Stick you are currently using?

[RangerFan10]

most arenas have team stores that sell game used stuff and sometimes the game used things are from 4th liners and guys that aren't all that popular...that are actually not bad. I saw a Michael Roszival stick for $75 at the Garden.

 

[#2eddieshore]

what stops people from intentionally snapping sticks in the first 30 days if they dont like it?

 

[cptjeff]

what stops people from intentionally snapping sticks in the first 30 days if they dont like it?

The fact that they'd get the exact same thing from the warranty?

 

[OprtnShtdwn]

In my short time at this site... that might be the stupidest question i've heard here ever. Why would you purposedly break your stick? I'm pretty sure that people on here don't use 15 dollar sticks.

 

[raganblink]

In my short time at this site... that might be the stupidest question i've heard here ever. Why would you purposedly break your stick? I'm pretty sure that people on here don't use 15 dollar sticks.

1. you are pissed off.
2. you are pissed off.
3. you are pissed off.
4. there is something that doesn't feel right about it.
5. you are pissed off.

I've broken so many 200 dollar sticks because I was upset at myself or at someone else it isn't funny. I've probably broken 2000 dollars worth of equipment because I was upset. Fortunately most of them were under warranty so I just sent them in.

 

[TBLfan]

And it's stupid crap like breaking your sticks on purpose that cause stick prices to skyrocket. Thanks GUY.

 

[raganblink]

And it's stupid crap like breaking your sticks on purpose that cause stick prices to skyrocket. Thanks GUY.

actually it is because that the retailer you are buying from needs to sell it at 35-40% markup. the dealers to the stores need to make 5-10%. and the company needs to make a lot of money off of the stick.

if hockey was more popular, they could mass produce more, and than sell it to dealers cheaper than they can sell it to retailers chearper. however a very good thing has happened with hockey sticks recently, they have achieved pretty much the limit on weight. until some big break through comes, sticks wont get lighter than 400 grams. therefore they don't need to invest so much in R&D, and then therefore they wont have to sell their sticks for so much to recoup their R&D losses. give it time and the price of the sticks will drop.

 

[RABBIT]

Warrior Dolomite Draper 100 flex
thing is a whip

 

[TBLfan]

actually it is because that the retailer you are buying from needs to sell it at 35-40% markup. the dealers to the stores need to make 5-10%. and the company needs to make a lot of money off of the stick.

if hockey was more popular, they could mass produce more, and than sell it to dealers cheaper than they can sell it to retailers chearper. however a very good thing has happened with hockey sticks recently, they have achieved pretty much the limit on weight. until some big break through comes, sticks wont get lighter than 400 grams. therefore they don't need to invest so much in R&D, and then therefore they wont have to sell their sticks for so much to recoup their R&D losses. give it time and the price of the sticks will drop.

Actually, you're wrong. The companies making the sticks have to charge more because of the amount of warranty replacements. Why do you think pro stock sticks cost less? Because they don't have a warranty. It actually cost more to make the same model for pros but since there is no warranty, they don't have to cover their cost on the extra stick.

There is also certainly much R&D to be done. You can always make something better... Right now they're battling to get ahead of everyone else in performance and advertising because everyone has a lightweight stick.

AND even if they weren't doing R&D, why would they lower prices? They have to cover many expenses, including warranty replacements and it all boils down to making a profit. Look at Warrior, they're selling 10 year old sticks for more than their competitors newest innovations. Warrior has innovated one thing in their high-end sticks, "spyne."

 

[OprtnShtdwn]

I doubt you just decided to break your stick for no reason. Like your skating and said "oh the hell with it, **snap**"

 

[Backlund60]

Nike Bauer One50, 87flex Lindros curve
Warrior Domomite, Robitaille curve
unsure on flex been cut down before I got it second hand

 

[Qubax]

Nike/Bauer One 95, 87 Flex. Best stick I've ever owned. I think Ovechkin is using this stick now...

 

[General Borschevsky]

Sherwood stick, Paul Coffey curve. Classic.

 

[cptjeff]

Nike/Bauer One 95, 87 Flex. Best stick I've ever owned. I think Ovechkin is using this stick now...

A lot of people have said a lot of good things about that stick.

 

[briner19]

Easton Synergy SE16, Sakic curve, 85 flex.

Always used the ST before and was hesitant on getting the SE16 on durability issues but it has performed way better than the ST and is still going strong. I expected it to start fading away by now...

I was really tempted by the One95 but opted to stay with the Easton line.

*** I wanted to get the S17 but they didn't have my flex so I went with the SE. I've heard so many durability issues with the S17 that I'm glad I went this route.

 

[Joe Cole]

Easton Synergy ST grip 100 flex.

I love the Lindstrom curve, but could not find it anymore so I bought a Sakic (which I hate and I am trying to sell) and a Pro Stock, has no name on the shaft, but appears to a Drury.

I love a huge heel curve and a large loft on the toe, this one came closest.

So far, it is working pretty good.

 

[TBLfan]

I believe the Getzlaf is the new Lidstrom.

 

[Joe Cole]

I believe the Getzlaf is the new Lidstrom.

Yeah, I heard that too.

If they had a ST with a Lidstrom at the price I paid, I would not have hesitated. I would have maybe even bought two.

This is an end of line, last year model liquidation thang. You get what ya get.

 

[beardedgraf]

tps adrenaline control whip flex, morrow

i got 9 of them last year for free, i love them

 

[94now]

Just got Easton Synergy Elite (Drury, 100flex) and love it.

At this point I would sell/give away more than a dozen of various sticks (many brand new) I currently own. No way I will ever get back to them.

 

[Stefan It Up]

tps adrenaline control whip flex, morrow

i got 9 of them last year for free, i love them

Sell any of them?

 

[iceman17]

Just got Easton Synergy Elite (Drury, 100flex) and love it.

At this point I would sell/give away more than a dozen of various sticks (many brand new) I currently own. No way I will ever get back to them.

Now when you say give away...do you mean like i pay for shipping and get 1st choice?

 

[simnorm]

Just started playing again, make fun of me

Old heavy stick from ~1992:
Bauer Lithium LSS Aluminum S flex
with Titan C.Lemieux and A.Daigle blades

2 weeks ago I bought this junk, it's a wet noodle
Easton S5 shaft 80 flex 34$

This evening I bought
TPS Response R2 Nash R Flex OPS 40$

I almost bought a Sherwood RM5 for 40$ instead but the TPS felt stiffer...

 

[Danglous]

Nike/Bauer One90 shaft with a Warrior Johnson blade haha

 

[browntown]

Was using an s17 until it broke. Before that though an rbk 3k (i think) wood stick