Should I try an Easton E36?

[drewberg11 0]

Short story, bought a stealth RSII iginla and it broke second skate. Sent it back under warranty and a month and a half later I finally get a replacement. Good news is the replacement is a new V9e, bad news is it's not the iginla like I had sent in but rather an E36. Now I've been using a iginla since high school, over 10 years and I'm generally reluctant to change. Now I have recently been toying with a parise I have but continue to go back to the iginla as it's so well rounded.

So I'm fighting with myself on wether to send it back and wait another month and a half (most V9e's are on back order) or keep the E36 and it's new dual lie.

Some background, primarily play D but rush a lot so a pretty even mix of slappers, snappers, and wrist shots. I also have never gone to the "toe shooting" style. Always been off the heel or mid.

Any thoughts?

[mojo122 535]

In the 2014 Easton catalog thread it was mentioned that the E7 was going away, to be replaced by the E36. I wouldn't be all that concerned with the dual lie. You should continue to shoot with the technique/form that works for you.

[roar111 1]

I think the only thing that would really concern you would be the extra rocker and maybe blade length. Like the poster above said, try it out and see if it works. As for the toe thing, it's not like Easton flipped a switch that disabled a stick's ability to shoot from the heel, those types of shots should still work. Worst case scenario some other stores might still have some leftover Iginlas from when Easton still produced them.

[drewberg11 0]

Thanks for the responses. I was initially concerned over how much more aggressive the curve and rocker are. The Iggy is pretty tame. Made backhands easy and shots were lower, nice as a defenseman. And Mojo, I had no idea they were getting rid of it! Really unfortunate.

[mcne0101 16]

Thanks for the responses. I was initially concerned over how much more aggressive the curve and rocker are. The Iggy is pretty tame. Made backhands easy and shots were lower, nice as a defenseman. And Mojo, I had no idea they were getting rid of it! Really unfortunate.

I've been a lifetime Iggy user as well and for all intensive purposes the iggy curve is dying. CCM had a clone and they aren't offering it anymore, Bauer only offers a clone with custom orders, Easton is killing it, and I'd guess sher-wood wont be far behind if all the other manufacturers are getting rid of it.

With that said, I've toyed around with a bunch of other curves lately (Bauer Stamkos, Easton Hall, Reebok Datsuk, Bauer Toews, and Bauer Kane). For me the one that was the easiest transition was the Bauer Kane. The Stamkos was close but the Lie and Rocker were a bit too weird.

In short, if you're like me the e36 is probably your best bet.

[wang_gletzky 0]

I've been a lifetime Iggy user as well and for all intensive purposes the iggy curve is dying. CCM had a clone and they aren't offering it anymore, Bauer only offers a clone with custom orders, Easton is killing it, and I'd guess sher-wood wont be far behind if all the other manufacturers are getting rid of it.

With that said, I've toyed around with a bunch of other curves lately (Bauer Stamkos, Easton Hall, Reebok Datsuk, Bauer Toews, and Bauer Kane). For me the one that was the easiest transition was the Bauer Kane. The Stamkos was close but the Lie and Rocker were a bit too weird.

In short, if you're like me the e36 is probably your best bet.

Easton e36 is a Bauer p88 (Kane) clone

[drewberg11 0]

Thanks for posting wang_gletzky (haha that username is great). Nice to hear the other curves you tried too. Might try the Cammalleri curve at some point too, looks to be one of the few milder curves around, or try loading up on pro stock iginlas.

[Franko_10 3]

Just to let you know prostock curves from a player compared to patterns of the same player from a retailer can be VERY different. There's no guarantee that it will be the same curve you like. Even if you look at pictures of a players prostock curve it can change also. Ex: Iggy's curve on hockey monkey for the stealth prostocks is practically an E6 or Parise retail curve. Just to give you a heads up!

[drewberg11 0]

Thanks Frank, saw that. They have the stealth, synergy, and synergy st pro stocks at hockey monkey. Last I checked, they had the stealth with the retail "iginla" pattern (E7) on a few sticks. I talked to a HM rep that said the E7 prostock was identical to the E7 retail (which is an iginla). If true, makes those blade charts for the prostocks are misleading. Like you said, that E7 pattern shown looks much more open.

[jeffg 13]

ordered an ST pro stock in the gionta pattern E7 after talking with the HM rep. do to arrive this week. will advise if it is truly a retail iginla or not

[Pure Hockey 4]

As far as pro stocks go, assuming its labeled correctly, if it says 'E7' that means it is the E7 retail pattern, even if its for a Pro player. If its an "Iginla" and is actually a stick built for him with his pro pattern, it is not necessarily the same as the E7 retail. If a pro player wants that E7 curve, they simply use the retail mold and mark it E7.

As far as the blade chart, I can tell you first hand, it's really hard to create an image, or picture that really represents a curve as well as the way a player would actually look at it in their hands. A lot of curves tend to look 'off' in blade charts. Especially Easton's computer generated ones, where it's not truly an angle you'd see from your eyes if you held the stick.

To the OP, you shouldn't have a huge problem jumping to the E36, I know a few people who have and from the Iginla you are using, it won't be a huge jump. I'd be willing to bet you actually might like it, it will take a couple shots to get used to where it's going to go but won't take long.

[Franko_10 3]

As far as the blade chart, I can tell you first hand, it's really hard to create an image, or picture that really represents a curve as well as the way a player would actually look at it in their hands. A lot of curves tend to look 'off' in blade charts. Especially Easton's computer generated ones, where it's not truly an angle you'd see from your eyes if you held the stick.

The worst is CCM, their Nugent-Hopkins and Hossa curves look like boomerangs in the representations online but in real life they are nothing close to them.

[drewberg11 0]

Thanks for the input PureHockey, I'm in the Warwick, RI store quite a bit. Staff is great there. Still haven't heard back from Easton, submitted two inquiries. I'll probably just give the stick a shot this weekend, good to hear other Iginla users didn't mind it much. Thanks again to all. I'll post back how I like it, in case any other Iginla users are curious.

[jeffg 13]

got my pro stock st gionta E7 today. The blade is exactly the same as a retail iginla. hope that helps