Easton Drury

[notorious#29 0]

Hi all. I am lookin to buy a Synergy off my friend,only thing is im not really sure about the Easton Drury pattern which is what it is. Can anyone who uses it tell me its strenghts/weaknesses,and if it would be good for me. I am a center who likes stickhandling (especially toe drags) but I am also a shooter.Only thing I am sure about is the 5.5 Lie that it comes in.I am very fond of 5 - 5.5 lies.Thanks

[kosydar 0]

The Drury is a great curve for a lot of people, myself included. However, its not what I would call an easy curve to use. There is a period of adaptation to it, but I know that once I was fully adapted, it became the best curve for me. Its strengths are snap shots, you might have to change your shooting style a little bit if you took a lot of wrist shots, at least I did. As far as stickhandling, I'm not a huge stickhandler, but I didn't notice that the Drury is any better or worse for it compared to other curves I've used.

[Cavs019 710]

I'm biased, but its strengths are everything, its weaknesses are nothing. :D From an unbiased perspective, some people believe its hard to take wrist shots with due to the lack of curve and awkward sweetspot. Its also very hard to get used to. Once you harness the beast its easy to understand why such a large percentage of nhlers use the drury or variants of it.

[headonaswivel 1]

Takes about 2 skates to get used to it.....

The question is how old/strong are you? Younger guys tend to struggle with this curve as it takes more power to shoot properly with. You have to muscle the puck as opposed to letting the stick do the work for you.

Stickhandling is purely based on the operator not the tool. In truth you will become a better stickhandler from using it because you have to rely more on your actual ability.

[McCabe24 0]

I have a Drury wood blade but I am 99.99% sure it is a Shannahan just mislabeled. That said I have never tried a Drury curve but it appears to be a curve that would take some getting used to but would be great if used properly.

[Perry94 0]

I have a Drury wood blade but I am 99.99% sure it is a Shannahan just mislabeled. That said I have never tried a Drury curve but it appears to be a curve that would take some getting used to but would be great if used properly.

bought it at Sportchek or something?

[all-star 0]

I have a Drury wood blade but I am 99.99% sure it is a Shannahan just mislabeled.  That said I have never tried a Drury curve but it appears to be a curve that would take some getting used to but would be great if used properly.

bought it at Sportchek or something?

doubt sportchek. proboaly costco, thats where i got some drury blades for street hockey. its nothing like the real drury. its long, square toe, and a mix of the lidstrom and shanny.

[duckjob 1]

damn, I need to move to Canada. I wish costco sold hockey equipment in the states, assuming we are talking about the same company.

[Eazy_b97 1]

I have a Drury wood blade but I am 99.99% sure it is a Shannahan just mislabeled. That said I have never tried a Drury curve but it appears to be a curve that would take some getting used to but would be great if used properly.

I've seen about a dozen stores carry a wood Drury and none have been a drury curve. Mostly Walmarts, Zellers, and other places, but definately not the "real" Drury curve. I've found it to be either and Iggy, or a slight variant of Shannahan.

Will you like the Drury? I got no idea, I know I love it and it didn't really take me any time to adapt (coming from a Lidstrom).

[LetsGoWings13 0]

i found it very hard to toe drag.

[headonaswivel 1]

Use your hands not just the toe of the blade. Of course using a hook is gonna help, this helps with control as you need to use your actual skill.

[McCabe24 0]

I have a Drury wood blade but I am 99.99% sure it is a Shannahan just mislabeled.  That said I have never tried a Drury curve but it appears to be a curve that would take some getting used to but would be great if used properly.

bought it at Sportchek or something?

doubt sportchek. proboaly costco, thats where i got some drury blades for street hockey. its nothing like the real drury. its long, square toe, and a mix of the lidstrom and shanny.

Yeah my parents bought a two pack of them from costco a while back. The curve is exactly like you described and I for one am a fan of it.

[bulletproof_funk 0]

I've used the (real, not Wal-Mart or Zellers) Drury or clone for the past 18 months, the longest I've ever stuck with any one pattern. I'm also biased as well.

At first, I had a small problem catching passes because the toe of the blade rockers up and off the ice. No biggie, I just had to catch passes near the heel of the blade instead. I never had a real problem with wrist shots with the Drury, I guess I was already used to turning my wrists over on wristers. My shooting style has changed, I snap the puck alot more than I used to. No problems stickhandling with it either. I love circling with the puck on the backhand because the blade nicely cups the puck as I'm going around. The rockered toe is one of its hidden charms as it makes it easy to drag the puck across your body (forehand to backhand) close to your skates. Toe drags are done differently compared to something a Shanahan with a big square toe, but they can be done: you just have to let the shaft rotate in your top hand and regrip the stick when the blade is facing down. Oh yeah, saucer passes are awesome with it too.

Some people can't get used to the loft. That's probably the only down side I can think of the Drury. If you can get a hold of a hybrid blade, try that out first to see how you like it.