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The Graf Supra 707 was my jam as a kid.

Fold some toilet paper into squares and apply it to the areas where he is getting pain, you can also use cotton balls too. Wrap his foot with tape to hold the toilet paper/cotton balls in place. Bake the skate and while its warm have him put it on. Instead of normally sitting down while they cool have him stand up in a hockey stance to widen his forefoot. That should fix his issues.

Many of the rinks are taking the ice down to the sand and then repairing things, doing new lines, and building it back up. I know both Sno-King rinks in WA are doing such.

For the people of Scottsdale, Arizona. I heard today that many of the rinks are now planning to stay closed until end of April. I was really hoping for the estimated reopening date of April 6th but it seems that isn't going to happen. In Seattle, WA the rinks in Renton and Kirkland are hoping to be reopened by mid-April. I don't have any updates for Seattle and Everett.

I sent them an email expressing interest in purchasing the facility myself and they said the LA Kings will be buying the facility, the deal is apparently already underway.

That's like 90% of the current high level players. They find what they like and only change if there is absolutely no other option. I think some of the younger players are open to changing gear more often. I think it's also because gear is easier to break in now than in the past.

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Same. I use 84" and which is just barely enough for me to lace them with almost nothing left over.

People like you drive me crazy when you bring in your skates for rivet replacements and such. I cut your laces off since I don't have time to screw around with untying your dumb knots.

Every rink near my homes in Seattle, WA and Scottsdale, AZ are closed. I am bored out of my mind.

I rarely have lace issues. However, I tend to swap out laces every few months since I have OCD and hate when my bright white laces get dirty.

I tried using these but they were a nightmare to get through eyelets.

Yes, I like them both but the first generation are a little thinner and lighter.

It wasn't in their catalog for this season. The good news is our Bauer rep emailed and said it will be available again. He said it was a mistake on their part. From Bauer: "Just a quick note, the Bauer SpeedPlate 2.0 was missing from the Bauerbiz repeat catalog, in error. It is in the catalog for 2020. It has been added back there today and is in stock for immediate shipment."

Be careful to not apply too much heat or pressure as you might break the carbon on the heel. Honestly, I think you need to have the skates remade.

It will be something similar to a Titanium Nitride coating. If you google around you can find the Bauer 2020 steel line up document.

Not titanium.

It's too bad that Bauer is likely going to discontinue them. The good news is there are some other third party company working on a heat thermoformable footbed for hockey that is lighter and better than the Bauer SP.

I use this: https://prosharp.us/collections/accessories/products/blade-bag

I wish I could share info but I am not allowed. All I can say is there will be a huge shift in the retail industry coming soon.

Easy fix. You could do it yourself or a local shop with some decent staff could do it.

Randomly wondering. Who is using the new Shift holder? If you aren't using the Shift holder, what holder are you using? LS Edge? CCM XS? Previous version of the TRUE holder?

Im spoiled. In AZ all I need to do is spray my stuff down with my special cleaning mixture and then hang it in the garage. In a few hours its nice and dry. Every couple of weeks I like to lay my stuff out by the pool to let it get some sun and to allow the UV to kill of bacteria as well. Cant leave it out too long in the summer though as the sun will wreck most anything you leave out for too long.

I have an extra I can send you if you want to do a tear down.

In hockey, unlike football, injuries are rarely from initial head impact acceleration, its the secondary and third impacts that cause the most harm. If you read this article they mention “The front location is where kids hit their head the most and at high energies, so that front pad plays a big role,” Rowson said. “The lower-rated helmets would test considerably better simply by reducing the stiffness of that front padding.” Based on the methodology they are using to test hockey helmets you can see the serious error here in the way they are rating helmets. https://vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2019/03/ictas-youthfootballratings.html I am also not saying that HECC or other methods are any better though. There is serious faults with HECC testing as well. The helmet's performance is evaluated by testing the chinstrap for strength and elongation and by testing the impact absorption properties of the helmet liner. All tests are performed using helmets attached to headforms that simulate different sizes of the human head. For the retention system, the helmet is placed on a headform and a load is applied using a device to simulate the chin bone structure. The strength and elongation properties of the helmet strap are evaluated. Dropping a helmet (with the headform inside) onto a flat hard surface tests the impact absorption properties. When dropped onto the flat surface, instruments in the headform measure the force transmitted through the helmet to the headform. This test is performed at ambient, hot and cold conditions. At each of these conditions the helmet must absorb a minimum amount of energy in order to meet the requirements of the standard. In general, we need a better way of testing helmet for hockey. If anything, I think MIPS is doing good with their testing currently. However even they need to make some changes as well. https://helmets.org/mips.htm https://helmets.org/mipstestpresentation.pdf