WillyGrips13

I noticed the driveway in the background and thought, that looks like driveways down south in Tennessee. Then I checked your profile and it says you live in Nashville. So do I. Where do you play? I’m playing in Antioch tonight.

I’d argue Cujo and Belfour were pretty good for the Leafs. Otherwise, every organization seems able to develop elite goalies except for the Leafs and Oilers. Maybe Woll and Skinner will be those guys finally. I do think Skinner has grown and showed high level play at times last playoffs. If Woll gets healthy and gets some reps maybe he’ll have success. Stolarz is a solid vet that can hold down the fort and provide guidance to a young goalie. As much as I like rooting for the underdog, I’m amazed the likes of Pickard and Campbell even sniff NHL minutes. They look like beer league goalies when they play.

To be fair, the early games league wide so far have resulted in high scores and low save percentages. I think it’s just early season sloppiness by all involved.

Meanwhile, Saros got injured, so now Nashville is probably regretting trading him. Both sides probably regretful.

The only ice hockey goalie content I like is CooperGoalie (YouTube), thecoopergoalie (Instagram). He’s a novice/intermediate goalie, but his basement is filled to the brim with vintage gear, mostly Cooper, but some other brands like Brown and Vaughn. Pretty much nothing from post-1996. Often wears a combo helmet too. He’ll do gear presentations in his basement and he also designs entire outfits that differ from session to session. And of course, @Fullright ‘s GoPro videos on here. Only place to see authentic skate saves in the wild in the year of our lord 2024.

And you can still order Eagle gloves directly from them. It’s costly for a one off, more affordable for team orders.

Why does this sort of thing happen in this industry? Battram had some issues like this for a while, although I think they fixed it. Remember Agatone? Similar issues. Such a shame.

Ain’t that the truth

Sorry, I missed your reply. It is your modern retro looking set you sold after you retired from playing the first time. Or a set that looks similar.

Brian’s Optik double cup. Birthday gift which I requested. I have been wearing the gray Eagle double cup for 15-20 years. It’s nice to have new taught elastic. The Eagle cup will be a back up now.

Another tournament on the weekend from a couple of weeks ago. Boom Boom tournament at Centennial Sportsplex in Nashville. Went 2-2 this time. Gratuitous close up

We repeated in the abbreviated summer league. It was a cool game. Both teams played a tight, clean, defensive-oriented game. It was like a late-‘90s Devil’s game. I was happy for this win. The other teams I play on didn’t fare so well.

Hold on to that. It’s a collector’s item now that John Brown retired and shut down operations. I’m still using my 2100 I got back in ‘06.

So in my consolation game for a lower division I play in with my girlfriend, we got grossly outshot. I don’t know if the scorekeeper had an itchy trigger finger on the shot counting, but if he inflated it, it still was an obscene amount of shots. I’ve never faced 100 shots in a game. And these are 12 minute periods. We actually had two different leads in the game! It was actually enjoyable in a perverse way. This team is a bit more about socializing than winning at the moment. A lot of our better players weren’t available for significant portions of the season. We gave up 60+ shots twice during the regular season.