2013-2014 Gear Sightings

[bunnyman666 445]

So do a lot of the Mites I coach...

So then Sharp, Hossa, your Mites, and I are kindred spirits?!?!?

COOL!!!!!

[dsjunior1388 81]

So then Sharp, Hossa, your Mites, and I are kindred spirits?!?!?

COOL!!!!!

Don't forget Marc Savard

[chrisehyoung 14]

And me. I tape my stick like that.

[cemetery 14]

While we're on the subject of interesting tape jobs, just noticed this while watching the replay from this morning that would make Klima proud.

[Amiroo39 121]

[Joonas #6 3]

I refer to that tape job as the sock.

Hahaha, me too!

[IPv6Freely 2084]

Heh we call it peewee style

[Chadd 916]

There are at least a dozen topics on taping sticks, please stick to actual gear sightings.

[Gummer12 134]

Nathan Mackinnon posted these on his Instagram.

[AIREAYE 248]

Those are going to be the 'mystery' stick line in the 2014 catalog.

[Burning Bear 76]

I really like that Tacks is coming back, but - much like the skates - I can't help but look at them and be reminded of the Bauer Supreme line. Maybe that was the idea, but it looks too similar if you ask me.

I don't know... maybe I'm just one of those jerks who's impossible to please.

[Amiroo39 121]

And Drouin:

[All Flash 49]

Anybody know what type of kick point this will have?

Haven't liked a CCM stick since Vector 10.0 and even then.......

[JGraz15 53]

Clever marketing by CCM, I will give them that

[Tyler Roy 86]

The TACK stick will be a mid kick point.

[Buccaneerfan 16]

I really like that Tacks is coming back, but - much like the skates - I can't help but look at them and be reminded of the Bauer Supreme line. Maybe that was the idea, but it looks too similar if you ask me.

I don't know... maybe I'm just one of those jerks who's impossible to please.

True - Vapor / RBZ has red accents and now Supreme / Tacks with yellow accents, there are some huge similarities.

[raganblink 82]

Well its be smart about this for a second.

Would you prefer for them to do orange? Cant do that - Easton's been using it.

Well what about blue? It doesn't look that great, and Nexus is using it going forward, so they'd be copying someone else.

Oh I know! Lets go with Green. Oh wait, it looked terrible. Remember the Kronik? I think that was the last stick to use that as its primary color.

The simple truth is there are only so many color combos that look good. There are a finite number of colors, and even fewer that look well together and that can SELL. Easton and Warrior have tried having a myriad of colors, and it doesn't help sell product. I would argue it hurts because there is no brand loyalty from year to year. They are clearly 3rd and 4th in hockey, maybe its because year in and year out everything looks completely different? I know thats not the sole reason but I am sure it doesn't help.

[bunnyman666 445]

So, I'm dumb I guess.

You know so little that you came up with a KILLER logo for my upcoming men's league team. Wish I were as dumb as you ;)

[SteveM 5]

Well its be smart about this for a second.

Would you prefer for them to do orange? Cant do that - Easton's been using it.

Well what about blue? It doesn't look that great, and Nexus is using it going forward, so they'd be copying someone else.

Oh I know! Lets go with Green. Oh wait, it looked terrible. Remember the Kronik? I think that was the last stick to use that as its primary color.

The simple truth is there are only so many color combos that look good. There are a finite number of colors, and even fewer that look well together and that can SELL. Easton and Warrior have tried having a myriad of colors, and it doesn't help sell product. I would argue it hurts because there is no brand loyalty from year to year. They are clearly 3rd and 4th in hockey, maybe its because year in and year out everything looks completely different? I know thats not the sole reason but I am sure it doesn't help.

The RS and Total One are yellow and black but no one would argue they look the same. This stick does look very similar to Bauer.

[JGraz15 53]

Passing off is now consider clever?

Let's call it what it is...flattery for Bauer and no sense of uniqueness for CCM.

Not at all what I was saying. I was not referring to the positioning of the stick (graphics, branding, etc) but rather the fact that CCM is engaging in viral marketing. CCM is not debuting the Tacks line of sticks and skates on their website, their Twitter, their Facebook but through two of their main endorsees' Instagram and Twitter pages utilizing harshmarks in an effort to get their products trending.

[chippa13 1844]

The other companies have done the same thing with their endorsees. Nothing new to see a player showing off his new skates/sticks on his twitter/instagram feed.

[donkers 31]

tbh I'm not really that amped about the tacks line

[JGraz15 53]

The other companies have done the same thing with their endorsees. Nothing new to see a player showing off his new skates/sticks on his twitter/instagram feed.

What hockey companies have debuted products via their sponsored athletes social media? What products? I am talking first public views.

[Neo5370 132]

Well its be smart about this for a second.

Would you prefer for them to do orange? Cant do that - Easton's been using it.

Well what about blue? It doesn't look that great, and Nexus is using it going forward, so they'd be copying someone else.

Oh I know! Lets go with Green. Oh wait, it looked terrible. Remember the Kronik? I think that was the last stick to use that as its primary color.

The simple truth is there are only so many color combos that look good. There are a finite number of colors, and even fewer that look well together and that can SELL. Easton and Warrior have tried having a myriad of colors, and it doesn't help sell product. I would argue it hurts because there is no brand loyalty from year to year. They are clearly 3rd and 4th in hockey, maybe its because year in and year out everything looks completely different? I know thats not the sole reason but I am sure it doesn't help.

It's not just about the colors, it's also about how the accents are placed. Let's be honest, from not even that far away let alone on TV, the new Tacks skates and stick will be indistinguishable from Total One/Total One NXG skates/sticks.

[roar111 1]

It's not just about the colors, it's also about how the accents are placed. Let's be honest, from not even that far away let alone on TV, the new Tacks skates and stick will be indistinguishable from Total One/Total One NXG skates/sticks.

Not to mention they're both supposed to be mid kick sticks. Then again, JR said on the Bauer catalog that new Supremes were coming out. That aside, those are some pretty good-looking twigs.