Had mine since may ‘23 and go super try hard every time I skate multiple times a week. Theyve held up great (knock on wood) the Amp flex hasn’t degraded one bit. See clip on my page for reference.

so like ft5 pro good and anything above that is not good for durability?

Did you shoot the Trigger 9 and QR6 Pro in store? If so, what made you go with the Trigger?

These things are way too expensive for how little support or quality control they put in to them. I shudder to think how much profit they pull in per stick. That said, I've had amazing luck with CCM sticks. Have had a Trigger7 Pro for like 2 years and it still has that pop.

Last month I broke the blade off of my Proto R. Luckily I have an integral hockey 20 min away. It added 20 grams but the stick pretty much feels the same.

Great review on Integral hockey repairs. They really need a Vancouver blade repair guy here as well as the shipping just kills it. Your videos are great and it’s nice to see you actually using the products vs other (cough cough HockeyReviews) who just buy stuff and then return it unused. Hopefully you can keep the channel going with the $$ it takes. Maybe just need to pass on the skate reviews as that’s way too much $$$

Thanks for the vid great content. Why do tou think ccm released thr trigger 7, 8 and 9 so close together? The ft6 pro is still popular

Great video!

Keep up the great work. love the videos 👍

Man for $210 I could just buy a mid tier stick to replace it and not even know the difference in performance, haha.

I used to have this disease but now a stick is a stick to me haha

Oh yea I forgot to tell u about True sticks have u tried the new Hzrdus cause True actually switched factories for their sticks I'm curious if the defects were the factory's quality control or the blueprints for the stick. Anyway, the new Hzrdus is the first stick from the new factory.

Can i suggest you something, instead of going to higher price point, go the second price point, they are basicly the same stick with some feature less and more material for better durability , exemple the trigger 9k does'nt have the helicoidal blade. And i've discovered something on my sherwood legend 1, by removing the cap at the end of the stick, we can see a little sticker inside and it says legend pro. So maybe it can be good to investigate if the brands are selling the same stick at 2 different price!

I always said I'd sub to your patreon if you ever got one. You've saved me hundreds if not thousands by getting me on the best gear with less trial and error. Drop the link when you have it available.

Put the link in description if you can!!😅 5$ for the Vision review

How do you feel about the durability between the CCM Trigger 9 Pro and the Bauer Tracer sticks?

I have a local Integral rep here in the Tampa area. I had him repair the blade on an STX Halo stick that had some cracking and delaminating and its better than ever. I highly recommend using them if you can make it cost effective.

I'm so confused. Hockey Tutelage keep telling me that ccm's are basically bullet proof? They specifically talk up those "new" blades for the durability! Who to believe? lol Glad your back

I have had good experiences with integral! They repaired one of my vapor advs back in the day and the blade repair lasted until the shaft gave out! If you can avoid shipping it is absolutely worth it to get repaired !

I'm gonna be honest. I think that with shipping costs buying last year's model would be more worth the money.

Have you tried the new Sherwood Encrypt pro yet? Trying to decide between some pro stock Encrypt pro sticks and FT5 pro sticks. I knew you really liked both the TMP pro and FT5 pro but wanted to see if you had tried the Encrypt Pro and had an opinion if it was a step forward from the FT5 pro.

Seeing you posted gave me such a dopamine boost

Can u do a tracer review

You only use 75 flex?

What ccm stick would you recommend atm ? From the older lines ? Does the ft6 or trigger 8 have the same issues ?

Well that intro deserves a sub

So sad to see the product they are coming out with now just greed.. I was a long time user of jetspeed sticks up until the ft6, the blade is truly garbage and the price point now is just nuts!

46530 Simone Ramp

Hey thanks for that style of input. Seeing the shots taken and explaining which shots, flex, wind up, etc. Really helps!

