CJ Boiss

I was having general trouble making saves with my glove and blocker for the longest time, so during warm-up I started butterflying on the goal line while my teammates shoot on me, and that helped a lot. Lots of AAA goalies I've seen do something similar, where they'll have a guy just focus on shooting pucks at their glove and blocker for a while during warm-up.

1 hour ago, dreadlocked1 said:

Easier said than done, but if he had just sealed the post with his body and head instead of reaching up at it, I think he could have stopped it.

Smith saw what was happening, but too late. No time to get his body across, glove was the best he could do.

I played a 3v3 tourney on a full sheet over the holidays, and it was the most fun I've ever had at a tournament. The games were only 16 minutes long (8 minute halves), with six player teams, so the games were fast-paced and over before everyone got completely bagged. Really great time.

3 hours ago, Matt35 said:

A few pics from a shinny game at the 3on3 rink I play at. Not sure how many of you have a 3on3 rink near you, but it makes for some wild hockey!

Those are the pint-size rinks, right?

7 minutes ago, cwarnar said:

I haven't read the whole thread but I would think this lends itself to the overuse of RVH.  If this was the older days you would be on your feet and go post to post covering that upper part of the net.  But because so many guys are down so quick, this keeps happening.

And until someone consistently stops it guys will keep trying it.  I do wanna see the day a guy tries and gets blown up by a d-man

Defencemen need to do a better job of reading when some idiot is attempting this, so they can get behind the net and send them into next week.

8 hours ago, southpawtendy48 said:

all of my pics from a recent goalie camp. note: the ones not marked are from a separate photographer. thought these all turned out amazing!

*snip*

Lookin' sharp!

4 hours ago, seagoal said:

Surely there will be things in the future that will be banned but they are not currently if only because players aren't doing them yet.  Things that are new will pop out and should be assessed to how they fit in or do not fit in to the current rules and principles of the game.

There are potentially several good reasons to take something fun to watch out of the game: they are illegal, they violate principles, they are dangerous, they diminish the integrity of hockey, they set a bad precedent, etc. There are certainly more I'm not thinking of now. 

The biggest reason I can see for banning the Michigan/Svechnikov/lacrosse goal, is that it can put the blade of a player's stick very close to the goaltender's mask. Sticks to the head, through the cage, into the eye, that's a pretty big safety hazard. And goalies can't just get out of the way.

I still don't really think it should be banned, much as I dislike them.

2 hours ago, ThatCarGuy said:

I have a really bad idea

Saw the thread title, thought of Niemi's TPS pads when he was with Chicago

On 12/3/2019 at 10:08 PM, ThatCarGuy said:

I posted that right before I got it. It’s safe to say I’m not going back either if I can help it. Hopefully Warrior lasts longer than True.

I slammed my CR2 into the post the other night; full-on baseball style, edge of the paddle, chopping through the post kind of motion. The impact, right where my stick met the post, chewed up the outer layer a bit. But, so far as I can tell, that's all it did. Pretty sure if I got some epoxy and glued the fragments down (or taped them down) it would be perfectly serviceable.

6 minutes ago, MTH said:

Velocity 1 pads?

If so, we stand united with our 12" wide beauties.

V5s. Joey Macdonalds old pads.

21 minutes ago, southpawtendy48 said:

Some shots from my teams Halloween tournament..
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These are awesome! XD

On 11/7/2019 at 3:41 PM, WillyGrips13 said:

Ever since they switched away from the Patrick Division and Adams Division in the Wales Conference and the Norris Division and the Smythe Division in the Campbell Conference, I haven’t been able to retain any of the bland, nondescript names of Divisions and Conferences. At least they were doing one through eight in the conference for playoffs for a while afterwards. Of course, they did away with that and now have an overly-confusing, convoluted system that no one either understands or cares about. 

Western (Pacific and Central Divisions) and Eastern ( Metropolitan and Atlantic Divisions) Conferences. The naming conventions make much more sense than they did previously, as they now refer to the geographic location of each team, so you can (usually) identify what division/conference a team is in by their city.

Top three teams in each division make the playoffs, with the final two playoff spots in each conference being Wild Cards. Not as simple as 1-8 in each conference, but not that confusing either.

2 hours ago, bunnyman666 said:

Bauer steel will most likely improve once the rank and file in the NHL switch to the CCM holders. This will go for goalie holders, as well. I could easily see this happening once the pros can’t get Step Steel for the Bauer holders.  Just like when I saw CCM, Graf and VH/True with the LS holders when they came out, equipment managers liked the simplicity of popping out steels to sharpen and/or replace. I have a funny feeling they switched to aftermarket for straightness more so than how soft the steel is. 

Straightness is actually why I got a set of Step Steel: my Bauer were quite significantly curved,  to the point where I could look down the blade and see it deviate from true.

But I also jammed my blades into the posts a few times last night that, with my Bauer,  would've chewed the outer edge to pieces, but my Step blades still look fresh. Maybe that's because my Step blades are wider, but it's a definite improvement nonetheless.

Wearing Bauer S190's, just had my first skate on my new Step Steel (coming from the stock Bauer steel)

Difference was night and day. Just... wow.

I know why Bauer doesn't want Step Steel making blades for their skates: Bauer steel is such utter trash compared to Step that they can't compete on any front.

I'll probably be switching to CCM's when I need to buy new skates, but I'll almost definitely get a set of Step Steel to put in them.

