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is it just me or have your shins been shortened? nice collection btw.

thanks! gonna get it done this week.

wow, great job. i gotta find out how you went about doing that as i've been considering doing the same with my tackla 8800's.

i think the word i remember hearing from reps or JR, can't remember which, is "overbuilt". that's why roller boots also tend to be noticeably heavier than ice.

nice. how do those redden's fit compared to your ppfi's?

nice collection. how is the fit of those eastons compared to your ppfi's in terms of overall length and volume?

ok, i can understand trying to downsize a bit by getting rid of one of the glove lines. but why not just get rid of the x72 altogether instead using the old x70 mold and calling that the x72? a lot of things didn't really make sense to me during that conversation, but i honestly didn't really care about the other stuff. all i really cared about was if the fit of the new x72 was different, and if so, was the old x72 mold still available through custom, which was answered to my satisfaction.

spoke to an eagle rep as i've been considering getting custom x72's and was curious as to why the cuff on the new model looks different. the answer kinda didn't make sense in one way but made sense in another. they said they wanted to "downsize" their glove line and got rid of the x70 (but then why add like 4 new lines of gloves?). now the part that made sense was how she said the x70 was a very popular model so what they did this year is made this year's x72 to the x70 specs, which explains the different cuff. the good news for me was that you could still get last years x72 mold on custom orders, just that it won't come with the new quickdry liner. confusing.

matt moulson is that you?

can anyone comment on what the fit is like on the x89 compared to the ppf and x72?

do my eyes deceive me or do the updated shins seem wider?

i think i remember reading somewhere that it'll be in the $150US range.

any idea when the new ccm protective come out? i like how they went back to having laces on the pants.

by any chance, is one an E/EE and the other a D? i know for some boot sizes, bauer goes down a holder size going from EE to D.

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i never realized the s19 comes in a 75 flex...intriguing. also, what's the news with the bio-dry socks? possible competition for edge socks, or just a cheesy copy?

i guess this is more of a general locker room bag rant than stick time/open hockey rant. for those of us who skate at places with smallish locker rooms, PLEASE KEEP YOU SHOCK DOCTOR BAGS OUT! those things are huge and take up so much space as they are not collapsible...man, they really get in the way.

out of curiosity, what size would that be? I believe size 6. then it looks like i'm in the club too.

out of curiosity, what size would that be?

i'm assuming those are jr. sized shins? i'm curious as to how the width is on those as there is typically a huge difference going from 14" sr. shins to 13" jr. shins as opposed to say going from a sr. 15" to sr. 14". i'd like to know as i have short but thick legs and can't seem to find a pair of shins short and wide enough so that i can go tongues out.

so what's the fit like compared to the s15's? more volume, wider, the same?

got a question now that a lot of you guys have had a chance to put some time into these skates. do the x60's seems to put you on your toes a bit more than the XXXX's? kinda like ccm or reebok? or would i still need to add a lift to get a similar feel?

is it me or were these guys being a-holes? here's the scenario: a rink not too far from me has stick time on the weekends on sat. and sun. remember, i said stick time not open hockey. every weekend you see all different types coming out from little kids to older men along with some pretty good players. today, a group of guys i'd guess either college-aged or in their 20's come out in full gear, about 10-12 along with a goalie and decide to take half the ice to play pick-up. they're going full bore just short of full contact, not like they were just practicing. also, it's not like it was just a group of hs kids just having some fun. they were full grown adults, albeit young, who were pretty high-level players. coming late to the rink, i'm like "is there open hockey today?", then i noticed these little kids and random players skating around on the other half. there were quite a few people who came out, and a good amount of kids ranging from 3-12 along with their fathers, some still learning how to skate(which is what i thought stick time was for). now am i being a bit too sensitive about this or does anyone else think this is a recipe for disaster? if it was just a group of adults then i'd be a little less po'd about it, but there were kids wandering onto the other side of the rink every now and again just because they didn't know any better. i could easily see one of those guys not paying attention for a split second and bam!, someone's kid is in the hospital. imo, if you wanna play pick-up, leave it for drop-in/open hockey. i didn't think stick was an appropriate time for this. even though i pretty much suck, i was tempted to lay a shoulder into a guy who pretty much ran into me...on our side of the ice. i saw him coming so it was only a minor glancing blow enough to take him off the puck...yeah, i could've gotten out of the way, but he was on our side ;-) [/end rant] thoughts?

maybe they're the 12" junior 4-rolls? tried them on in the shop, and to be honest, didn't seem like a true junior sized glove. could've easily passed for a 13" glove for other companies.