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  1. Formal written apology for the trigger system on Edge holders.
  2. I feel you're paying $160 for a garbage stick (twice), you're doing it wrong. Especially if you're able to wait two months to have it in hand. Put in some time on sites that sell used and pro stock equipment, look at the big name online retailers, and close out at your LHS. Current generation midtier sticks from True and Warrior are straight up outstanding for their price.
  3. If your sticks are the right length to play with, don't cut them to fit in a bag!!! That's ridiculous. - Find a simple barrier between your buttend and the roof of your car. - Untape and retape them every game. - Find a new way to store them in your car.
  4. Can you just put a plastic grocery bag over the blades? Or even a reusable grocery bag? I love buying stuff, but this feels like a waste of $20 that can be spent on tape or beer or pogs. If you really want one, there are a half dozen or so bags on SidelineSwap for 10-15 dollars. I bet a handful of people on here have one they would just give you. I used a stick bag for a hot minute many years ago. It ended up being way more trouble than it's worth. It's honestly more inconvenient to carry a stick bag than it is to just carry two sticks. I'd give you mine, but we use it to store an autographed Crosby stick that's in the back of a closet somewhere (Rbk standard shaft with blacked out Sherwood wooden blade from his sophomore(?) season) .
  5. Yeah, not to pile on or be a wise-ass, but shoulder pads primarily protect your shoulders. Maybe chest and back depending on the model. You could look into padded shirts that might have extra rib and side padding. Kinda sounds like you might need to work on some stretches and maybe core strengthening. That has really helped with my hip and knee and groin issues.
  6. To be fair demanding bauer respond specifically to your questions about the VT testing isn't all that far away from demanding that Bauer email you and explain why their helmets don't get better gas mileage. Its irrelevant and is largely lost time and money to bother address info that person by person.
  7. I'm a long time pm9 user, and occasional 88 user as pm9s become harder to find. I never, ever try new things. I find the marketing hype around the new blades particularly off putting. So, I gave a huge eyeroll the circle jerk of the e28 when it came out, and Easton's coining the term "dual lie," as if rockered blades hadn't been around for however many years. I bought a W28 last month to experiment a little. Maybe it's a hockey midlife crisis. I dunno. My wife works hard and makes good money, so I deserve to try new things. When I look at toe curves, they seem like a complete mess, and I don't know how pucks go in the net. But, actually using one, it wasn't a huge change. I think I got too caught up in one the toe looks like, and didn't look at the rest of the blade, which is relatively flat. My backhands are still mid level adult league backhands. Wrist shots still mostly go where I want them to, but knuckle on occasion, because I didn't turn my wrist much with other curves, but I'm working on that. I've never found any piece of equipment to be a huge game changer. I'm not suddenly firing lasers or rockets, throwing nasty sauce, or making sick dangles. I haven't had any more scouts than normal stop me after a pick up game and ask if I'm interested in a PTO contract. But, it's nice to know I have another option for curves. I think I actually like it better than 88 style curves, but I can't give a detailed description as to why.
  8. On the last Easton synergy offerings, HTX and GX, the blades stiffness was based on the flex rating on the stick. So, a 95 flex stick had a stiffer blade than a 75. To my knowledge, they were the only company to specifically tailor blade stiffness to shaft stiffness. Other companies have the same blade on their 75 as their 105. It was an interesting concept, and you could probably make arguments for benefits and drawbacks both ways. I only used a 75 flex HTX and felt like I wanted a stiffer blade.
  9. If it's an internet deal that seems too good to be true, jump on it immediately because it this Nigerian prince really does want to make you custom high end hockey sticks at a fraction of the price while simultaneous teaching you one weird trick to improve sex.
  10. The fact that almost every single person has highlighted a different "here is where to spend the most" proves that it's all personal preference. Don't buy the most expensive thing. Don't buy the least expensive thing. Do what makes you happy. You're gonna buy something you love and always return to, and buy something you hate and have to buy a new one of If you can, try things on in person and buy what is comfortable. If you can't try things on, find reasonable prices online and pray.
  11. I bought a W28 in a QXT, which is essentially a repainted QX3 offered to junior teams. It's a mid tier stick, but it's well balanced and doesn't feel clunky. I'd rank it right with the True 4.5, which I think is the gold standard for "bang for your buck" price point sticks. Still dialing in the curve, but I really like how the stick itself plays and feels. Easy to load and shoot. Despite the literature mostly saying "low kick," it doesn't feel like one, and l I usually don't do as well with those. My most recent sticks were both True lines, a Nexus, and a 190, and I didn't have to adapt my shooting style at all. Good job warrior!!
  12. Can you expand on this? I generally don't follow the "tech" in sticks because so much of it is made up words describing made up things. What is wrong with dagger tapers as compared to other low kick sticks?
  13. Is that PHEW Facebook group still around, or did people get bored of that and move on?
  14. Not on the list, but I have had QLT 290s for a little over a year and the calf strap on one shin guard ripped in two spots and had to be sewn & taped. They are ok, and do their job. I've had varying levels of shinguards from various brands and never felt like any were more or less protective. Outside of shattering when a puck hits them, which I assume even $20 shinguards dont do, I don't know how any are more or less protective.
  15. With online shoe sales, people are less likely to return shoes if they are too big, as opposed to being too small. So, online sizing things tend to compensate by recommending larger. I wonder if that big box store works on the same principal? Too small will pinch and be uncomfortable. But when fitting, especially with someone who is not comortable with the process, too big is probably more comfortable than even a correctly sized skate, and leads to less returns, and gets people out the door with a purchase.
  16. I tend to get these from the very bottom of the shaft, or the blade if I am taping it. If it's on the blade, I tape over it, and if it's one the shaft, I run tape around it. Do you think we could put together some sort of class action law suit over this? It's industry wide, and so unbelievably painful and hard to resolve. There is a clear long term negligence on the part of hockey companies, stick designers, and manufactures. Any aspiring lawyers here? You could be the next Erin Brockovich! (Hockeyvich?)
  17. He used a 2 piece with a standard (not tapered) wood blade for his first 2 years or so in the NHL, so I'd say it's more than "minor" tech tweaks.
  18. Ryan Spooner has been in Vebero gloves all of this season (well, at least his time in Boston), maybe even part of last season. He was the first NHL guy I saw in them.
  19. start_today

    Gear For Sale

    How tall are the Tacks sticks? Do you have an idea of how stiff they feel? Is it the normal Tacks flex profile, or is it the LK that you see floating around?
  20. I'd rather have chipped paint on the hosel than have a stick load up on carbon and paint, which can goof up the flex and feel, just for cosmetic reasons. I did feel like the blade on my two 5.2s and x7 went soft more quickly than other blades over the same usage time.
  21. ...have switched to the new Jetspeed graphics, you mean. Unless you have access to their actual sticks (maybe you do, and I am being sassy for no reason).
  22. How many grams are Teslas and Apples? Can I get them in white with a huge tongue flop? I'm not worried so much about fit, but I don't want them to look dusty next to my Vapor Adv.
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