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    On 8/18/2021 at 12:21 PM, beedee said:

    I've noticed this with my older Bauer Vapor APX2, I was still able to get decent shots off, but trying to receive a hard pass was like dropping a puck through a wet bag. As others have stated, I'm sure its just what happens as sticks age. I finally couldn't take it anymore and purchased two CCM JetSpeed FT3 Grip sticks about 2 months ago. The difference has been night in day when receiving hard passes and the likes.

    Thanks. That is exactly what I was dealing with. Glad to know I’m not crazy!

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    Do you guys find your Vapor stick blades turn to mush vs. breaking?

    I am pretty cheap and typically use a stick until it breaks. I have found with my higher end Vapor sticks (FlyLite, 1X Lite) the sticks haven’t broken fully but the blade gets soft. When catching hard passes it feels like the stick gives away and I’ve absolutely missed passes I should have caught.

    Then other times I can still get off a good shot which is strange. Anyone have similar issues with the Vapor line?

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    Oates is their skill coach

    20 hours ago, flip12 said:

    What’s the connection with Oates?

    McDavid keeps going back to his IginlaJrMod pattern, and with good reason. He looked like he was playing a league down against the Canadiens last night, weaving through them like drifting pylons.

     

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    I saw an interesting observation that Adam Oates had Barzal and McDavid switch to a P92-ish blade to start the season. In the past couple of games they've both switched back to their normal curves. If you take a look at Getty Images at the start of the year you can see that versus the last couple of nights.

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    6 hours ago, chippa13 said:

    And that was after everyone had defected from the old Easton message board, home of the best holiday toy drive.

    Wow! I had forgotten all about the Easton message board (and the holiday toy drive #RIPMetalMatrixZBubble)

    Circling back on this, @dkmiller3356 I truly meant no disrespect to the all the people who've worked very hard behind the scenes for years. I appreciate all they've done but was truly curious about the current state of this community and what the future holds.

    Reading through some interesting replies and learning from them, my thoughts are:

    • Gear market is stagnant; lack of innovation and interesting products in addition to reduced number of companies / offerings 
    • Increasing prices without perceived benefit to the masses
    • Change in how people consume content; away from message boards and to social media (Instagram, YouTube, Facebook)
    • Change in how companies message the release of their own products via their athletes and social media channels

    Great conversation all, thank you!

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    I have been the biggest fan of ModSquadHockey since day 1. I came over from Corebeam. I loved visiting this site...finding out about the latest gear and talking with other fanatics while getting expert insight into the little details we all care about.

    This week Bauer officially debuted their new Supreme skate and CCM released the new Tacks skate and helmet. I came over here to read reactions...crickets. What has happened? Is the market stagnant and no one cares anymore? There hasn't been a product review in a year and a half or a new catalog in over 2 years. 

    What does the community see as the future here? Sorry if this is posted in the wrong section

     

     

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    1 hour ago, JR Boucicaut said:

    There really wasn't any doubt after that whole debacle last season that he wasn't sticking with Bauer.  His deal was up in late August.  Warrior was close, but CCM got in there.

    Was there something that prompted Matthews to leave Bauer or was he just testing the market when he contract was up?

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    On 1/2/2019 at 7:49 PM, sbecks72986 said:

    Based on the comfort edge pads id say its likely the new 1X will have flexible tendon guards. I wonder what the stock tongue will be. Im in the 15' 1Xs and i really like that tongue heard mixed options on the 17' 1Xs tongue 

    The 2X Pro and 2X do have flexible tendon guards. Good eye.

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