2024-25 Gear Sitings

[RichMan]

 

Warrior at it again

https://www.instagram.com/p/DC2OkX_y0CT/?img_index=3&igsh=MTdxd3ZpMm5nZGdvMg==

[RedX]

Having a chance to dive into the Eflex 7 catalogue a little deeper, I think this is the best a CCM product has looked since the Lefebvre split. Maybe there are some people really liked the last couple of iterations of CCM products, but I wasn’t a huge fan. In my opinion, I felt as CCM with the last number of releases tried really hard to “not be Lefebvre” that I didn’t really know what they were.

I feel like a snob just typing this out but I felt as if the products lately kind of felt from a design point of view had a “we know what you like more than you do” feel to them. There was a large consensus of people not liking things like Speed Skin or finger stalls etc and CCM seem to double down on it and Speedskin even harder.

Now looking at this pad, I would not dare call it traditional but it does to step in the direction of what the Pro goalies were actually using/demanding out of a product. It’s not overkill on tech/materials as you see a return of suregrip over the 3d kneeblock, the 580 being offered as stock over the 581, finger stalls seem to return. The glove backhand isn’t overkill on attachments. 

I actually haven’t really seen the custom specs, but I wonder if the 581/591 gloves are going to continue going forward?

[MTH]

The one piece knee wing is neat. Surely helps with sealing around the knee when on the ice.

[johncho]

I think it looks really good, more of a refinement of all the good things they have going from the previous iteration.

[A.YOUNGoalie13]

Love the idea of the stock 580 over whatever you would call the 581

[Hockeygoalie111]

CCM dumping Lefevre was one of the worst decisions they've made.  So many NHLers in True.  

[southpawtendy48]

Grubauer new mask for Indigenous peoples night. Such a simple but awesome design

pics via @EmeraldCityHockey on X

[xmikex32]

1 hour ago, southpawtendy48 said:

Grubauer new mask for Indigenous peoples night. Such a simple but awesome design

pics via @EmeraldCityHockey on X

Thought they couldn’t do this anymore and gave fluery grief for it. 

[coopaloop1234]

36 minutes ago, xmikex32 said:

Thought they couldn’t do this anymore and gave fluery grief for it. 

https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/38970420/nhl-nixes-marc-andre-fleury-mask-honoring-native-americans

I forgot about that. 

[keeperton]

That is such a cool looking mask.

[RedX]

Wedgewood with some new pads. A Quick Look at his set ups this year he’s been tinkering quite a bit. He switched back to True gloves from his Bauer gloves last year. But his pads specs have been all over the place having switched back to leather straps a couple weeks before the trade. He‘s even tried lace in knee/thigh guards while in Nashville. 

Edited Wednesday at 12:36 PM by RedX

[southpawtendy48]

2 hours ago, xmikex32 said:

Thought they couldn’t do this anymore and gave fluery grief for it. 

Said they were gonna fine him  if he wore it, which he did but I don’t think they ended up doing it lol. Bunch of babies. Was done by an indigenous artist too. 

[Chenner29]

23 hours ago, A.YOUNGoalie13 said:

Love the idea of the stock 580 over whatever you would call the 581

Abomination

[IpaddyTECH]

3 hours ago, RedX said:

Wedgewood with some new pads. A Quick Look at his set ups this year he’s been tinkering quite a bit. He switched back to True gloves from his Bauer gloves last year. But his pads specs have been all over the place having switched back to leather straps a couple weeks before the trade. He‘s even tried lace in knee/thigh guards while in Nashville. He 

What is it that people find appealing about leather straps anymore? I'm sure there's good reason, but I had plenty of them back in the Reebok P2 days and before and I'm never going back. I could see one for a knee block or boot strap for security, but just the whole gambit all the way up and down again like it's 2004? Why?

[mik]

1 hour ago, IpaddyTECH said:

What is it that people find appealing about leather straps anymore? I'm sure there's good reason, but I had plenty of them back in the Reebok P2 days and before and I'm never going back. I could see one for a knee block or boot strap for security, but just the whole gambit all the way up and down again like it's 2004? Why?

It is different feeling than snug fit with elastics. You can have them pretty loose and still in place. It is more vintage option now. Personaly I can play in pads with elastics of course, but I like straps.    

