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For me, these lacelocks were the #1 hockey thing that seemed like an actual innovation and great idea that was phased out and never caught on.
So, I assume there’s some sort of demand for them, but it might be all 40 year olds who spend their hockey life trying to regain the glory of their late 20s when it seemed like they were better players.
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With protective especially, there is no “best.” At some point you are trading degrees of breathability and movement and weight for protection. So, you gotta figure out how to configure those different things that work for you. Think of it like creating a character in a video game. You have an allotted number of points, so you can’t just put every category at 100. If you want lighter, they’ll be slightly less protective, etc
It’s been a while since I wore CLs, and everyone liked them, but it’s not like you’re gonna put them on and be like “oh, these are clearly noticeably better than everything else and it was worth paying $200 for a used pair of 10+ year old shoulder pads, plus all the time I spent looking for them.”
Rather than thinking about “THE BEST,” the about “these are fine.” Get something that does its job and you don’t notice them much, and spend the money on sticks or drugs or something fun. Protective stuff generally won’t improve your game like sticks or skates might*. Just find something you can be content with and don’t overthink it.*these really don’t either, but let’s pretend.
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13 hours ago, VegasHockey said:Bauer and CCM are both trying to phase out the Wide and FIT3. Both brands have been adding volume to the FIT1/FIT2/Tapered/Regular options. I would imagine by 2025 you will not be able to buy a FIT3 or Wide skate at retail, and it will require a custom skate order.
If they add volume to the those fits, doesn’t that mean that people who fit well into fit1/tapered will get pushed out the other way, and skates will have too much volume?
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Why do you need to change the steel? Is it broken, or you want to upgrade it?
To put new holders and steel on, your cost would probably be around $100+ if you could find used stuff that works, much more for new. For those skates, you’re better off just putting that money towards new skates.
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For what it’s worth, I generally wear 15” gloves, but felt 15” Trues were too long in the fingers when I tried them on, and a touch roomier that I wanted. They were 7X and 9X. I honestly don’t know if they have had different iterations of those yet.
I assume glove fits change slightly person to person, depending on the size ratio of fingers to hands.
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Do non-nhl pro players even have options to these hyper specific types of requests? If I was an AHL player, could I request a custom shaft shape on a model from 5 years ago? Or would the eqm just tell me to shut up and get on the bus?
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23 hours ago, caseyjones said:I think people are getting tired of the radical color designs on all the new skates (I was never a fan of this) and I think Graf would benefit there.
Cranky adults like us who are irrelevant don’t like the bright bold colors. Kids who buy new skates every year do. Youth tastes 100% drive the aesthetic designs, and that’s pretty much guarantees to be the opposite of what older players like. Just wait 20 years and all black skates will come back and then the 30-40 year olds on here will be complaining how modern skates these don’t have giant streaks of color on them.
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9 hours ago, Dmitrakov said:I just got my custom Kane Proto R and I love it, the puck feel is great but I like stiff blades and to each his own. However the toe has a small chip on it after ONE skate, I heard the blades wear out pretty quick on this thing through reviews I've watched so we'll see
Kane prostock Proto R, or retail Proto R with Kane p88 curve?
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Do people run into a lot of situations where you need to change steel mid beer league game? I can probably count on two fingers the times I’ve lost an edge so badly I would need to spend the time an energy mid game to change the steel.
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6 hours ago, Mackie17 said:Oh ok, do you do that just to keep your foot from moving around in the boot? Why not just get a smaller size? I’ve never heard of this before so I’m genuinely interested haha.
The power feet are an interesting feel. If you’re intrigued, buy some or make some. I like the zero negative space feel with the very slight pressure on my toes.
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13 hours ago, Peter Pin said:Bought from my local Source for sports during summer 2023. In shop the skates felt great... but I mean, trying skates 10 minutes isn't the real deal.
I just realized something that I wasn't aware of. The skates are a 2021 CCM Ribcor modal.
Back in 2021 early, CCM changed their Fit system. They introduced Tapered (narrow) fit. So they had Tapered/Regular (D)/Wide (E)My previous Ribcor were from 2019. 9.5D They felt really great and more tapered than the 2021s.
Current are 2021 9.5D
So with the change in CCM fit system in 2021, the 2021 D is more likely wider (less tapered) than the 2019 ones. Thats probably why I have issues with my current Ribcors.
I will definitely pull the trigger on new skates. Vapors Fit 1 and Ribcors tapered fit will be on my hunting list. I will take my time to try them properly and discuss with someone knowledgeable in store.
It's just a bad timing budget wise since we are redoing our kitchen/living room at home currently. 😶
If you’re redoing that much stuff, just pretend it costs another $600 and wrap the cost of the skates into the renovations. Other stuff is probably way more zeros on the end.
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I like the matte look on teams. It’s an interesting change. Rough look for anyone not on a competitive team with fully matching uniforms.
