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Originally Posted by MattyC
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.
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I understand. I'm an analytical person who probably over thinks every thing, especially making purchases. His last pair I bought at Pro Hockey Life, the store wasn't busy and had lots of time with the salesman and learned some things about hockey skates that I wouldn't have known other wise. A buddy of mine with a kid the same age bought a pair at Sport Chek from some teenager and they hurt his kids feet and he ended up having to buy an additional pair.