I'm a 6'5" defenseman and the low kick point is definitely the style for me. 67" shaft, 115 flex. It's the sweet spot for me and my style of quick snappers, and is insane for pokechecks

I used the trigger 7 then switched to Sherwood rekker legend and I liked it but I’ve been wanting to switch to a mid/hybrid kick point durability isn’t really a problem because I’ve never broken a stick (I’m 15 and lanky 😂) I want the ft7 I dont exactly have that drag wrist shot but not the old school style either I would get the ghost but I can’t find an intermediate what would u recommend

Hey there! Huge fan of your videos. Wanted to know if you had any thoughts on buying nhl pro stock sticks vs. new. I’m a huge fan of the as2pro and 1n/1nxl models. I’ve been able to find these wrapped as new sticks fairly easily for around $150-200 at my local shop and at nhl team sales. Do you think that spending the extra money on the new top end stuff is worth it over these for any reason aside from warranty? I haven’t had unreasonable durability issues over the years and with the money saved I’m not super worried about not having a warranty at this point. Any insight would be great! Thank you

Finally you're back Justin! So glad to see more of your vids!

Thanks for this video, really helped me out. Funny enough, when I tried them in store before watching this video, I thought the straps were so weird as well!

Boomer is back 🗣️🔥🔥🗣️🔥🔥🔥

6:15 is a such a nice clapper Justin.

hey can you please do a video on the qr 6 pro

How does this fall on the stick tier list? Just picked up an Encrypt and am loving it

Hockey-Dad here. got ft7 pro for my son (11), because no ft6 (he's playing) was available at local stores. He is this kind of "no-wind-up" wrist shooter, and ft6 was not bad for that. Now with ft7, hes shots are.... really crapy ;) BUT - the puck receiving after hard passing is awsome! On ft6, the puck jumps away quite often, now they are sticked. Anyway: if (when) the ft7 will break, i'll try to get ft6 again.

I've had an FT7 pro for ~18 months (don't ask, don't tell!) - love it, best stick I've ever had.

Any plans on reviewing the encrypt pro? I’m sure your list is long of sticks to review right now, want to see if it lives up to the tmp pro, I did notice just from holding the encrypt in store the p28 curve seems a bit different then the tmp’s p28 curve,less dramatic around the toe then the tmp pro.maybe just my eyes playing tricks on me but something to look out for

Hockey tutorial dick riding ccm in every video they make talking nonsense about sticks after a little 2 min shooting montage. The tracer review was the first time they’ve said anything good about Bauer

I had a ft7 pro really good and last longer then expected for me but I have had a team mate brake 2 in one game also I can’t not say that ccm blades are good but it’s better then the tracer as I broke mine in under a week so u can say the blades are bad but they seem to last a bit longer the the Bauer tracer and I think that the trigger 9 “might” be better but idk as I have one now so I want to see how long the blade last. Hopefully even tho I do love the feel of the of ccm new blades I do think they got to go back.

Buddy i watched you put all your force down on the tip of that blade and almost fell/ snapped it. And continued to do it. Of course your gunna snap it

You seem to use a pretty long stick. Does it come up to your nose on skates?

I watched your FT6 pro review and you thought it was a pretty durable stick therefore, would you recommend that stick way above this one? I broke my ft4 pro at the end of last year so I need a new one.

"Breaking harder than Raygun at the Olympics"!! Classic

Welcome back Justin! You looked refreshed, healthy, and well. I'm glad you took the time off to heal. That said, thanks for the review and the time put in, to put this altogether. I too picked up the FT7 on the day that it was first released and had mixed feelings on it. The pop on it was fantastic, but for a 75 flex, I, too, found it a little stiff. Personally, I didn't like the way that it felt when stickhandling but it loads and releases well on the snapshots and slapshots. Obviously, it's also very lightweight at 365g. I personally like the way I can puckhandle on the FT Ghost. I think CCM and Warrior should put a joint collaboration together and use the FT3 and the LX Pro to produce a super stick. Anyways, good to see you back buddy. Hope you're having fun out there!

OH...I followed your advice on the helicoid. "Stay away" I think that video was from a while back. And I think you said that CCM will put it in all of their sticks. Now the Trigger 9 pro has the helicoid....Used stick prices are about to go up just like the used car prices have over the last 4-5 years. With these companies making more crappy sticks and charging more for them....the old model stick prices will increase. People look for a lot of things in sticks. But I can say for me almost my top concern is durability. As I (like others) don't have $400 for a new stick...only for it to break after a few games.

I'm sure I am not the only one to say this. But...I am glad to see a new video....been a long time.....