retail Yzerman blade

[westcoastsniper 0]

Hi all, couldn't find anything regarding Stevie Y's setup.

Was wondering what his retail blade looks like Lie/Curve

as well as his Pro-Stock sticks flex/lie/curve

thanks

When did Easton stop producing his blades for retail and did it change to another name or did the curve just die out?

[shifter 0]

A couple years ago easton stopped making them and I was pretty upset the curve was amazing. :( and I can never find anymore or anything that comes close to the yzerman curve so I switched to forsberg's curve.

[HattrickSwayze 3]

The Yzerman curve I had was a huge banana. Closest thing at retail is probably the CCM Thornton or the Reebok Bergeron. Both of those are really deep curves. IF those don't do it for you, the Sherwood Coffey is another big banana, but that thing's kind of in a class of it's own.

As far as his pro curve, this picture is as much as I know about it. I'm sure someone on here can chime in on other details.

http://www.patterndb.org/main.php?g2_itemId=3258

[westcoastsniper 0]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...e=STRK:MEWNX:IT

I've found this. Isn't exactly easton, but I'll try it out cause I don't think I'll see another yzerman blade that has been made in the last seven years or so.

I'm aware its a knock-off, but its worth a shot.

all the dude needs is knock-offs of hull's and roenicks's (styles) curves and then he'll have a cottage industry!

[Scotty 8]

Yzerman's retail curve was massive banana blade reminiscent of the Sherwood Coffey pattern. It was a 9/16" mid curve with a squared-off bottom of the toe and rounded top and a lie of 5.5.

His pro (real) pattern is actually one of the most widely-used patterns in the NHL today. (Some players in the NHL actually use other players' patterns as their own: Shanahan's blade was actually Garth Butcher's pattern, Kelly Chase used Brett Hull's, etc) Roenick used it, or a very close variation of it. Yzerman himself actually modified and changed it just a bit in his last few years in the league, squaring the toe a hair more. But back to the subject. His pro blade became what is now known as Easton's retail Drury pattern. It is a 1/2" heel curve with a beautiful rounded toe and about a 5.5 lie.

The picture below shows both his retail and pro blades. The "Gaborik" on the lower right (what Easton renamed the Yzerman ) is his retail one. Big hook. The "Drury" on the lower left is Yzerman's pro pattern. (Note: The lower 3 blades in this pic are accurate, however, the top row of pics is skewed. It lists the "Heatley" and "Iginla", which are the exact same renamed blade. And it also shows the same curve for the Modano/Zetterberg pattern, which is actually straighter than shown).

Here's a pro-return stick being sold in the equipment sales forum here. It's a Pavel Rosa pro stick, which is an exact clone of Easton's Yzerman/Gaborik and shows the retail curve:

[K9 Unit 1]

yzerman and coffey are definitely heel not mid

and the iginla and heatley have minor differences

[westcoastsniper 0]

wowzers the muddy genes of curve nomenclature!

thanks a lot though, didn't know that the gaborik is the yzerman...

[Seven6 0]

The 2010 Heatley will be beefed up as Easton found it to be too similar to the Iginla.

They are also coming out with a Chara curve which I believe will be the closest thing to the old Yzerman in their line. They are still tinkering with it.

[Scotty 8]

yzerman and coffey are definitely heel not mid

and the iginla and heatley have minor differences

After looking it up, you're right. The Iginla and Heatley are two separate patterns. I'd been told for years by various people that the Heatley was simply the new Iginla.

As for the Yzerman and Coffey being heel curves? :lol: Not sure where you learned your curve types or if you've seen these two. They're both even listed as mid curves. How does any portion of that curve you see come from the heel?

[cptjeff 0]

Yeah, they've been separate. Heatley has a lie of 5 instead of 5.5, and is to my eye a wee bit more open. It looks like it's a little more closed on the chart, but looking at them in person that was my impression.

And they're still not offering the Heatley as a tapered blade it seems. Sigh.

Oh, and profile too. The Heatley is a longer blade and has a funky toe- squarish on bottom, rounded on top.

[dtodd380 23]

Yzerman's retail curve was massive banana blade reminiscent of the Sherwood Coffey pattern. It was a 9/16" mid curve with a squared-off bottom of the toe and rounded top and a lie of 5.5.