21 minutes ago, seagoal said:

Nice, it'd be a great promotion for her work to get a hockey league on board

Where do you live and what level are you playing at?

Calgary, playing for middling teams. Sometimes we'll come up against some ex-Junior players, but mostly it's guys like me that grew up playing but never made the AA or AAA teams, or guys who started playing as adults.

I could play higher level hockey if I wanted to, skating out at least. There a few guys I play a summer shinny with that were pro in Europe, and though I'm not nearly as skilled as they are I can skate with them and make their lives difficult. But I like the guys I play with, and that's more important to me than playing at the highest possible skill level.

6 minutes ago, seagoal said:

Awesome photos, you are so lucky to have a nice camera on-hand.

Yeah. I'm going to make a point of getting my team to hire my photographer friend for a playoff game or something, once she's taking customers.

That one didn't go in, actually. Puck squirted out to my blocker side and I didn't realize, so my defenceman dove over me knock the puck away. I'm laughing as I watch the play go down the ice in that photo.

Some more photos from another skate, with a different team. This one didn't go so well, a 10-4 loss, which is a pretty typical result with this team; in this league, I'm the only goalie averaging over a shot per minute played, and the only goalie with a higher shots against has played five more games than me. My team got placed a couple divisions too high, but we're getting moved down at least one, maybe two divisions come the weekend, so things are looking up (at the very least, I might be able to steal us a win or two once the shooters aren't so skilled)

58 minutes ago, ULTIMA said:

• Whats wrong when you're a potential buyer is for you to not agree with the price and dictate what YOU think it should be. Do you walk in Wal-Mart, Home Depot ect., look at the price of a product, disagree with it and then before a manager or associate and tell them "You're never gonna sell this at that price"? This situation couldn't be made worse with the exception of when the person saying these things has absolutely no interest in purchasing.

I disagree on this point, slightly. Individual Wal-Mart and Home Depot stores don't set the prices on their products, they are required to sell their products at the advertised price. People selling used hockey equipment are not. They own the stuff, they set the price, and they can change the price whenever and however they want.

Growing up, I was given to understand that prices on second-markets are open to negotiation/haggling, unless the seller explicitly states otherwise. It's being a dick about it ("You're never gonna sell it at this price!") that's the problem.

On 10/28/2019 at 1:24 PM, goalie381 said:

If these were a bit shorter I wouldn't be sharing them with you lot.

Full set of Warrior Pro gear for under $400 for the time being.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Warrior-Ritual-G3-Pro-Goalie-Leg-Pads-Glove-and-Blocker-Full-Set-35-1-5/264513078937?hash=item3d96354699:g:mEsAAOSwZ~pdtfAA

Thanks for posting this; helped me snag some sweet new-to-me pads on the cheap.

Point of order: I see nothing in the NHL rules about having possession of the puck on the blade of your stick being illegal.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/page.htm?id=26478

Rule 67 - Handling Puck

67.1 Handling Puck - A player shall be permitted to stop or “bat” a puck in the air with his open hand, or push it along the ice with his hand, and the play shall not be stopped unless, in the opinion of the Referee, he has deliberately directed the puck to a teammate in any zone other than the defending zone, in which case the play shall be stopped and  a face-off conducted (see Rule 79 – Hand Pass). Play will not be stopped for any hand pass by players in their own defending zone.

67.2 Minor Penalty – Player - A player shall be permitted to catch the puck out of the air but must immediately place it or knock it down to the ice. If he catches it and skates with it, either to avoid a check or to gain a territorial advantage over his opponent, a minor penalty shall be assessed for “closing his hand on the puck”.

A minor penalty shall be imposed on a player who, while play is in progress, picks up the puck off the ice with his hand.

4 hours ago, seagoal said:

Hmm.  This is just semantic criss-crossing.  There is a rule in hockey that says you can not cross the blue line before the puck.  Reworded, you are expected to stay behind the blue line until the puck crosses first.   Rules are indeed expectations. 

I agree with your last sentence.  I, too,  do not think it should be illegal because goalies don't expect it. 

No, it's not. The rules say players are allowed to body check the puck carrier, but does that happen every time someone touches the puck? Is there an expectation that someone like Johnny Gaudreau body check Chara? The rules allow for it, but allowing for something to happen does not create the expectation that it will happen.

Our expectations of the game exist only in our heads. That's why you have some people bemoaning the "wussification" of the NHL, because there aren't teams like the Broad Street Bullies around anymore. That's why you have people like Don Cherry that hate on European players.

Rules are not expectations.

27 minutes ago, seagoal said:

Good. So No.  Agreed.

Rules establish principles and expectations.  They don't address possibility or frequency.

No. Rules establish what is, and is not, legal play; they do not establish what players are expected to do. (or, for that matter, "hockey principles", i.e. hockey culture. Nothing in the rulebooks about getting mobbed by the opposing team if you run their goalie, but that's exactly what happens 95% of the time)

The "lacrosse" move is not expected by most goalies, because so few people do it. That does not mean it should be illegal.

I mean... I hate it; but, at the same time, no forward should ever be given so much time behind the net that they're able to attempt this. Any time someone manages to put one of these in the net, that's blown defensive coverage right there.

Ban it? I dunno. Do we then ban any time a player intentionally plays the puck towards the opposing team's net from mid-air? (this would not include tips, tips are not playing the puck. Think any kind of "baseball" style swing)