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    16 minutes ago, Deker said:

    I'm not advocating any rule changes, just a safer helmet which you can choose to get or not to get.  If something can be made better or safer, then doesn't common sense say to do it? 

    What about plastic add on pieces, that are designed to cover the ear, that already exist, and nearly every player removes them from their helmets already?

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    2 hours ago, xstartxtodayx said:

    On the Russian side... you wonder if this had happened in NA if he would have survived, they don't have the best track record when it comes to incidents (see Alexei Cherepanov).

    The early reports I saw on Twitter made some allusions to this, saying the hospital he was evaluated in wasn't capable of dealing with the injury, and he couldn't be stabilized enough for a transfer to more appropriate care. A freak accident and terrible tragedy.

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    1 hour ago, Miller55 said:

    I know for a fact that you can get True to send you boots undrilled with holders and steel. I have a roller teammate who did it, mounted Marsblade R1 and sold the holders and steel. But he didn't tell True he was gonna do that. The mistake this guy made is asking True to do holes for tuuks. Bottom line, you pay for something, you should get it. 

    I get that, I think a message got lost in the exchange there. It seems implausible that True would refuse to send holders now if asked. It would seem more likely that True said he could get custom skates, or custom boots only, but the price remains the same. 

    Aside from that, the retailer he's purchasing through should be handling all these issues for him.

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    1 hour ago, Healthyscratch said:

    I haven’t seen a reasonable explanation here yet. Just a lot of, True should do that and you should deal with it because they need to get their holder out there. 
     

    It’s really crazy to see how people twist ways to defend this company. I’ve said repeatedly that the boot is GREAT, the product is GREAT. The business behind it is seemingly pretty sketchy. 
     

    There’s really no way to justify charging a fixed price for a boot, holder and steel... and only sending someone the boot - because they don’t want the holder and steel attached. 
     

    I have no motivation to defend True, but what are they doing so differently from Bauer and/or CCM?

    You are paying for a custom complete skate, the fact you don't like or want their holders means zero to them. None of those companies at the retail custom level will ship you boots only.

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    6 hours ago, Healthyscratch said:

    I’m paying for a custom skate. Offer the custom experience that should come with that. 

    Just playing devil's advocate here, but ask Bauer or CCM to install another companies holder, and I'm guessing you'll get the same answer.

     

    True has their own holder now. They're not going to stock Tuuk holders for Gen Pop custom orders

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    13 minutes ago, Miller55 said:

    It's not different from anyone else, but it's different from Trues previous offerings. 

    Jut thinking out loud, but wasn’t that a service they offered prior to having their own holder?

    I could see them offering to mount CCM, Bauer or Step holders previously but now that they have a holder/steel combo I can understand the restrictions. 

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