Broken blade on my Synergy ops.. heat or cut?

[hapamatt122 0]

Well after 2 years my trusty Synergy blade finally hit the crapper.. so couple questions, I read in another recent thread here about the ST and how hard it is to get out the blade and then you have to clean it up and stick a tapered blade in.. is that the same for a regular Synergy? because i know my stick is not tapered. Also, I have an intermediate stick, so will this fit a Senior blade? and the same questions goes for would I just be better off flipping it upside down and sticking a new blade in the other side?

any recommendations on a blade to put in my synergy (love the shaft) that will give me close to the same feel? one of my other non-OPS sticks is a z-bubble with an ultra-lite blade and it doesn't feel nearly as good as my synergy ops did (as far as feeling the puck).. so I was thinking maybe I should go w/ a wood blade?

[mack 44]

Seriously? There are quite a few threads on this already.