You can buy EAS gear online . Deactivate a tag , walk in , then reactivate it with a magnet before leaving . You don ' t actually need to be a store to get the stuff , just harder to excuse if you aren ' t running a store likely . <| sep |> I ' m from Utica so I get to see Cole play pretty regularly . Last year , he definately had a slow start to the season . Coming off of surgery and not having much time to train and get into game shape really hindered his start . This year , he is being used and relied on a lot more in defensive situations . He ' s been active on both the powerplay and penalty kill , and does quite the nice job on the PK . He ' s also been put onto the ice during the key final moments of the last few games the Comets have won where they needed to play great shutdown D to come out with the W . It seems like Green is placing a lot more trust in his abilities this year , which is great to see . In terms of stats , no one on the Comets is really going to wow you with statistical numbers this year . They just don ' t have the pure goal scorers and guys that can be relied on to get you points . It ' s more of a team effort and its expected that players on all 4 lines chip in and produce offensively . It ' s more of a spread out approach I would say . Don ' t always rely on only statistics to judge how a player is developing . I think he ' s become one of the better and more reliable players on this weak Comets team so far this season .