His pro (real) pattern is actually one of the most widely-used patterns in the NHL today. (Some players in the NHL actually use other players' patterns as their own: Shanahan's blade was actually Garth Butcher's pattern, Kelly Chase used Brett Hull's, etc) Roenick used it, or a very close variation of it. Yzerman himself actually modified and changed it just a bit in his last few years in the league, squaring the toe a hair more. But back to the subject. His pro blade became what is now known as Easton's retail Drury pattern. It is a 1/2" heel curve with a beautiful rounded toe and about a 5.5 lie.

The picture below shows both his retail and pro blades. The "Gaborik" on the lower right (what Easton renamed the Yzerman ) is his retail one. Big hook. The "Drury" on the lower left is Yzerman's pro pattern. (Note: The lower 3 blades in this pic are accurate, however, the top row of pics is skewed. It lists the "Heatley" and "Iginla", which are the exact same renamed blade. And it also shows the same curve for the Modano/Zetterberg pattern, which is actually straighter than shown).

Here's a pro-return stick being sold in the equipment sales forum here. It's a Pavel Rosa pro stick, which is an exact clone of Easton's Yzerman/Gaborik and shows the retail curve:

Exactly right. Stevie's actual pattern was/is a Drury retail. I was lucky enough to obtain a couple of Steve's sticks while he was still playing. I also was able to get a left-handed clone of his original Synergy which I still have and use. It was direct from Easton and labeled NHL SYN YZERMAN(L) 100.

As for the Red Wings today, Zetterberg, Franzen, Abdelkader, and Draper all use LH clones of Stevie's pattern. Chris Chelios used an Yzerman clone when he was in Detroit as well.

[sm326 0]

isnt malkins curve a hook and a half like the yzerman?

[K9 Unit 1]

yzerman and coffey are definitely heel not mid

and the iginla and heatley have minor differences

After looking it up, you're right. The Iginla and Heatley are two separate patterns. I'd been told for years by various people that the Heatley was simply the new Iginla.

As for the Yzerman and Coffey being heel curves? :lol: Not sure where you learned your curve types or if you've seen these two. They're both even listed as mid curves. How does any portion of that curve you see come from the heel?

well i'll say mid-heel then, its definitely not pure mid imo

[westcoastsniper 0]

Hi there,

not really about the Yzerman blade but it is blade talk and no use making another topic if I'm talking about almost the same thing. I've been on the lookout for old pro easton wood blades. I found one today ( for 6.99) it is labeled UMD on the hosel (where the player name usually goes) its got a slight heel curve and a profile a lot like an elongated 'styles' blade. trying it out tomorrow.

will post a picture when I get around to it, unfortunately fallout 3 calls.

[flyerman 0]

Yzerman's retail curve was massive banana blade reminiscent of the Sherwood Coffey pattern. It was a 9/16" mid curve with a squared-off bottom of the toe and rounded top and a lie of 5.5.

Actually the Yzerman is a lie 6, Gabby is a 5.5. SWD Coffey is closer to a 5.25+ on the Easton scale.

[Jarick 5]

Glad to see Easton is finally doing something different with their patterns....never understood why they had Heatley and Iginla (why not just Iginla 5 or 5.5).

[cptjeff 0]

Because that would confuse a lot of people who didn't pay close attention to such things. And there were other subtle differences. The Heatley was a pretty non objectionable curve for everybody in a low lie. The Iginla is the small mid in the "normal" lie range.

The Heatley exists as it is becuase with only one real lower lie blade, it needs to be something anybody who prefers a lower lie can use. It's the same reason you won't find a bannana in a 7 lie- the lie is already limiting the number of customers looking for that curve, you don't want to limit them further and make them go to a different brand to fond something that works if they don't like the giant toe hook you're offering as the only 7 lie blade.

[westcoastsniper 0]

http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/w...nt=P1010463.jpg

http://s638.photobucket.com/albums/uu101/w...nt=P1010464.jpg

here is the blade I was talking about, again it's an easton pro custom, long blade, slight heel and nameplate is 'UMD'

edited due to idiocy