big box stores like Pure Hockey mainly only offer Bauer for custom sticks currently. Supposedly that will change sometime in 2023...

You can always order custom sticks from the big brands with whatever specifications you want. It only costs a little more than a standard MSRP top tier stick. I honestly dont know why most people who pay full MSRP for a top tier stick dont just get custom.

It depends on the build you select. Jetspeed vs Tacks vs RIbcor.

I am a big fan of the R and E shape. The concave gives you a little more "lock" when shooting when compared to the T shape.

I would, but I dont have those anymore. However, I have a pair of FT2 that I am doing for a friend this weekend so I will document the process.

Yes.

Bingo.

Yes, I've done it. It's quite easy. Cut out the old tongue with a razor. Fit the XS tongue to the toe cap and measure, then mark, measure and check again, then drill.

Wild, no chin cup or anything eh?

My understanding was Bauer went after mostly everyone, including Flare. Some fought it, some didn't, some disappeared (Massive Blade), and others like Tydan made an adjustment to their business model. Yes, the patent has expired. I have tested the new holder and don't really see any benefit to the concave shape in the center of the holder other than it was a way for Bauer to make some small adjustments and get a new patent. There are a few guys I know that are testing the new holder and preffered their non-Bauer steel so they used a dremel and removed the concave of the new holder so the old steel could fit. Problem solved! lol

100% it does destroy smaller stores. Big box stores get such large rebates on the back end that it doesn't matter if they sell items at cost or lower than cost since they do so much volume. Also, they can just write off the sales of items lower than cost to decrease taxes, but that's a whole other story.

I'll be doing my update videos for the shin shortly. I wanted to test them more, and there are multiple factors that need to be considered though for Aer-tec in the shinguard. Type of hockey sock a player wears: Some materials don't breathe well. I noticed a significant difference between knit, CCM SX6000 and CCM SX8000 socks with these shins. Using a long jock vs short: With the long jock I didn't notice any difference in cooling but with a short jock I did feel the airflow difference. Length and type of player sock used: I like to wear taller socks with cut protection that are decently thick. When I used my Howies sock I did feel a difference. I skated a few times using both a FT4 Pro shin and a FT6 Pro shin. Neither leg felt cooler or any different from the other. It was only when I changed my long jock pants to short and used a thinner sock that I felt a slight difference in cooling. Again, this was when wearing both a FT4 Pro shin and a FT6 Pro shin. This is one of those situations where I think YMMV if you are buying these specifically for the "cooling" effect. The FT6 Pro feels like an incremental improvement in design over the FT4 Pro. I like the changes to the liner, and they reinforced the areas where the FT4 Pro had repeated catastrophic issues.

Funny you mention this. I am actually going to cut the flap off the FT6 Pro and add my own elastic.

Some observations from a store owner who dealt with sales, warranties and customer returns: The FT4 Pro stick was significantly less durable than the FT5 Pro stick. However, both were more durable than the FT3 Pro. FWIW, I think the FT3 Pro stick was the best Jetspeed released and this is why a lot of NHL players still use it. Despite the stick having a very short lifespan, it had incredible pop. The Trigger 5 Pro was widely adopted at all levels, but the primary issue was durability. The Trigger 6 Pro was not adopted as well due to the significant weight increase and change in balance. The weight didn't change in the Trigger 7 Pro, but the balance point did, and the stick was refined further. FWIW, I think the Trigger 5 Pro is better than the Trigger 6 Pro and Trigger 7 Pro. Fun Fact: 2020/2021 was the release of the FT3 Pro and Trigger 5 Pro. CCM was chasing weight savings for these release years, and did srop the weight of those models significantly, which is why both of those sticks had the weight listed on the back of the stick. Since CCM made changes to the later design of both stick models, which also added weight, they started to remove the weight listing off their sticks.

I think with the new Air-Tec suspension system in place the level of protection from direct shots to the shin would be the same. Impact to the knee would be better on the AS-V Pro since it has D3O, and the AS-V Pro has significantly more protection on the calf and sides.

Videos for gloves, elbows, and an update on shins will be published this afternoon.

CCM FT6 Pro shinguard snapshot review is now live. Show less 14" CCM FT6 Pro weight: 601 grams 14" CCM FT4 Pro weight: 605 grams 14" CCM Hyperlite weight: 587 grams AER-TEC THERMOREGULATION SYSTEM Maximized thermoregulation system with multiple ventilation ports in shin cap and shin liner for maximum airflow, plus FLOFOAM knee donut contributes to comfort and pro-level protection. FLOATING COMPRESS-MOLDED HD FOAM Lightweight pro-level protection for maximum impact calf guards plus added abrasion resistance at bottom. ANATOMICAL JDP KNEECAP Removable/adjustable Flofoam knee comfort pad with premium sublimated lining plus JDP kneecap construction to disperse impact force away from the knee joint. OPTIMIZED ANATOMICAL GEOMETRY WITH STRAP GROOVE Pro-level shin cap lined with compress-molded exposed ZOTEFOAM and PE plastic anticollapse X-FRAME and multiple ventilation ports for premium breathability. MOLDED PREMIUM HD FOAM CONNECTED TO KNEE LINER One-piece knee liner offers a close-to-the body pro-level protection. UPPER-LOCK STRAP WITH COMFORT CUSHION AND LENGTH-ADJUSTABLE CALF STRAP Customize to all calf sizes for a snug and extra-comfortable fit. AER-TEC SUSPENSION SYSTEM MESH LINER TREATED WITH POLYGIENE + ODOR CRUNCH Max ventilation for evaporation to help keep shins dry and cool + abrasion-resistant 400D nylon bottom reinforcement. COMPRESS-MOLDED HD FOAM SIDE GUARD Pro-level foam for extra side protection.

I haven't. Might be worth looking into.

As a center when I was growing up, I took a ton of faceoffs and that film did help with durability.

Yes, both skates can be a different size.

They are the same.

I am honestly surprised Bauer hasn't started litigation against them. Unless they are so focused on their silly new holder, they just don't seem to care anymore.