Jarick
Doing Nothing
As much as I've loved the Drury and have been doing great with it, there's a nagging thought in the back of my head that I want to try a Sakic.
As much as I've loved the Drury and have been doing great with it, there's a nagging thought in the back of my head that I want to try a Sakic.
Thought I'd bump this thread to say that I might just be converted to the Drury curve. I've always been a mid curve guy (love the Bauer P88 and Reebok Datsyuk curves especially), recently tried a toe curve (Base BC01) and wasn't a big fan, had previously used a heel wedge (Sherwood's Lidstrom clone) and didn't like it. Because I'd been using mostly closed/neutral mid curves, my natural inclination was to shoot from mid blade, and to open up the blade a touch to shoot high (because the curves I'd been using like the P88 and Iginla are fairly closed), and this technique sucks for heel wedges. But on a whim I decided to try a heel wedge again, so I picked up a tapered Drury wood blade for my tapered shaft, and wow, I'm loving it so far! Really focusing on shooting from the heel without opening the blade up at all, and even after just a couple skates my snap shot is harder and more accurate than ever. My wrist shot seems a bit hit and miss, but I very rarely take traditional wristers anyways, almost all snap shots.For any mid-curve users reading this thread and getting excited, make sure to try before you buy! By that I mean try out a friend/teammates heel curve for as long as possible, or get a cheap woody with a heel curve before investing in a more expensive stick. I have a stick with a heel curve and lots of loft, tried to use it for quite a while, never liked it at all. Some people swear by them, but if you've never used a heel curve before it's VERY different, you may like it but you may not.
I'm back with the Staal version and it feels so good. Much different than the P92 but simpler.
SE16 with the Drury pattern is unreal for me. Never been able to find another one though.
I know heel curves are more for people who shoot off the heel of the stick but I always shoot off of the toe (usually snap shots) and I still find it gives me the best accuracy and power in my shot. For some reason I am always tempted to buy more of a mid curve pattern just because the Drury can be a bit "wild" sometimes but when I go back to the Drury I like it.
Has the Drury been replaced with another name nowadays or is it still the Drury? I'm an Iginla man (right now I'm using a Widow with the Kovalchuk pattern which is pretty much an Iginla) but I'm thinking about trying out a more open-faced curve. Also, what is the equivalent to the drury in say, Bauer?