Is it a pro stock code or a retail stick? Bauer offers the APX2 SE as a Euro-only option which is essentially a stock APX2 with thicker sidewalls and is more durable.
I just picked up a pro stock ApxSE. Depending on who you talk to, it's either an Apx2 with reinforced walls or basically a XXXX. It looks like an Apx2 in both paint and construction. Little heavier which supports the reinforced walls and Is a low kick point. My version happens to have tactile corners which I love and is ~1" longer than retail putting it at around 83-84 flex.
I dropped down from a 95 flex G3 profile extended to about 91 flex.Puck feel was ever so slightly better with the one95 blade on the G3, but I thoroughly enjoy the lower flex.
I could feel the stick bow much better even on one touch passes and still felt confident 1t'ing passes and clappers. I still need to calibrate the clapper on the rush, but both snappers I took tonight went in including a snipe from the top of the circles.
Whatever the stick is, I really enjoyed switching back to a low kick point at a lower flex. Something about feeling a solid bow in a stick feels so right.