2014-2015 Gear Sightings

[Joonas #6 3]

It looks like the Ducks are big fans of those shot blockers...

[kovalchuk71 212]

I doubt it. Looks like they're going with streamlined naming similar to the 1X. Supreme looks like it may be 1S and the Nexus will be 1N. Who knows though....

[SlaterC42 51]

I seriously think he should be suspended. Him, Quick and Smith are so reckless with their sticks it is ridiculous. If players can get suspensions for being reckless on hits goalies should get suspensions for crap like this.

Smith broke his stick on the post and got called for unsportsmanlike conduct last night against the Rangers.

[duff14oct 9]

I doubt it. Looks like they're going with streamlined naming similar to the 1X. Supreme looks like it may be 1S and the Nexus will be 1N. Who knows though....

I do.

[IPv6Freely 2092]

Smith broke his stick on the post and got called for unsportsmanlike conduct last night against the Rangers.

Dude from Philly broke his stick last night by smashing it into the ice at the end of the period and the blade flew up and hit kadri in the face. Luckily they gave him an unsportsmanlike conduct penalty also.

[raganblink 82]

I do.

Cheeky.

Not gonna lie, things will get confusing to customers with what you're doing with vapor/nexus coming up IMO.

[IW Team - Chase 184]

Nexus N64 LE or SMU anyone? Haha, seriously though I like uniformity idea; X800, N800 and S800 models have a nice ring to 'em. Life cycles would mess that up though.

[Harv 86]

Nice job by the Fla staff..

[IPv6Freely 2092]

What am I looking at?

[stevelknievel 51]

Perhaps he means good job getting his equipment ready.

[TeamHonda401 54]

Looks like they painted his New Jersey gloves navy.

[IPv6Freely 2092]

Looks like they painted his New Jersey gloves navy.

Ah okay. Would have never noticed that. Thanks.

[beerleaguecaptain 999]

Looks like they painted his New Jersey gloves navy.

Actually, looks like the covered them in fabric.

[Gummer12 134]

Could be PadWrap/PadSkins type stuff?

[hellaavangard 33]

I think it's just plain 'ol tape

[ktang 34]

You can still see some red in Jagr's glove's gussets.

[A2rhino 62]

I think the red accent looks cool.

[Buzz_LightBeer 969]

Merely interesting, Falk in his first CBJ game wearing Red Bauer/Nike breezers with covers

[Harv 86]

Better than this..

[mickz 107]

Cheeky.

Not gonna lie, things will get confusing to customers with what you're doing with vapor/nexus coming up IMO.

Numbers are still the way to go IMO. It helps with heuristics for the average customer. If you want confusing names look at Warrior a little while back when they had the Esquire, Bentley, Vandal, Bandito, etc. Without looking at the price tag it would be hard to gauge which price point those sticks were in.

[Hills 712]

Something cool I noticed. Myers is still using his Sabres pants, the jets seem to have just stitched over a patch with the Jets logo onto the front of them.

[IPv6Freely 2092]

Numbers are still the way to go IMO. It helps with heuristics for the average customer. If you want confusing names look at Warrior a little while back when they had the Esquire, Bentley, Vandal, Bandito, etc. Without looking at the price tag it would be hard to gauge which price point those sticks were in.

But the whole X60, X.6, X.60 all being wildly different price points across model years is kind of a pain in the ass.

[raganblink 82]

Numbers are still the way to go IMO. It helps with heuristics for the average customer. If you want confusing names look at Warrior a little while back when they had the Esquire, Bentley, Vandal, Bandito, etc. Without looking at the price tag it would be hard to gauge which price point those sticks were in.

I mean from a 1X, 1N, 1S (if they go that route) kind of thing. Numbers are definitely the way to do something, but it was pretty easy when Nexus was a hundreds of thousands number, Supreme had the 1 apart of it (One95, One100, One40, One.6, 170, etc), and Vapor was X and then something.

It'll just make it harder for the parents who don't know any better, and then they'll buy their kid a stick that they didn't exactly want, and then they'll go out a buy another stick that is the right one that they want...wait a minute...

But the whole X60, X.6, X.60 all being wildly different price points across model years is kind of a pain in the ass.

Yes, yes it is. Not difficult really but it makes it interesting for the uninformed people.

[mickz 107]

I mean from a 1X, 1N, 1S (if they go that route) kind of thing. Numbers are definitely the way to do something, but it was pretty easy when Nexus was a hundreds of thousands number, Supreme had the 1 apart of it (One95, One100, One40, One.6, 170, etc), and Vapor was X and then something.

It'll just make it harder for the parents who don't know any better, and then they'll buy their kid a stick that they didn't exactly want, and then they'll go out a buy another stick that is the right one that they want...wait a minute...

Yes, yes it is. Not difficult really but it makes it interesting for the uninformed people.

The name 1X is to pay tribute to its OD1N roots. The Supreme family hasn't had their top level stick in line with naming since the ONE95. The Total One, NXG and MX3 all deviated from the ONExx, One.xx or 1xx naming pattern. The average uninformed consumer probably won't look at sticks in this price point. They're more likely to compare a $99.99 stick with the price point above or below.

I think what has confused people is how Bauer has recycled names. The previous gen X60 skate had some people confused with the top level X:60 from a couple generations back.

[AIREAYE 248]

You would be interested in seeing these new Nexus sticks then.