look at that stick! It looks like it was cut from a 2x4.
Wasn’t Mikita famous for the “banana blade?” That one looks like it has no curve at all.
I believe that he started the curved stick movement sometime after he started his NHL career.
Sticks didn’t start getting curved until the mid-60s, Stan was one of the early adopters but still played a good chunk of his career in the pre-curve era.