OV Stick

[walkerdb7 20]

Did OV break the goal record with an “off brand” pro stock stick?! Seems wild that’s not all over the internet? Or CCM has him using a blackout?

[IPv6Freely 2100]

He's been using it for quite some time so its not really newsworthy, mostly. 

[shoot_the_goalie 282]

Isn't it a Pro Stock Hockey Stick?  Covered in some other thread.

[start_today 778]

It’s in the PRO Hockey Sticks thread. I think it’s awesome and quietly kinda huge. When that guy started his company, the logo was a silhouette of Overchkin. Now they guy is breaking what was thought to be an unbreakable record using that brand. It’s kinda touching, honestly.  

And, it’s awesome that someone is producing good sticks at accessible price. It started as a passion project and the guy who runs PRO seems to genuinely enjoy it and want to do a good job, and not just cash in first chance he gets. (Cue immediately selling his company to Halliburton or something haha)

[stick9 902]

Not to be Danny Downer here but I think we all would agree that its not the stick scoring the goals, it's the player. 

[flip12 722]

13 minutes ago, stick9 said:

Not to be Danny Downer here but I think we all would agree that its not the stick scoring the goals, it's the player. 

I disagree actually. He made the switch around the same time his scoring drought ended last year. He looks like he's excited to shoot the puck again, as though he wants to see what happens every time he lets one go now. I didn't see that spark in him in the stretch before his switch. Confidence in your gear is a thing for pros too; like the Hot Hand Theory that was written off as a fallacy that turned out to hold up after a closer look at the data.

I'm not saying this as a Geppetto fanboy. While I have to admit that the Praux value offer is hard to resist (especially in the current economy), I'm quite critical of Geppetty overall. Makes me wonder what builds some of these pros have been using. Having said that, it's a huge accomplishment for Geppetty to go in there and dethrone the major players in the industry to supply one of the game's all-time greats in what will probably go down as the most salient chapter of his career.

Edited 4 hours ago by flip12

[Dmitrakov 8]

40 minutes ago, flip12 said:

I disagree actually. He made the switch around the same time his scoring drought ended last year. He looks like he's excited to shoot the puck again, as though he wants to see what happens every time he lets one go now. I didn't see that spark in him in the stretch before his switch. Confidence in your gear is a thing for pros too; like the Hot Hand Theory that was written off as a fallacy that turned out to hold up after a closer look at the data.

I'm not saying this as a Geppetto fanboy. While I have to admit that the Praux value offer is hard to resist (especially in the current economy), I'm quite critical of Geppetty overall. Makes me wonder what builds some of these pros have been using. Having said that, it's a huge accomplishment for Geppetty to go in there and dethrone the major players in the industry to supply one of the game's all-time greats in what will probably go down as the most salient chapter of his career.

I'm quite critical of his sticks as well but for the value & custom options sure they'll do the job. I know Ovi is not using a stick he currently offers to the general public. If you look at some Getty images of him using the PRO's recently you'll see the carbon weave is just like CCM FT Ghost or similar CCM sticks currently out

Edit: I can't even find the picture I'm looking for looks it like it is the standard 18k weave recently

Edited 3 hours ago by Dmitrakov

[stick9 902]

2 hours ago, flip12 said:

I disagree actually. He made the switch around the same time his scoring drought ended last year. He looks like he's excited to shoot the puck again, as though he wants to see what happens every time he lets one go now. I didn't see that spark in him in the stretch before his switch. Confidence in your gear is a thing for pros too; like the Hot Hand Theory that was written off as a fallacy that turned out to hold up after a closer look at the data.

I'm not saying this as a Geppetto fanboy. While I have to admit that the Praux value offer is hard to resist (especially in the current economy), I'm quite critical of Geppetty overall. Makes me wonder what builds some of these pros have been using. Having said that, it's a huge accomplishment for Geppetty to go in there and dethrone the major players in the industry to supply one of the game's all-time greats in what will probably go down as the most salient chapter of his career.

Meh, I'm not buying it...well not fully. I have said here many times, some things work for players some things don't. While I truly believe in that I don't think it has all that much of an impact on elite level professionals. They've put in too much work for me to buy that even if its nothing more than a boost in confidence.

We're talking the new all time leading goal scorer not some plug who put up 40 out of nowhere.