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1 hour ago, krisdrum said:Just looked at the curves on the site. So you have the "Pro712". Interesting that you still feel like it plays like a P88 with a bit of toe added considering how different the blade looks compared to a retail P88. The original "Pro71" looks more appealing to me, but who knows. It is a bit of a crap shoot.
Fwiw, I’m also not someone who uses a ton of different blades or is very good, so take my descriptions lightly. I’m not 100% right, but I don’t think I’m 100% wrong either haha.
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On 1/15/2024 at 5:23 PM, jeffg said:Is the Malkin 2 similar to the p90tm?
He’s got three Malkin variations. The original Malkin, the Malkin 2 which is also labeled the Galchenyuk variation (I have this one), and one that’s the Malkin curve with a p92 profile.
Pardon the SAT analogy, but for me, I feel like the p90TM is to the p92 as Malkin 2 is to the p88. Take the original curve, and just add a toe curve and more height.
Comparing p90TM and Malkin 2, p90TM is more open, M2 is more neutral. P90TM starts a little more in the heel. M2 has a flatter profile. M2 is more squared off toe, but less square than say a stock Lidstrom.
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On 1/16/2024 at 2:36 AM, flip12 said:Some guys I play with ordered Backstroms. They look more like p19 curves with a thinner blade face than anything P88 or PM9.
I’ve never played with a p19, so that might be a better description. Backstrom is definitely “thin” or “not tall” or whatever description you use to describe less height is. It’s noticeably less tall than stock profiles. Not sure what the advantage of reduced height is, but I have enough challenges in my game, I’ll take all the height I can get.
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Anyone get any weird/dumb/awesome curves from them lately?
Picked up a Malkin-2 and a Backstrom just after US Thanksgiving. I really like the Malkin. It’s like a taller p88 with a bit of a toe curve. The toe is nice for stickhandling, but I can still shoot out of the mid-pocket with my wonky old man mechanics. All these modern super open toe curves kill me.
Backstrom looks and plays like a pm9 with a shaved pointy toe. It was billed as a “more lofty p88,” which…I dunno….it doesn’t feel like that to me.
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36 minutes ago, Sniper9 said:After asking the question, I actually went out and measured both the hyperlites 2 and machs in store. They are both 6" from the bottom of the boot to the cuff. Ccm ft6 pros are the same as well, and true hzrdus more or less in that range give or take a couple mm.
Wouldn’t it matter where ankle foams finish wrapping your ankle? The edge of the boots can be the same height, but if the foams stop at different heights and the cuff flares beyond that, wouldn’t that change the effective height?
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2 hours ago, applesauce said:There is a guy at one of the rinks who made a contact in china and…
Literally everyone who is mildly selective about sticks says these are always somewhere between low end mediocre to trash. The people who hype them up are either the people selling them, or people who love a “good deal” above all else.
Whats more likely - a factory in China is gonna sell unbranded Bauers/CCMs out the back door to some random suburban dad in the USA, or that those sticks are actually just off brand sticks that play poorly and weigh around 400 grams? People delude themselves it’s actually a $400 stick with no graphics but the scenario is so full of holes.
If all you care about is weight, go for these. But if you care about feel, balance, performance, etc, spend $30 more and buy a prostock stick from somewhere.-
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3 hours ago, 218hockey said:Kind of. The player has to utilize, adapt to, or even overcome the curve.
And a grain of salt with the Doughty character. It's not like he's really explaining anything in that video, he's just kind of talking.
And just kind of talking as part of an ADVERTISEMENT…..
It’s not a video reporting piece about how players adopted their curves, it’s Easton marketing material.
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On 12/30/2023 at 6:15 PM, VegasHockey said:Smaller one would be fine too.
When does one use the ruby side vs when to use the white side?
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For the history of who developed given curves, don’t we assume it’s like Leibniz and Newton both developing calculus independently at the same time through different routes?
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I broke a holder on my TF7s. A few questions for the brain trust:
a) do the Max holders have the same hole pattern as the shift?
b) I’ve seen a few places say that the Shift steel can go in Max holders, but not the opposite. Is that correct? I’m hoping to avoid buying new steel.
c) Are there any other holders that line up with the shift hole pattern without having to drill new ones?
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For future reference SMU = Special Make Up. They are designs offered to only certain retailers, usually a mix between two price points. Sometimes it’s a good value and you’re getting upgraded tier 2 specs at a tier 3 price point. Other times they are putting lipstick on a turd.
I was looking at some Jetspeed SMU elbows and the “upgrades” were different colors and a chrome CCM logo.
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Can you post a pic of your “funky triangular knob?”
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That’s like “I’m never gonna change the air filter my car because once I took it to jiffy lube and there was a small mark on the bumper when I got it back. Better to just get poor gas mileage and breathe dirty air than risk a blemish on my car.”
You’re spending 100s of dollars on skates, worried enough about the fit that you are posting here, but then not even taking the steps to properly fit them all the way. Go get them baked, you will be happier with fit and performance.