WillyGrips13

These guys need to take it to the next level. Don’t just wear gear that makes you look like an ‘80s goalie, actually play like an ’80s goalie. $5 fine if your knees touch the ice unless it’s while executing a skate save.

Honestly, even if he doesn’t know specs, at least be more interesting when speaking. It’s amazing how many hockey players act like they don’t want to be there when they are talking on camera. I’ve grown to expect it from Canadians and Americans. Now the Europeans, too?

Would have been nice if he said something more than they are nice and simple. No mention of any specs or features he prefers. Man, hockey culture has made even a foreign player (German) boring AF.

Looks like a Tim Burton character.

Edmonton's season is getting off to a wonderful start. Have they been eliminated from the playoffs yet?

Ullmark looks lumbering in his movement. Lehner is kind of like that. They look like beer leaguers. They’re effective, though.

Would be great if he gets on the right track this year and is more consistent. He clearly has the ability, just hasn’t been consistent enough historically.

So are any NHLers wearing small manufacturer’s C/As anymore? Kenesky, Brown, Passau, other? Or is it all CCM, Bauer, Vaughn and what, one Brian’s?

Looking good. Are those 12” or 11” wide? Are the gloves new spec (smaller) or old spec (huge)?

Has anyone else noticed the frequency with which most goaltenders rest on their blocker-side knee? They also seem to get up with their glove-side leg after the whistle. It seems very asymmetrical. I wonder if some of these guys will have hip issues on that blocker-side leg in the future. Hip issues seem to be more prevalent nowadays anyway and at a younger age than before. I wonder if this type of habit will exacerbate it.

Have we considered the traditional skate-save/stick-save combination to generate the power to get the puck to the corner? If it’s a slow shot you would have time to alter your technique. This might be especially helpful if another opponent is driving the net expecting the sloppy rebound.

I mourn the loss of the days when we had more variety in the gear (manufacturers) that was worn. Now it’s mostly True and Bauer, and a little bit of Vaughn and CCM. Brian’s is barely hanging on.

This was my initial reaction, too.

Give ‘em the ole razzle dazzle.

Meanwhile, the women in college and pro have great style in their gear.

I was fortunate enough to win a championship before leaving town. This is from our advanced division. I’m in town until the 30th and then I move to Nashville. Just for reference, I’m 5’10”. Two of my defensemen are standing either side of me and are giants.

So would you recommend regular black for my purposes?

I’m going to use it to cover some wear spots on my all-black pads. I was advised to go weave because it’s thicker.

Looking for black weave Pad Wrap or PadSkinz. Apparently, black weave is no longer available from the distributor, so if anyone has any left over, I’d be interested.

Honestly, I can’t believe you do that type of skate to begin with. 90 minutes is tiring in the best of circumstances. And since it’s an “All offense” skate, it’s certainly not the best of circumstances. If you could get involved in an regular organized group where there’s a gatekeeper so to speak who decides who can and cannot play and guarantees two goalies and relatively even teams, that’d likely be more enjoyable. If you have an option like that, you should take it and this guy can go F himself. Honestly, they don’t deserve you. They’re going to regret it.

We drove over to Nashville Sunday night and stayed over in a hotel. Monday we got out to look at six rental houses. Two of them were pretty nice and we applied to rent them. We were looking in Murfreesboro, Smyrna and Antioch. We visited the Antioch Ford Center Rink. The yellow is indeed ever-present in the facility.

So we're moving again. I spent 14 years in West Hartford, CT. But in 2019 we moved to Toledo, Ohio. Then in 2020 we come down to Memphis, Tennessee. Now we're off the Nashville, which is only three hours away. This is all down to my significant other's work. Are there any members from the Nashville area? If so, what are good towns to live in? What are the good rinks for adult league hockey? Any advice would be appreciated. We may head over next week to look at rental houses. Oh to be a vagabond.

Honestly, it would’ve been wild if he said he rotates through wives but has one set of gear.

@Fullright In watching your goPro videos, I’ve always felt you’re right in sticking with the traditional pads because of the way you play. I really think current pads would actually hinder your play style. I think there are far too many stand-up beer league goalies who mistakenly buy modern pads and it hurts their game.