John Dellapina at The Blueshirts Blog reports on Jaromir Jagr's troubles finding a stick he feels comfortable with..."After a season’s worth of trying to find sticks that felt right to him because Bauer discontinued his pattern, Jaromir Jagr was presented with two last weekend that made him smile. He used one of them to score a goal at Buffalo Saturday night. And he nursed that same stick through Sunday night’s Garden game, tallying another goal vs. Florida.
Delighted, he put a rush order in for enough of the Nike-Bauer One sticks to get him through the rest of the season. But as they are made in China, require three days to make and two days to ship, there was no way he could get them in time for tonight’s game.
The company found a way - by shipping three before the graphics were put on them - so Jagr received enough to get him (he hopes) through tonight’s game and Sunday afternoon’s in the Garden. He is scheduled to receive a full shipment with fancy graphics and all in time for Tuesday’s game at Nassau Coliseum."
...how in the word does Bauer discontinue the stick pattern used by one of the best offensive players in the game? And shouldn't Jagr have enough clout to have Bauer or another stick company make a stick to his liking? This whole situation is mind-boggling to me.
...and why does Nike-Bauer have their products made in China? Do they even play hockey there?
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