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What I did with my son who said it was too slippery was to apply the film in only a 1/2 of where he would land. I think I did it closer to the outer edge, but hindsight I should have done it closer to the inner edge as it would have taken the abuse better, and it's where your weight would be when trying to power push.

Kind of like how curling shoes work in tandem.

29 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Maybe it's just us beer leaguers/amateurs that are more in tune with gear changes/specs. 

It's because we blame our tools, not our skills.

Although Jake Allen seems to be really really in tune with how his gear looks and works from the interviews that he's given.

@seagoal What a lovely man you are, thank you for the care package.

1 hour ago, RichMan said:

50$ for a product I'll take partially apart, nah. I did reach out to him last year asking if he would just sell me the pieces I need and he refused.

They actually won't be useful for what I wish to do with them, BUT, if you were still going to throw them out, I can take them as patterns and try to get some made locally. I'll buy you a beer for them. You still in Ottawa?

Yep, send me a message, I think you’re on my FB?

Crazy, but I am close to your location and may have what you need. 

My kid is intermediate in sizing so I had to extend his junior sized pro lace to make it longer for him, as Senior Prolaces were too loose for him.

There is a slit however towards each hole but it might still be of use to you?

15 hours ago, seagoal said:

Still cool though.  Maybe he has a personal connection.

Oh yeah, it's a great brewery right near the Richcraft Sensplex, I remember seeing all the beer posts from before by @Lucky Pucker and I had extra room so I figured it would be a nice surprise

Yeah looking back on it, I was slightly concerned that the toebox on my TF9s were a bit tight, but turns out I could trim the footbed a bit, and as @froese mentioned, they loosened up after about 25~50 skates.

5 hours ago, EilaOG30 said:

Also interesting that apart from Detroit, the original six teams are 2-6 and at least double the price of Detroit tickets. 

I think recent economic state and the population has to do with that. I had to look and the population of Detroit has been declining since the 90s from 1M to 630K.

3 hours ago, RecoveringGoalie1 said:

Cinch the internal belt nice and tight, use the front lace to tie the C/A semi tight to the pants and that's about it. No suspenders or further straps.

I do the same with Hyperlite chest and Bauer Pro pants.

Oh yeah so this is the front of the unit. I was feeling some shots in my Vaughn VE8, and I mulled over wearing a padded base layer or even modding the chest. But ended up buying this instead. As it can be seen in the previous pic it has the KW initials, colorway indicates maybe the Habs (the blue doesn't really show in the pic)? I dunno, most of what I care is how it functions.

Immediately the first thing I noticed was that it runs hotter than what I remember how my old Passau made me feel. And of course less mobile than the Vaughn. First time on the ice I was glad I had it because of all the chest saves, I really like how I could feel that there’s contact so that I know I made the save, but no pain (except for one belly shot, I don’t know how it hurt me).
 

If there are any questions please let me know. In the meanwhile I’m going to see what flavour of chicken wings are available to place in the tracker pocket.

Yeah he is apparently slammed because of all the requests, he offered to cover shipping or meet up in Ottawa the next time he travels. 
 

Mine was a simple Price tribute with some changes to reflect my number. 

2 hours ago, adastra57 said:

Good to know! To be honest, I'm still confused what the difference even is. The Vvivid stuff has 3M logos on the backing, so is Vvivid just a Canadian distributor of the stuff or something? 

Actually you know what? I'm confused myself. I looked back at my orders, and they were both Vvivid 3M. So probably just the way that I applied, or maybe the material? If I remember correctly, it did not work on my Brian's pads, but it worked super well on my kid's CCM pads (to the point where I had to be careful taking his off at the end of the season). Trying to think of the main differences, both were cleaned beforehand, but I used rubbing alcohol to clean my kid's pads, I used a heat gun only on mine, I also left mine 24 hours before playing, but on his I left it for a couple of days longer.

This is the one I used. https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B01LYZJNWX

12 hours ago, Snowman30 said:

https://www.tear-aid.com/

I always use this on my toe bindings to prevent wear. Never had an issue with it and never had to replace it. It last a long time

did you get Type A or B?

I've used both of the protection film, and 3M stayed stuck muuuuch better than the other one.

However, there might have been other application factors at hand just so you know.

2 hours ago, ZeroGravitas said:

Have you tried Facebook Messenger, too (https://www.facebook.com/jfaumaismaskwraps)

There's an e-mail address listed on the FB page too.

Yeah I had tried the Messenger before with no luck. 

The Email is finally what did it, he just sent the refund. But no real message to it, so I don't know for sure.

9 hours ago, Chenner29 said:

Most annoying thing with the 1pc is the steel farts/howls when you hard stop

This used to happen with my 2pc too in the beginning, I kinda miss it.  

I didn't want to go into the details, but I don't know what else to do. 

What happened was that he had scheduled my wrap, confirmed to be done on August 21st (he said he needed ~3 hours to complete), and so I scheduled a trip down and modified my stay, but he ended up being away out of the province for another week somehow. He said he would send back my deposit with a huge apology which I accepted, but he hasn't actually sent anything and I can't get a hold of him anymore. 

I've tried Instagram message and WhatsApp.

What should I put in it?

AirTag? Chicken wings? Maybe some cotton balls doused in mint oil?

Speaking of NHL legal Hyperlites, what are these small pouches for in the back? Trackers for statistics?

I’m finding it hard to coach two kids with very different abilities at the same time, with limited time and limited ice space.

This year my kid’s team has two goalies and their skill discrepancies are hard to overcome for any drill that’s not just skating. It’s been a very challenging start to the year. 

@seagoal I was at the 67s opener and I thought of you and this thread.

This is yours if you want it.

@RichMan I know about four guys that own or have owned that truck, they all love that they own it or regret that they no longer own it. 

I didn’t know that the gas consumption was that bad on it though.

I find this convo to be pretty funny, as it reminds me of an exact argument I had as a mechanic.

I used to work for a shop that rebuilt 60s-70s muscle cars, and one customer came in one day huffing and puffing that he had just gotten in a minor car accident the other day in his daily modern car which is now totalled and complaining on how these Japanese cars are all plastic and any little bump crumples them like a cheap lawn chair. “They don’t make ‘em like they used to!” Was a common phrase we heard from our customers. 

Well yeah, in the old cars the crumple zone was your legs, new cars which have proper give are able to dissipate the energy properly saving the occupants inside.

I asked him if he had any injuries from the crash, and he said no, but I think the question went over his head.

15 hours ago, justinrenaud said:

Do you think a podiatrist would be able to do something like that? 

Yeah I would speak to a podiatrist over anything here. I think my custom TRUEs shaped the bottom of the boot as well a bit, but I don't have anything pronounced like that.

20 hours ago, Lucky Pucker said:

I’m coaching U13. Again. I’m getting punched in the face with funk every ice time - for “free” - so imma go Hard Pass on your bottled offerings.

But hey - GLWS

I'm thinking of moving 5 streets over so that my kid can be in your district. We could coach together. We could be the next MSLs.