Timo Meier's Stick: What a True Blade Tells You – and What It Doesn't
Timo Meier's Stick: What a True Blade Tells You – and What It Doesn't
On the last sticks in this series – Kane, Malkin, Zegras – almost everything was printed on the shaft: flex, curve code, player number, factory code. Timo Meier's True is different. And that's the interesting part.
What's on the Shaft
- Brand: True
- Shot: Left
- Codes on the shaft: 104127 · PXC · 18035
PXC stands for Project X – True's internal name for the build line. The remaining numbers are production and order references, not publicly documented specifications.
Why True Labels Differently
Bauer and Warrior work with a relatively open system: curve number, flex and often the player ID are printed visibly on the shaft. True runs its pro production more through internal order numbers. The stick is built against a stored player specification – what ends up on the shaft is the reference to that order, not the specification itself.
On top of that, True uses its own curve codes for the retail line (TC2, TC2.5, TC4) instead of the P numbers you know from Bauer and CCM. Pro blades sit outside that system anyway.
The Blade
What we can see, rather than guess: the curvature starts mid-blade and runs evenly out to the tip – no step at the heel, no abrupt toe hook. The face is distinctly open.
That geometry belongs to the same family as the P92 – listed at True as TC2. It is by far the most played shape in the NHL and it suits a player like Meier: a lot of work in front of the net, quick wrist releases, pucks that need to get up over short distances.
Whether Meier's blade matches a TC2 exactly or is an adapted pro version can't be read off the stick. For a player at his level the latter is more likely – but we can't prove it.
Grip Tape
The shaft carries a restrained tape wrap – not an elaborate tape job like Andres Ambühl's, but a plain, functional solution.
The Player
Timo Meier, born in Herisau in 1996, is one of the most successful Swiss players in the NHL. Drafted ninth overall by the San Jose Sharks in 2015, with the New Jersey Devils since 2023. His trademark: a compact, extremely quick wrist shot and the willingness to do the work right in front of the crease.
Together with Andres Ambühl he's the second Swiss player in this series – two completely different approaches to the same piece of equipment.
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