Slightly longer scratch trails and it ' s perfect . Good job Mod West . <| sep |> Exactly . There are maybe a half dozen NHL players who use some form of a candy cane tape job . Only 1 or 2 of them are prominent players . Grip or non grip at retail has zero bearing on companies marketing with pro players , or trying to start an all grip revolution . The fact of the matter is that grip coating has generally become the norm as it is . That ' s the bottom line . That ' s why you see more of it at retail . As a non grip guy , I ' ve never had an issue of sourcing a non grip version of a stick I wanted . Unless it was something like True or STX , which don ' t offer anything but some form of grip on their sticks . <| sep |> You ' re not overreacting , I would be furious too . I would say something , it ' s not okay that they feel like they can use some kind of bullshit technicality to do whatever they want in spite of what you told them .