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I love his products and I generally like his vision and theoretically love his nerdery. But it feels like despite his love of curves and strong knowledge base, he is terrible about describing the curves. He’ll go on and on about a minute detail, and then gloss over a really obvious difference or comparison. I’ll stan his company all day, but any curve info I have to go triple check on the rest of the Internet.

I think you’re giving an opinion “I like the p28,” without paying any attention to the question - “what plays similar to a p88.” That’s cool that you like the p28, there are other threads for that. It’s hardly an unpopular opinion, it’s easily one of the top three stock curves regularly available (ahem), and super popular at all levels of play. When someone asks what curve is similar to X, they aren’t asking you to just name other random curves. This is like if this were alcohol forum, and someone asked for a red wine recommendation, and you said “try and IPA, I love them.”

I really miss NHL players having gloves that adhered to a general color scheme, but the actual execution between different brands, say Bauer and Eagle, might be a little different with the exact design. It added a little bit of color and spice. Everything is so hyper standardized now.

Other people have said it, and this is my answer to way too many stick questions, but buy a p88 curve from prostockhockeysticks.com And, if you want to experiment with curves similar to a p88, he has an insane number of curve options at retail pricing. (But, speaking as someone who keeps chasing the dream of a curve “like a p88 but better,” just buy a p88.) If you're not familiar, read through the thread on them on here. Their quality is as good as the big boys’ sticks who cost $300 plus. It’s not some dude selling cheap temu sticks out of his garage. They are a legit brand (with a terrible name) and the owner has done his research and development to make these sticks. A small handful of guys in the NHL use them, including Ovechkin.

Why not just cut it to the height you want? Why go through the trouble to remove a permanently attached extension and then add another slightly shorter one?

What’s going on with the palm on those. Is that some sort of overlay? How thick is it?

Feels like they are missing out on printing-bags-of-money type product by not selling a 235 Helmet. But, to avoid lawsuits would it probably have to come with a bunch of giant warnings that say “not intended for use as a protective helmet. Display purposes only.” or something like that. Still, give the kids* what they want. *old men

Why are you all in on the Warrior skates as a replacement for the makos? I honestly haven’t heard anything about them, so just curious.

I assume any good review is a paid spam post from the company, and the negative review is someone whining that their $400 stick broke in 31 days, or their $115 stick is heavy and sucks. The general public is (I am trying to find a polite way to say idiots)…. something. I don’t trust any equipment reviews from Reddit for the same reason. People with no background or knowledge holding forth like experts. Read/watch reviews from hockeyreviews.ca , and discuss equipment on here. This is literally far and away the best hockey equipment discussion place on the Internet. There’s no reason to read what some Karen who has never played hockey has to say about her 13 year old’s stick.

Some of these look so much like Riedell rental skates.

On sideline swap, sort by the size you need, and just take time browsing. There’s a ton of good pants from college, juniors, and minors teams that are less expensive than ones with NHL branding. It takes some time to learn about what different codes mean, but you’ll good about yourself once you start to learn some of the codes and are able to visually identify stuff. Patience and paying attention are your friends. Resources are out there, but a lot of it is piecing together different info from different places.

The fact that the big box stores immediately try to push aftermarket insoles with every skate sale points to this. They used to be an aftermarket solution for certain problems, now they are hyped as a must have.

For what it’s worth, I prefer the thin stock insoles too. Every time I try a fancy aftermarket insole, it makes my feet feel crampy and tired. It feels similar to breaking in new skates, but doesn’t get better. Once, I posted in the “want to buy” section on here asking for insoles, and someone gave me a pair of theirs, since they used superfeet or something similar. These were mako insoles going into supremes, so I think as long as the size is correct, the branding probably doesn’t matter.

Just start a new thread. This is 11 pages of a specific brand.

Cut resistant skate socks, or hockey socks? For skate socks, cutshield just feels 100% like regular sports socks for me. They breath great, they go on easy, they have a bit of compression effect. For adults I 100% recommend these vs anything else. I was looking at cheaper options at the start of summer, and all of the other companies offerings have iffy reviews. No idea on sizing for kids. I’m 6’2” and leggy and the socks come up to the top of my calf. A quick look at their site seems like it’s just one size, so may not be a good option for kids. If you fold them down, I assume they’d get hot. And if you tried to trim them, I assume they’d fray unless you have some good sewing skills. (Maybe they have a youth offering and I missed it.)