Term for blade not parallel with shaft

[Sticks of Fury 0]

I know what lie of the blade is and I have seen some blades that are not parallel with the shaft even though the blade curve is correct. ie I have seen the forsberg sl and while I like the curve, it doesn't seem to match up properly with the shaft. It seems to go off too much to the direction of the blade so I don't know if this is just normal or a bad molding job on the OPS.

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Is there a term for this?

[chilaxin12 2]

Offset? I know Hespeler used to make special offset blades to help get your hands infront of the puck, so that way your shots wouldn't flutter, kinda like in golf where they make offset drivers and such so your hands are ahead of the ball at impact so you dont slice it.

[Cavs019 710]

If a blade was parallel with the shaft wouldnt that make it a lie zero? Forsberg is lower than most retails (Lie 5) As opposed to 5.5 or 6 which seems like the most common. The blade will look "further away from the shaft" as you stated with a lower lie.

[Chadd 916]

I think I understand what you're saying but I've never heard of a specific term for it. As you sight down the shaft, some blades come out at an odd angle. I've always used the term "kick" to describe it. As in the blade kinda kicks to the left before it curves. You see it most on shallow heel curves. Al MacInnis had a pretty major kick on his curve.

The term from a golf standpoint would be a closed face, meaning it points to the left of center for a RH player. Obviously using the term closed would be too confusing since that is used to describe loft on hockey blades.

[Sticks of Fury 0]

Just want to say that the curves of the sticks I saw in Vancouver were good but the 'kick' or 'curve swerve' was too much for a regular wrist shot or even a slapper. I think you would have to hold it differently too shoot. But I felt my options were severly limited and needed to be handled first hand. If I bought a stick like this online I would be very disappointed. Not what I would expect.