AdamL

Thanks! I'm not on Facebook, haven't tried SLS. Probably should!

No problem man. And thank you!

Central Indiana, just outside Indianapolis.

*SOLD* Limited use, I've had the set on the ice 10-12 times. Specs: Blocker - Full face carbon Rigid side board Glove - Pro palm Reinforced Double T (both sides) Skate lace pocket (outsides) Pads - 33+2 SLR style professor strap Stock boot stiffness Stiff option thigh rise Face layered with carbon fiber (SLR style for max rebounds) HD foams on landing side, including the calf wedge Below knee knee strap Nylon backing instead of air mesh +1" Y strap Hybrid Pro laces Asking $1,900 plus up to $100 in packaging & shipping expenses to the lower 48. I'd be willing to ship to Canada as well, I just have no idea what that would cost, but hopefully we could work something out. Thanks for looking!

I actually optioned the SLR professor strap for my set.

Vaughn offers options of Stiff and Extra Stiff in the thigh rise, as well as a Stiff option in the scoop if that's your bag. In talking to Dennis back when I ordered my set, he said not a single one of their pros in the Velocity line uses the Extra Stiff option. He could probably look up Mrazek's build for you if you really want to know the specifics, though. What I want to know if how Mrazek gets his pads to sit so high on his skate. Mine will only do that if I run the professor strap as tight as it'll go, which creates other problems, most notably with rotation but also just in comfort.

Goalies Plus wasn't one of the early Lefevre retailers so I'm sure they haven't seen as many sets comes through as others, but Mike should be able to help you in some fashion. That response is pretty inexcusable. I might try calling Cam at the Hockey Shop or someone else who's experienced with True gear, explain your situation and apologize you won't be spending any money with them (this time), but that you need help making the right decision on sizing.

Well that's annoying. My 33+2 V9s are ~11.25" from the middle of the knee block to the top of the pad. I would've figured I'd have gone 32+1.5 in True as well, but from the looks of that I'd end up with a thigh rise that is WAY shorter.

PMed.

The temptation is real. Anyone want a lightly used V9 set?

Totally. When I was coming up my coach made the goaltenders do all of the regular skating drills with the forwards, and having runners with a profile closer to a player profile actually allowed me to do those drills pretty well. And of course that means I absolutely cannot skate with a typical 30' goalie profile. But I do need get rockered forward, and I bought some Step steel runners that I'm going to send out to noicing to get done. We'll see how it goes!

Man it's crazy how low the heel looks with the stock Graf steel. No wonder I feel like I have a hard time getting over the balls of my feet.

That's basically what I wanted with mine. I wanted a pad with a tighter fit that would move with me, but not give up anything to a "stiff" pad in terms of seal or 5 hole coverage, and I think I/Vaughn accomplished that. Big picture, though, they really need to get the weight down. Mine are over 5 pounds, and no 33+2 pad should be over 5 pounds these days.

Man, that's rough. My last year of college (just D3 ACHA) didn't go much differently than that. It's brutal. And it's what made me not return for my senior year or put the pads on for probably the next 5 or 6 years after that. As tough as it is on the whole team to lose like that consistently, it's even worse on the goalies, pulling puck after puck out of the net night in, and night out. Best of luck finding a situation that will work for you.

What he said. Boot stiffness has nothing to do with what's on the face of the pad, it relates to the core. That graphic as I see it indicates there is material through the scoop without a break in it, making it stiffer. Just my personal opinion, but I don't know why anyone would ever want a stiff boot. We all have ankles that bend, and if we want to be able to get into dorsiflexion, the boot of the pad needs to flex with us. The exception to that I suppose is if you wear the pad really loose. Then, when you flex at the ankle, the pad simply comes up your leg, out away from it, or some combination of those two. But there's a reason even the "butterfly" style pads these days are offering a soft boot option. Thigh rise is the opposite, I don't see much benefit from a soft thigh rise. We don't have joints above our knees, why do our pads need to flex there? If you need a shorter thigh rise because you feel less mobile with a taller one I totally get that. I'm feeling that way with my V9s at times, especially trying to get behind the net to play the puck. But I also very much appreciate the additional coverage over my old pads. To close my 5 hole in the butterfly with my last pads I had to keep my knees closer together, which also limited how much I could internally rotate at the hips, and narrowed my butterfly even further. With the taller, pretty stiff thigh rise on my personal V9s, I can land with my knees wider apart and still close the five hole, creating more space in my hips and allowing me to flare my feet out wider. I haven't measured but it might be 6" wider as a result. ____________ Side note - does anyone know what the "webbing" option would be under the shin strap options in the customizer? Is that something similar to what Lefevre uses as the outer strap on their gear? I don't like the feeling of having elastic as the last thing keeping the pad secured to my leg and would prefer something without any give. That strap is also easy to change out. I should probably just give Vaughn a call. https://vaughnhockey.com/customizer/?modelId=vpg-v9-pro-carbon Nylon outer strap on the 12.2:

