VegasHockey

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The number of $250+ sticks we sell is minimal at best so I order very few of them. Those pricey sticks tend to sit on the floor for months and depreciate. Look at how many of those stupid Bauer Supreme ADV sticks are still sitting on shop floors! The bigger issue that 6 months later Hockey Monkey, Pure, or someone else drops the price 40-50% and I lose money on them... I would say for every $200+ stick our shops sell, our customers buy 5x as many $80-$140 sticks. Not to mention that with companies like CCM dropping a new top of the line sticks every year it makes it pointless for me to even bother ordering top model sticks in bulk. I would rather buy and sell top-end pro stock sticks for a fair price because then everyone benefits from it.

I imagine taking a shot to the chest with those DC9 and my rib cage collapsing, lol

You can buy a lot of beer with $40-$50 bucks if you go to Costco.

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Understandable. It's hard to get away from all of the "I could have gone to the show" guys that play in leagues. Agreed.

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I ordered a set from them a while back and was not impressed. Especially for how stupid expensive they were. These just seem like basic laces.

I think that is the key point here. These skates are in terrible condition from these player's lack of sharpening which is sucking up more cycles than usual. Our store charges a set fee for sharpening but if you bring in some skate with steel that looks like you've been running around a parking lot with your skates on we are going to charge you extra to get them back into a usable condition. It's not unrealistic for shops to charge $15-$35 or more if the steel requires substantial time, cross grinding, and many times is not even and has to be matched again due to people with poor experience doing the sharpenings. I was recently in Chicago for work and went into a pretty well known local store and they have no problem charging customers $25+ for sharpening if it looks like you've been doing this to your steel:

I would never spend $300 on a stick when you can buy a top of the line pro stock or last years top retail sticks for $100-$150.

I honestly dont mind contact, like I mentioned before I sakte Mondays and that is a full-contact checking league, no open ice hits allowed though, but in this instance, I was not thinking about some player coming from behind/side of me and taking me out. If you arent prepared for such or expecting it the end result could be someone getting seriously hurt.

I think it all depends. 25 sharpens at $10 a sharpen would be $250 bucks and if the ring costs him $60 thats a pretty decent return. Yes, you could buy a Wissota or some other machine for $1200 and charge less per sharpen but if you aren't skilled you're going to have a heck of a time giving people a consistent sharpen which could lead to not having return customers.

Not everyone is a bad apple, just some dudes who take it all way too seriously.

Agreed.

I would say there is intent as he didn't even try to play the puck, he went straight for the body. Yeah, it's impossible for the butt end to show in the video. But if you see what my ribs look like now it would be pretty easy to justify.

I feel the same about the Vapor and Supreme ADV. The sticks were too light and the blade felt too stiff. I think if they added 15-20 grams back and maybe went with a more dampened blade, like a Nexus, the stick would have been great.

I skate 5-7 times weekly, about 10-14 hour total, and sharpen my skates once a week with a single pass. I do however skate on a very flat hollow compared to most others. If I change my hollow, as some rinks have harder ice than others, I usually do two passes.

Yeah I am definitely feeling it. He stuck me good in the ribs with his butt end on the hit. I need to go get scanned just to make sure everything is ok. It hurts to breathe deeply and my right side is incredibly sensitive and sore. I assume bruised ribs.

What happens if you swap the leaf? They are bidirectional so it shouldn't matter.

I hate the 2S Pro girdle. The protection is lacking compared to other options. Take a peek at the TRUE XC9 girdle.

I think some very minimal motion is fine, but it should be almost negligible. I have only seen one other player crack the carbon leaf.

I was more shocked they only called 2 min for this.... It was clear the guy had intent.

Maybe this view is better for you?

Got hammered last night by some dude who not just blindsided me but also gave me a pretty gnarly shot to the ribs with his butt end when he hit me. My ribs have been killing me all day. Thursday nights are a non-checking league, so I wasn't really paying attention for a full-contact hit. Obviously, the pass was slightly behind me which didn't help either. Ohn and make sure to watch the ref in the corner at the end. He falls pretty bad. LOL

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