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I would say that TPS was ahead of their time in before they were outbought by Sherwood.. TPS and Easton were the ones that came with new materials and new tech. Bauer weren’t even making composite sticks themselves back then, but bought sticks from Innovative (Warrior) and slapped the Bauer logo on them.. TPS were the ones that pushed the boundries weight-wise etc.. TPS problem was, that they were a smaller company without big financial muscles and could not compete with Bauer and CCM for the big names like Ovechkin, Crosby and so on… Sure, Rick Nash and Patrice Bergeron, and Keith Tkachuk were great players, but they did they sell as much sticks as Ovechkin?? I think not.. It’s nice the see a few brands from the past rising from the ashes. I hope the sticks make it to Europe as well.. TPS adrenaline and Response R8 were my favourite sticks back around 2005-2008.

Or, you can mix em, like i have.. Bauer Vapor boots with Easton CXN holders/step steel.. I have stocked up on CXN holders so i probably have a dozen of each side.. Same with steel and bolts

Hyperlite2.. hands down the best Bauer stick in years. Nexus sync in second… Tracer, Ag5nt, Twitch, Proto etc all suck in most ways. bauers problem the last years have been the blades going soft/dead. You can still use the stick, but it looses it’s feel totally. The blades on the Hyperlite2 and Nexus Sync are better, but far off Warriors blades.

If you kinda like the fit of the Covert Cf 100 helmet, but prefer VN foam, you should try the Cf 80 helmet.. It has vn foam but with a softer more comfy foam on top of it.

Converted from SEK to USD the CCM Vizion is $303 here in Sweden, the Ft8 pro is $334..

If you want a tackla pant with +1” option your’e pretty much stuck with Air 9000 or 951 Advantage pants. I’m not so impressed by the new Tackla X1 girdle and the new pants (which are just about the same pant as True Catalyst 9x4) Me and my son went to Finland a few months back (we live close to the Finnish border) looking for hockey gear for the upcoming season. My son actually tried on the X1 girdle and the X1 Pants.. Both were light and mobile, but lacked the bulletproof feeling of old tackla pants. All the plastics felt thinner/softer and the padding did not feel as plush as before. If you had tackla pants in the past, you will be disapointed.. We actually ended up buying another pair of Tackla Expp55 pants for him. The lower cut front and kidney pads fits his shorter torso great.

Warrior hockey Sweden posted this on Instagram.. There is a Warrior skate oven on the floor, so probably Warrior will launch the new skate during the World Championships. https://www.instagram.com/p/DJojflwNPDh/?igsh=MXNyZTZldXFyMGlsMQ==

They launched them in Sweden 2 weeks ago, before the world championships started. Strange if it’s not available in the US yet??

More like a marsblade O1 elite but with holder and steel and different colors

The 501’s look more like a Nexus skate volume wise .. the white/silver 301’s does indeed look terrible though.

The Vapor 10 look skates are just hyperlite’s with ”skateskins” Skateskins Theese however are real skates. Anyone know anything about the new Daoust skates?

If you want to stay with Graf’s i would suggest to look out for a pair of Graf mci 9035/7035 or a skate from the peakspeed series of skates, preferably a higher end model from Peakspeed 4900 and numbers above (5900, 7700 carbon etc) what iv’e been told, the mci and peakspeed series of skates, both share the old graf 35 fit, (narrower heel, wider forefoot) and if you go for a EE/wide fit, the heel doesn’t neccesary get that much wider, but still, the skate gets wider overall. Suitable for most duck feet per say.

Nah, i’m more between medium and large in helmets. Iv’e have thought about trying a Warrior alpha one pro helmet, but they almost always come in a combo here in Sweden, so.. Maby i have to try one 🤔 As you said, with the boa, the fit is a little different than with other helmets. I might have to give it a try.

Some stores might have them. In Europe the Pro Series line of pads, are a retail line of pads just as Supreme and Vapor. A direct replacement for Nexus elite level pads.

I have a few different helmets, which all fit my head without a visor on.. a Bauer Reakt 75, a Bauer 5100 and a Reebok 6K (Crosby style) all in size M.. The Reakt 75 is the one that fit my head the best all around, but with the temples of the helmet beeing pulled out, it make the helmet wobble and i really don’t like that feeling.. it might has to do with me racing motorcycles in the past, and i know the importance of a super tight well fitting helmet. i simply don’t understand why they all make the visors so wide that even a XL helmet need big spacers. I guess i have to live with the wobble when reffing. I really regret selling my old itech hs22 visor.