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NFT: Coronavirus in China halts hockey stick production

giantsfan227B : 2/10/2020 11:27 am
The coronavirus' impact on life in China has reportedly made an unforseen impact on the NHL as equipment companies that primarily make their hockey sticks in the country have halted production.

NBC Sports hockey analyst Pierre Maguire first made this claim during the broadcast of a Buffalo Sabres-Detroit Red Wings game on Thursday. On Saturday, the Boston Globe's Matt Porter reported that while hockey stick manufacturers disputed that there is a "major shortage" of sticks, the situations could quickly leave many players shorthanded.

Can you imagine as the teams close in on the playoffs teams walking into Hockeymonkey or Pure Hockey picking sticks off of the rack or at the very least using less quality sticks from manufacturers such as Bauer? Watch those sticks snap.
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One solution...  
figgy2989 : 2/10/2020 11:32 am : link
Maybe not have your hockey sticks made in China.
Another solution  
JohnF : 2/10/2020 11:57 am : link
Use a Hockey Stick Putter...


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For many reasons  
JerryNicklebag : 2/10/2020 12:02 pm : link
We should be backing out of China. The entire world should be.

The only way to "fix" that country is to financially punish them until they make things right. The way they treat and handle their food is horrendous.

Go google "chinese gutter oil" and have a good wretch.

Frankly, i'm not sure why we aren't trying to provide incentives to companies for relocating more manufacturing to Mexico and Latin/South American countries. Seems like a no brainer to me, create jobs in those places and help to solve the immigration issue. I would think it would be much easier on shipping as well.
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RE: For many reasons  
Big Al : 2/10/2020 12:08 pm : link
In comment 14808077 JerryNicklebag said:
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We should be backing out of China. The entire world should be.

The only way to "fix" that country is to financially punish them until they make things right. The way they treat and handle their food is horrendous.

Go google "chinese gutter oil" and have a good wretch.

Frankly, i'm not sure why we aren't trying to provide incentives to companies for relocating more manufacturing to Mexico and Latin/South American countries. Seems like a no brainer to me, create jobs in those places and help to solve the immigration issue. I would think it would be much easier on shipping as well. Chinese Gutter Oil - ( New Window )
Not going to happen. Too big a market. Profits for too many there to
leave.
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JerryNicklebag : 2/10/2020 12:09 pm : link
In comment 14808079 Big Al said:
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In comment 14808077 JerryNicklebag said:


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We should be backing out of China. The entire world should be.

The only way to "fix" that country is to financially punish them until they make things right. The way they treat and handle their food is horrendous.

Go google "chinese gutter oil" and have a good wretch.

Frankly, i'm not sure why we aren't trying to provide incentives to companies for relocating more manufacturing to Mexico and Latin/South American countries. Seems like a no brainer to me, create jobs in those places and help to solve the immigration issue. I would think it would be much easier on shipping as well. Chinese Gutter Oil - ( New Window )

Not going to happen. Too big a market. Profits for too many there to
leave.


I hear you, but this crap will just continue until someone has the balls to say enough.
Some of these sticks are $200+ dollars  
figgy2989 : 2/10/2020 12:10 pm : link
There has to be other places in the world where you can make these sticks.

Bring back the all wood Christian or Sherwood sticks!
RE: One solution...  
BobsYourUncle : 2/10/2020 12:12 pm : link
In comment 14808048 figgy2989 said:
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Maybe not have your hockey sticks made in China.


+1.
I would worry less about the supply  
jcn56 : 2/10/2020 12:17 pm : link
of hockey sticks, and more about the supply of just about everything else. I wonder where car production will be in three months if this shit continues at this pace.
quite the opportunity to make  
Peter from NH (formerly CT) : 2/10/2020 12:17 pm : link
sticks in North America, where they should be made
RE: For many reasons  
FatMan in Charlotte : 2/10/2020 12:18 pm : link
In comment 14808077 JerryNicklebag said:
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We should be backing out of China. The entire world should be.

The only way to "fix" that country is to financially punish them until they make things right. The way they treat and handle their food is horrendous.

Go google "chinese gutter oil" and have a good wretch.

Frankly, i'm not sure why we aren't trying to provide incentives to companies for relocating more manufacturing to Mexico and Latin/South American countries. Seems like a no brainer to me, create jobs in those places and help to solve the immigration issue. I would think it would be much easier on shipping as well. Chinese Gutter Oil - ( New Window )


When I was in China several years ago, their government cracked down on people caught using the oil, including reported death sentences. I don't really think you can hold the government responsible - this is more of an issue regarding rogue oil refinement that is then sold to restaurants and pharmeceutical companies.
Buying  
Big Al : 2/10/2020 12:25 pm : link
opportunity?
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RE: I would worry less about the supply  
schabadoo : 2/10/2020 12:40 pm : link
In comment 14808093 jcn56 said:
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of hockey sticks, and more about the supply of just about everything else. I wonder where car production will be in three months if this shit continues at this pace.


Right. 'Do it somewhere else' always sounds good, but no one has the capacity for most of the manufacturing that gets discussed.
RE: For many reasons  
montanagiant : 2/10/2020 12:41 pm : link
In comment 14808077 JerryNicklebag said:
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We should be backing out of China. The entire world should be.

The only way to "fix" that country is to financially punish them until they make things right. The way they treat and handle their food is horrendous.

Go google "chinese gutter oil" and have a good wretch.

Frankly, i'm not sure why we aren't trying to provide incentives to companies for relocating more manufacturing to Mexico and Latin/South American countries. Seems like a no brainer to me, create jobs in those places and help to solve the immigration issue. I would think it would be much easier on shipping as well. Chinese Gutter Oil - ( New Window )

That is truly foul.
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