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i also wear the Tron one and i have zero complaints after 5 years.

yeah, this is crap. i did nothing but hockey from 12-16. 2 teams year round, hockey camps every summer etc and pretty much hit a wall development-wise. then i took the summer off when i was 16 and played in a summer soccer league instead. came back to my high school and travel teams in the fall and was suddenly the fastest kid on the ice no matter who i was playing with or against. was previously one of the slowest. completely changed my game and i went from 3rd pair D to 1st.

i bought a 4'x8' sheet of 1/8" mdf thats typically used for temporary floor protection so the one side is smooth and the other is rough to stick to the floor. costs $8 at home depot and works well enough for what i need it for

probably my Louisville "Messier" gloves in calgary colors. one day i'll send them out for a re-palm

PM9

no floppy anything here. on top of my laces being extra long, i also skip the top hole. so when unlaced they're plenty loose for me to slip on and off easily and for the skates to air out properly

ive never had rivet replacements, but i did drop my skates off for something last year i forget what and they cut my laces so i was like "wtf" and they gave me a free pair of replacement laces. so i won on that deal

i've always bought longer laces than needed and knot the ends so ive never had an issue with tips since they only really get laced once

i wear these. got them on clearance for $10 a few years ago and been really happy with them

+1 for ABHS. been using them for around a year and they last a long time. plus i can actually get matte finish which is impossible to find these days

plus a more aggressive forward pitch. i'm a Graf guy. i've skated in a few other skates the past few years but went right back to Graf.

damn, i've broke a runner once in my entire 24 years playing hockey

step steel is always worth the money. i've thrown them in 3 pairs of skates at this point

its also funny that after Gretzky said that about wood sticks, you see him using composite sticks in every alumni game he's played in

i dont tie my skates that tight either, but prefer wax laces just because they're so much more durable. any time i've used non-waxed they get sliced in game 1 or 2