[A.YOUNGoalie13]

10 hours ago, Chenner29 said:

Abomination

Sounds about right

[mr_shifty1982]

Stollie The Tank in CCMs

[MTH]

16 hours ago, IpaddyTECH said:

What is it that people find appealing about leather straps anymore? I'm sure there's good reason, but I had plenty of them back in the Reebok P2 days and before and I'm never going back. I could see one for a knee block or boot strap for security, but just the whole gambit all the way up and down again like it's 2004? Why?

These guys came up with leather straps I'm sure and it got them to the NHL. So why change? Personally I struggle with the velco coming undone on my pads. Maddening. But I play F league over 40.

[Teezle]

On 12/9/2024 at 9:32 PM, A.YOUNGoalie13 said:

Love the idea of the stock 580 over whatever you would call the 581

The 581 always felt terrible to me, but I actually liked their 591 break (though I recognize I may be the single person in the world who did). The 591 felt more like the fingers-to-palm closure of a real 580 than anything the 581 tried to be.

  

On 12/10/2024 at 10:40 PM, IpaddyTECH said:

What is it that people find appealing about leather straps anymore? I'm sure there's good reason, but I had plenty of them back in the Reebok P2 days and before and I'm never going back. I could see one for a knee block or boot strap for security, but just the whole gambit all the way up and down again like it's 2004? Why?

Fleury has said that he still wears them because he likes the way they look, not that they provide any performance benefit. They definitely provide a different feel, especially if you have a wide open leg channel where you basically have no resistance to your leg moving and then a hard stop, instead of a gentle stretch with the elastic.

Edited Thursday at 06:04 AM by Teezle

[IpaddyTECH]

19 minutes ago, Teezle said:

Fleury has said that he still wears them because he likes the way they look, not that they provide any performance benefit. They definitely provide a different feel, especially if you have a wide open leg channel where you basically have no resistance to your leg moving and then a hard stop, instead of a gentle stretch with the elastic.

I forgot about the different feel, they are good for that. I know they're very durable too. But they are also heavy, and slow to get on/off. Just seems like in 2025 we could make something as strong as the leather straps but light and easy. Kine of like true's nylon strap that velcro's on. But then you're still relying on velcro. 

For me, I'm so happy to wear elastic straps and only have 3 plus my bungies. Great give and rotation but with speed and responsiveness with movement. Pads take like 30 seconds to put on, instead of 2-3 minutes. With Bauer you can adjust the length of each strap individually so you can get a looser feel where you want it, or a tighter lock feel. 

[keeperton]

5 hours ago, Teezle said:

The 581 always felt terrible to me, but I actually liked their 591 break (though I recognize I may be the single person in the world who did). The 591 felt more like the fingers-to-palm closure of a real 580 than anything the 581 tried to be.

  

Fleury has said that he still wears them because he likes the way they look, not that they provide any performance benefit. They definitely provide a different feel, especially if you have a wide open leg channel where you basically have no resistance to your leg moving and then a hard stop, instead of a gentle stretch with the elastic.

I remember in a video with Daccord him talking about just liking them and having the sound they make. Probably a comfort thing.

4 hours ago, IpaddyTECH said:

I forgot about the different feel, they are good for that. I know they're very durable too. But they are also heavy, and slow to get on/off. Just seems like in 2025 we could make something as strong as the leather straps but light and easy. Kine of like true's nylon strap that velcro's on. But then you're still relying on velcro. 

For me, I'm so happy to wear elastic straps and only have 3 plus my bungies. Great give and rotation but with speed and responsiveness with movement. Pads take like 30 seconds to put on, instead of 2-3 minutes. With Bauer you can adjust the length of each strap individually so you can get a looser feel where you want it, or a tighter lock feel. 

I'm a big fan of having nylon straps, or elastic with very little give. Can really dial it in and get a nice connected feel where they don't give a ton.

[Chenner29]

On 12/10/2024 at 7:58 AM, Hockeygoalie111 said:

CCM dumping Lefevre was one of the worst decisions they've made.  So many NHLers in True.  

I had the same initial thought, but then realized that the real brand battle is being fought in retail stores, not in the NHL

[keeperton]

47 minutes ago, Chenner29 said:

I had the same initial thought, but then realized that the real brand battle is being fought in retail stores, not in the NHL

i cry evrytiem (that one of my students has a CCM glove they can't close at all).

To be less of a shitposter, this is true with most of the kids 12u and under that I coach, besides those in Warrior or using second-hand gloves with plenty of break-in. I don't think any of my kids in those age brackets are in a Brian's or Vaughn glove, mostly Bauer and Warrior, I know none of them are in a 580 (I had one 18u that moved that got a 580, the other 18u went from a 580 to a 590).