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Originally Posted by Fighting Banana Slug
Perhaps so, but we are talking the usual Bauer/Reebok, Graf, CCM stuff. It isn't necessarily all super high-end. I do think there is value in getting good skates that fit. I most definitely get the rest of my stuff from Canadian Tire or Sportchek, but I do spend the cash on skates.
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Yeah that's no problem. It's not the skate really I find excessive, it would be the custom fitting and rocker adjustment that just makes no sense for a kid who will probably need new skates the next season. The only way I would suggest getting custom skates for a kid that young is if they had some sort of issue with their fit. If you're talking about giving them the boot-oven treatment, then ya but that can be done with pretty much any type of skate.
To me it's like buying an 8 year old a $300 stick. They can't utilize the technology, so there's no point. And it (or the skates) will literally make zero difference in their game. If they get to quadrant levels and are a solid player, get them the good stuff. Until then, even just hand-me-downs should work fine.
Been coaching youth hockey for 6 years, and I worked at SportChek in my uni days. The amount of useless money that gets spent actually appalls me.