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Same seller has the new Warrior F2 Pro mask for sale, too.

Having used HL and US and Mach, I prefer the feel of -Slide over -Flex. I want the Supreme bridge because I can easily swap between centered and offset if I want. Mach flex was too stiff for me. I like my Ultrasonics way more so I'm going with US stiffness. I'd go to a store and check out the gear if you can. If I recall correctly, M5 Pro is a big closer to US than it is to Mach. You'll notice an increase in stiffness if you go to Pro from Game Ready. Reinforcing the tee will make it feel a little stiffer too and add some weight. Went with US nash because it felt softer/more comfortable than the CatchGrip that comes with the Mach. It probably adds more to weight, though. The CatchGrip used in Mach had little rubberized grooves for your finger to help you grip, lots of people liked that but I'm willing to give it up for the soft nash feel.

On the leg pads, it's a mish-mash of Vapor and Supreme. Ultrasonic flex, Stabilislide knee, Supreme toe bridge. Vapor 90 catcher, single tee, Ultrasonic nash. Stock HL2 blocker.

Submitted my order today.

Goalie Monkey is having a Spring Cleaning sale. No coupon code needed. Prices good until 3/28/2023. Not a lot of gear here. Mostly Warrior sticks and Warrior leg pads + apparel and jerseys. No catchers, blockers or skates from any brand. Stick prices seem to be kinda meh - Warrior V1 Pro+ was down to approx. $176/stick during their 2022 4th of July sale and Black Friday sale. Currently $199. The big draw here seems to be the handful of Adidas AdiZero Authentic jerseys, which are running 50% off. None of them appear to be goalie cut, however.

Final Addenum - Year 20XX - The Mach(ines) are taking over.

Small world. Thanks for bringing your glove in, my co-workers and I were psyched to try it on. I keep that CCM 580 for customers to try on if they're going custom CCM/True since we don't carry any 580s on the racks. I've converted a couple people already away from 590/600 already. It's probably even more valuable of a sales tool now that Bauer is offering it. After your visit, I spoke to someone with Bauer about 580s. I was sworn to secrecy (but since they are releasing the Vapor 90), I think I can say that Bauer had been talking about bringing the 580 to retail for a while. From my discussions, it sounded like it wasn't going to be coming out for 2023, but maybe the representative I was speaking to didn't want to tell me, or the decision hadn't been made yet. This was back in December 2022. I was just as surprised as anyone when I saw Vapor 90 was a custom option.

A pic from The Goalie Crease's FB

Did you call Bauer directly? Or a store? My store's inventory system has the cost of a Digiprint complete set at $3,419, a Pro Custom set at $3,089 and a regular Custom set at $2,964. All prices USD. AFAIK, price on Digiprint does not differ by design; it's flat fee. But I'm never done a Digiprint set for a customer so I could be wrong.

GoalieParts has them back in stock - https://goalieparts.com/products/warrior-slide-plates-sr-int.html

The green is a refreshing change from the yellow, IMO.

Probably uploaded early. Head to https://www.warriorgoaliecustomizer.com/ and mouse over the left two blank icons. Those are the customizers for V2 Pro and V2 Pro+. Change the number 2 in the URL to 3, which should result in the following URLs: https://www.warriorgoaliecustomizer.com/custom_products/?page=-r-v3 https://www.warriorgoaliecustomizer.com/custom_products/?page=-r-v3-pro Note that if you click LEARN MORE, Warrior seems to have left the V1 Pro+ specs there instead properly listing the V3 Pro/Pro+ specs. Pity that the customizer doesn't seem to show the iridescent logos. What's funny is that you can do the same trick with the M2 sticks for an M3 customizer- enter a 3 instead of a 2 and a customizer loads - but the stick shown in the render is an M2. Maybe a placeholder for now. Doing the trick with V4 just results in a blank page.

This is the Way.

At least at my store, I don't see a lot of CCM gloves selling lately. The single most common things I hear, both from parents of goalies (and adult goalies too) is that CCM gloves are hard to close. "We've baked it, we ran hot water through it - nothing!" Customers are BIG on off-the-shelf feel. That, price and "need" are the big barriers to a sale. Colors - not as important as they are to us on this board. They try them on, get a feel for it, try to close it. The decision is made at that point. Instantly. They won't want to spend time heating the glove up to activate the memory foam or whatever. They'll move on what's next to it on a shelf - often a Bauer or Warrior - both of which are fairly easy to close out of the box. CCM really has to return to the drawing board or review their manufacturing and nail this aspect of their catchers down, IMO.

Wonder if this is going to our store, then - eventually. Our Prosharp is in the employee break room

Seems like it's a Pro Custom option only. Not available under normal Custom. Much like the Vapor 2-Piece blocker option. Maybe some stores will be able to order the Vapor 90 as a SMU?

I saw that oh my goddddddd and @ThatCarGuyfound the customizer booklet too - https://bauer.a.bigcontent.io/v1/static/MyBauerCustomGoalGear-2023-ENG-updated03132023

Hyperlite 2 customizer is live. https://www.bauer.com/pages/mybauer-goalie-gear?family=ProCustomGoalierGear2023

"BATTLEFLY"

New factory just opened up in Canada - True is claiming 8 week wait time!

JFC. I'm not quite at 900 posts and I get in my own head about whether I'm posting too much

If I had a team with Kraken colors, I'd lean hard into the two Seattle blues that True can do. Alternating the Seattle blues seem to really make the pads pop on the GoalieMonkey customizer. Red spots on the pads like the eyes on the Kraken logo. Navy weave on the inside edge, of course.