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  1. start_today
    I defer to people who have more inside knowledge, but do average consumers pay attention to if pro players use the lace lock on their skates? It would have been such a smallish percentage of players in RBK skates anyway, and the minutia to zoom into high def pics to see if Matt Duchesne uses the lace lock seems like a lot of work. I would assume they were just an extra cost that most people didn’t care about, and it was easy to cut out of the manufacturing process.
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    That lace lock is my #1 hockey tech that disappeared that I’d love to bring back.
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    Wow, I feel like Graf hugely missed the boat by not making that number fit data more easily accessible. That seems like a level or retail dialing-in that people might have loved. Instead, I feel like their marketing was more like, “well, our QC isn’t all that bad.”
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    But it is custom!! CCM catalogue shows you can buy after market earloops and matching helmet stickers........... 🙄💰💰💰
  5. start_today
    People were saying it would be the price of a flagship stick. This is more like the price of a high-mid tier skate. Or a car payment.
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    Can you provide proof of that? If there’s an article or something about it, I’m not sure what to search to find it.
  7. start_today
    I hear you on this. Bought a 310 M after trying it on in the store, but wore it while reading for half an hour and felt like it was pinching at the temples. I didn’t even try a L in store because the M felt so good.
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    Hey, I wear the 4500 because it looks good. (I buy prostock sticks because I’m cheap.)
  9. start_today
    Were these actively in production recently, or is the certification date going to be 2017? (ive read mixed things about whether that certification date even matters, but I figure it can’t hurt.)
  10. start_today
    Are the Bauer Pulse runners a new formulation of steel from their previous offerings, or is it essentially the same steel but taller with a quad profile?
  11. start_today
    Bring back the classic “squares” logo or gtfo.
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    Does anyone but a bunch of equipment nerds care what type of steel skates sell with at retail? Most people can’t be bothered to figure out what hollow they skate on.
  13. start_today
    Is the V08 still available at retail at all? Did it evolve into anything?
  14. start_today
    Where are y’all seeing the bogo thing?
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    The arms race for stiffest skate is kind of bizarre. No one really asked for it. At least with lighter stick you can argue a performance benefit for carrying 5 fewer grams (I guess🙄). They are convincing consumers that a stiffer skate is better, and evidence seems to be to the contrary. Yes, a stiffer composite skate is better than a floppy leather skate with zero support, but we are way past diminishing returns there.
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    I bought what were advertised as 8.5 skates, but were actually 9.0. Tag was worn down, but holder was 280. My return on SS was no problem, but seller didn’t try to fight it and owned his mistake. Were there cm tag pics visible in the listing? That might be your only sticking point.
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    Do the roller Trues have any sort of reinforced outsole, or is it just a roller chassis riveted in place of the ice holder?
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    The name of the quad vs eclipse profiles being off by roughly 1, plus the fact that the quad .5 was “half way” between 1 and 2, makes me think that maybe they should take an extra few days to review their naming processes before they start marketing them.
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    For half that price I will bedazzle any glove you send me, and I’ll cover shipping both ways.
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    Kinda worried that if True gets away with it, these two will pick it up as a cost saving measure. I feel like average consumers are so half-assed about fitting their skates correctly as is, if companies make it so 1/2 boots fit a little sloppy, not enough people are going to notice to make it an issue in sales numbers. (I am also pessimistic “sky is falling” about any changes to equipment haha)
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    Did this photo load for anyone? I just see a blank white rectangle. This sorta reads similar to the conversations from a few months ago about the 1/2 sizes and full sizes being being almost the same and they pad out one of them.
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    Wear those wrestling ear flaps under your hockey helmet, and then a motorcycle helmet over your hockey helmet. I cannot understand why USA hockey and the NHL have not mandated this. I can only assume they are getting back door payments from head injury doctors (like Charliestooth?!?!). Until we can get big healthcare to quit profiting from player injuries, there’s actually no institutional incentive to make any serious changes and protect players.
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    Is there any helmets that fit similar to the 4500 but also have toolless adjustment? Im gonna go try on a bunch, but was looking for a nudge in a certain direction.
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    But, neither one of those guys even has the ear protection in. Not blaming them or saying that would have prevented it, but it might have helped. I took mine out, but after seeing this and getting slashed really hard in the cage the other night, I’m considering putting them back in. Crosby and Kane manage to hang on in nhl play with them in, I suppose I can wear them.
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    Q: How is shopping for hockey equipment like picking up someone in a bar?
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