Dero

thanks all for the suggesions, 

12 hours ago, Scythe said:

Take a look at the Tron jerseys too.. they also have all kinds of colors and can be customized.. mine fits tight but stretchy over my CCM AB PRO c/a. I use mine on ice. DJ 80 series 

Pros.. super super lightweight.. cool in temperature and you can literally throw this on over your chesty with one hand.. no lie. Washes well. 

Cons.. thin fabric is somewhat prone to damage from high caliber shots. 

 

https://hockeytron.com/collections/custom-hockey-jerseys

should I just go with the goalie fit?

I am about to receive a custom optik 2 chest protector and Im looking to buy a nice tight fitted practice jersey to wear instead of the baggy goalie camp shirt I wear now. I was just wondering if anyone here maybe had a good shirt recommendations lol

3 minutes ago, Kirk3190 said:

Goalies in the NHL and AHL have reached out to us but we've respectfully declined.  If and when we're going to get back into the NHL we're going to do it the right way.  Not slide in passively with unbranded gear.

That’s gotta suck for guys who wanna use it tho. Like what ur saying makes sense but if I weren’t told I can’t wear the gear that helps  me perform my best, I’d be rattled. 

4 hours ago, Kirk3190 said:

There are a few comments above that pose some great questions so I'll do my best to "reply all" in a simple fashion.

The basic premise is goalies are always looking for ways to maximize their coverage.  30 years ago it was taught to "Get out of the blue paint! Challenge!" - Today that same philosophy is taught but it's commonly referred to as "Box Control".  The end goal is to fill as much net as possible.  Goalies also believe that if something is "NHL legal" with a tape measurer then it must be the maximum allowed coverage.  However, the same logic that applies to being forward in the crease also applies to how forward your gear is to the puck.  

Depth in the crease + Forward facing gear + static NHL measurements = Maximized coverage

You have to think of your gear from the pucks perspective, the same way you think about your position in the net from the pucks perspective.  It's pretty simple, if you have a reduced outer roll height you're giving up coverage.  If you have a super thin blocker board you're potentially missing a few pucks that just go by the edge of your blocker.  If your glove is slightly tilted forward it makes it square to the puck and fills more aerial coverage of the net.  Use the same thought process of 3-Dimensional depth in the crease towards thinking of your gear in 3-Dimensional ways.

I can assure you.  Weight is no issue for the R/G5.  Pete is a genius.  There's more info coming.  The GIFs we created were simply to inform goalies of what is coming and to begin discussions like these about the concept of CoverEDGE+.  "Filling more net" is not a new innovation.  Goalies have been trying to do it for decades.  We just thought logically about how your gear affects your coverage in the net.

are you guys eligible to be used in the nhl now? i know u guys were not paying the fee because you believed you didn't need it but like what if a guy overseas uses ur gear and gets called to the nhl. im also confused how if u guys havent paid the fee, why guys are allowed to use warrior sticks.

13 hours ago, Patrick Roy's Wink said:

Some G5 pics from Instagram...

also its kinda odd they decided to come back with the huge outer roll as most companies are doing the opposite now going smaller and smaller. like that thing is huge

23 hours ago, Puckstopper said:

I never really thought it all the way through, but when I do there are only 3 teams you couldn't duplicate with just a single color of padwrap from those templates.  Colorado, Winnipeg and Vegas (and you could get close enough to Vegas to survive if you had to).  Pretty cool!

I would think it would be difficult to find an objective test to quantify how much better one material is than another, especially given the constantly changing ice conditions goalies face.  Still, I do feel like offering SOME option beyond weave would be beneficial as Warrior is currently the only major company not offering a dedicated material for the sliding surface. When discussing G4's and now G5's with customers I can point to AirSlide (and I'm looking forward to experiencing how that works) but the GT2's definitely lost sales to Gnetik IV and and Eflex 4 based on perception about the materials used on the inner surface.   Weave is great at custom, but so many people buy off the rack so that option is lost to them. 

Having said all of that, I will say that subjectively speaking, with no data to back it up whatsoever, my GT2 set with weave slides better than my EF4 set with SpeedSkin, especially when the ice gets choppy so I do applaud Warrior not just rolling out any old option as a sliding surface without comprehensive review.  I feel like CCM may have tested SpeedSkin primarily on good ice (it's stellar there!) and overlooked goalies who don't get fresh ice every 20 minutes.

well there has to be some difference to some extent. i've never had a set with speed skin, but it seems that its split 50/50. some people say they stick to the ice while other say its great. The primo on Brian's optik and gnetik lines is great, but there are only 5 color options, then again some people order their custom Brian's set even without the primo to keep the color theme of their pads. Vaughn offers like something almost identical to primo but have it in a lot more color options. warrior basically just makes indents. like its def mostly just marketing but i mean it works. haha

24 minutes ago, Kirk3190 said:

Post wedge has been removed.  We designed a piece that covers the buckle on the outer calf wrap.  Keeps the "look" of a Warrior pad too.  

Nylon strap at the knee is still there  

@Kirk3190 What is like the main difference between these and G4’s. I keep seeing how 2020 is gonna be a “HUGE” year for warrior but like why

57 minutes ago, Puckstopper said:

So my team colors are green and black with a splash of orange.   Any opinions on which set you guys prefer?

how are u customizing G%s already?

On 1/24/2020 at 12:50 PM, coopaloop1234 said:

Well, that's a question for every new release. So only you can decide whether the changes are worth it or not.

The pictures look to have fixed the binding issue on the knee stack. Even the GT2, which still had a binding, was mostly fixed compared to the G4.

Would really depend on what pad you're currently in, but here's their sizing chart:

i just measured myself for fun, and i have a floor to knee of 20.5 and im only 5'10" not 6' like the chart says. from Brian's measure chart im somewhere around a 34 + 1 or 34 + 1.5 depending on what I want. 

it would be so much easier if all companies came out and agreed on one chart and based their pads off that specific shared chart

On 10/21/2019 at 10:20 AM, TheGoalNet said:

Standing or sitting??

Also, can you please answer my previous questions?

1. Do you have issues where you feel like your pads are too tall?

2. Does your knee fall off the stack?

@TheGoalNet im about 5'9.5" to be exact, and i wear size 33+1 gnetik 8.0s.... im ordering optik 2 max and was thinking to go 35+1... would this be to big? i was thinking with the massive s curve the pads have id be fine, any opinions? @Wrbsti15