Thanks @Chenner29 for the shoutout. With regard to hotter rebounds, @thebigm made a thread quite awhile ago about his custom order VE8 set. In that thread he mentioned he had the pad layered like the SLR pads with the carbon on the face of the pad rather than presumably behind a layer of foam. I don't know the specifics of what that involves or if Vaughn still does the SLR3 that way, but I asked for that option, and let's just say the rebounds are still meh. If you're after really hot rebounds, just ignore the Velocity line. If I was trying to replicate a V3 pad, I would FOR SURE spec the soft scoop/boot. I went with the stiff thigh rise and stock boot, and the boot isn't anywhere near as soft as what was used for the VE8s. If you look at photos of the VE8 in use, the boot looks like it might as well be off of a V3 pad they way it bends over the skate when it's loaded up. The stock boot on the V9 is nowhere near that soft, or as soft as something like the EF4. It doesn't twist really at all, but vertically it does have some compliance. If I was ordering these over again I would have gone with the soft boot and asked to see if they could do a flatter boot channel. This dude's V9 set is probably as close as you could get to the feel and playability of a V3.

The regular 2-piece Velocity and the Ventus/SLR line are basically identical outside of the thumb angle, and both more closest to the 600. The SLR line has a higher thumb which forces the hand farther open, but the break itself is the same as the V9. The V9 XP is the one that matches the 590.

FWIW.

I get the opposite feeling from switching to a V9 from a 590. The 590 closes across the palm with the tip of the index finger coming to the base of the thumb. The V9 closes at the base of the fingers, with more of a tip of the index finger to tip of the thumb closure.

Right? I'd love to try it. I'm fighting with the strapping on my V9 2-piece and almost feel like it's time to try something else. They way they anchor that wrist strap drives me crazy.

Was randomly browsing the Vaughn website today and found a little nugget in the very last line of the V9 XP product page. https://vaughnhockey.com/product/t-v9-xp-pro-carbon-catch-glove/ What the heck is that?? Something between the regular 60* V9 XP and a 580?

I've heard the same about the 10' front, especially if you have the habit of pushing off the toe, which I definitely do for small adjustments/slides. Bigger pushes I think I use the full blade but I still get that last bit of pop off the toe. Maria's video about the Spry J from Tydan is interesting, it sounds like essentially a SAM profile but with a longer flat spot and a bigger radius on the toe. Interestingly I did the Tydan profile assessment because I was debating jumping straight into switching out the holder, and they recommended a 55/110 CAG. So that's a 110mm flat spot with another 55mm in front of and behind the flat spot, correct? I'm a skate size 7 or 7.5 depending on brand - and the CCM runners (for example) for that size are 266mm. Those numbers don't add up. But then that also doesn't address the actual radius itself if I understand how this all works, which means they'd just keep the original radius? 30' probably? I can't imagine I'd be able to skate in those to save my life. That's a good point on the 20'/32' maybe already being pitched forward to some degree, I'll check with Bob before I place the order.

I asked Bob about the CAG or SAM options, and he told me most of the goalies he's worked with haven't really liked the flat spot much. I would lead much more toward mobility than stability too, so I don't think I'll go that route for my first try. With a medium-forward pitch, that basically just moves the template back, so more of the blade will be 20' than 32' if I understand how this works correctly. I think I just convinced myself that's the way I'll go to start. And thanks for the note about FBV. I'm curious to try it but I don't have anyone local who can sharpen them that way, so I'd just end up putting a typical ROH over it anyway unless I want to mail out my steel every time they need a sharpening.