bro I dare you to just go to a demo near you and try a 580. it is so hard to stickhandle with 600 or just simply catch a puck. 590 is respectable but 600 is not a break to use
the gear in the U.S.A is semi popular. the blockers in the G5 line hasn't been good but the G6 they have seemed to have imroved the blocker a lot by making it thinner.