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I've been thinking about this set recently. I found the eBay receipt for these an subsequently found a CD that had the pictures of these on them. These were always curious to me because I never saw pads branded as XP looking like these. These look like 6000s. Later XPs were the senior version of Velocitys. Still mad I got rid of these. I just hope the people who bought these (Gloves and pads sold separately) enjoyed them.

Quick was the opposing goaltender in Vegas' first-ever playoff series, the 2018 First Round. Despite Vegas winning in four games, Quick posted a .947 save percentage (tied for his 3rd-highest in any series). Stats like this show you that wins aren’t really a goaltending stat. To be swept while your goaltender posts a .947 save percentage is shameful for the rest of the team, especially the forwards.

So with Jonathan Quick going to Vegas, he will go from silver to gold. I look forward to what his set up will look like. Unless, he says F it and up and retires. BTW, why does this place seem dead recently? You people actually have lives? WTF?

It’s like when the NHL made a ton of adjustments after the season lost to the lockout in 2004-2005. There will be a lot of moaning and some growing pains, but it will be a better product.

Finally captured a few pics of it.

Jack Campbell made a skate save in OT today. Granted it was not in the way we would have seen it historically. He was blocking the goal line with his right knee down and his left skate turned out. He successfully repelled multiple jam-in attempts with his skate before the puck bounced up and he gloved it. Of course, I can't find a picture of it anywhere. He plays like a '90s or early '00s goalie. Or a beer leaguer. Not sure if he's elite enough to win a cup, though.

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I've come to the conclusion, in my middle-age, that I am not good at breakaways. I know what I'm supposed to do and even how to do it, yet I seem to have trouble doing it. It might also be me aging and my legs being tired and old, not allowing me to get low enough. I also have zero flexibility. I get beat in all sorts of ways on breakaways, dekes, shots, high, low, next to me, under me. Basically, I need good defense all the time, so I'm f'd, basically. This is just a random post not necessarily looking for advice.

Just had to quote myself, because I am watching the Islanders again, and I have all the same thoughts as I did a month ago.

Holy $#!& the Ducks are terrible! Watching the penguins dismantle them now on ESPN+. They make more mistakes in their end than a beer league team. Now I know why Gibson is always injured. They're literally trying to kill him. Why hasn't he asked for a trade?

@MTH in

I would think if you carry your pads over your shoulder, a regular player bag or small goalie bag would be enough for the rest of your gear. IDK, I never liked the pads out of the bag method. It was a mess the times I tried it.

Honestly, hockey has plenty of privileged, entitled pricks, sadly. Most of them are in for a rude awakening when the reality of their future hits them. That they aren't the next NHL star, but instead the next beer league star.

Watching Islanders on ESPN+. Butch Goring is a terrible color commentator. Look, we as Islander fans all love our dynasty players. But that doesn't mean they are good at other things. Retire him already. Let AJ Mleczko, be the sole color commentator along side Brendan Burke. These old guys, everything is back in my day. Bullshit, your day was at quarter speed to what happens now. Enough. Also, the Islanders stink. How are they not in last place? I'm guessing goaltending is saving them, because Sorokin is amazing. The other players, not so much. The rest look like healthy scratches for the rest of the league.

Well I’m bringing this thread back to ask for help on issues I’m having removing a toe bridge. Now I can’t even get the toe bridge off the pad. I bought new toe bridges and bungee attachments I want to use, but I can’t get one bolt from each pad to budge. I’ve bathed in WD40 and it isn’t budging at all. I decided to drill it out tonight, but even that isn't working. These things are always difficult, but I’ve never had this much trouble before. It doesn’t help that the design of these aren’t very good. A flat disc of metal on one side with no teeth to grab the pad material and no edges to grip with a tool. Ridiculous. I’m at my wits end. edit: incidentally there is no loctite in the screws I’m now trying to get loose, unlike the other ones I started the thread about.

At what point are we going to stop saying Edmonton needs a better goalie, and instead say Edmonton is a team that makes their own goalies look bad? I’m not saying any of their recent goalies have been elite, but they seem to play better elsewhere, either before or after playing in Edmonton.

Personally, I’m holding out for a bag that does this…

Yeah, typical Canadian goalie… jk

So basically Mario Tremblay was a gigantic egotistical douchebag. Can’t believe they chose him over Roy. The best part is Roy immediately winning the Stanley Cup with Colorado as a giant F U to Tremblay. I think for most people, Tremblay will be remembered as the worst coach in the history of the world rather then a cup-winning player. That’s the cost of being a massive prick. F ‘em

Has anyone noticed EVERY color commentator says the goalie was, “Square to the puck,” when they make a strong positional save? They never say the goalie was centered in the net or they had appropriate depth. Always square to the puck. I think most of these morons (almost always former forwards who know nothing about goaltending) think square means being in position. They don’t understand the distinction between square and centered. They’re both important, but they mean different things. Just a thought.

But if you fully intend to sin again…

I had a dream I was trying on a pair of new Bauer pads in a bedroom of a house I haven’t lived in since 2013 (Three houses since.) They were white based with orange highlights. Velcro strapping only. I liked them and commented that they were softer than I expected. They were 34” I don’t know if this means something.

Our cat Sultan passed away this afternoon. She was 13 years old. It was a total shock. She had been into the vet several times over the last month. She recently had surgery to remove a mass. We brought her in today because her surgical area was not healing well. We were expecting the vet would look at the surgery site and tell us how it was progressing. They took her in the back and administered anesthesia to look her over. After a long delay the vet came out and said her heart stopped and she wasn’t breathing. They said they’d continue to administer CPR. But, when the vet came back she said Sultan had passed. This was an absolute shock that bowled us over. We’ve had many cats over the years and we’ve dealt with loss. It’s always hard, the worst part of pet ownership. But this was the most unexpected of all of them. We had no inkling that we wouldn’t be bringing her home with us today. We’re totally devastated. She was our beautiful girl. She was a willful child, always doing things her way. We have a younger male, Jethro who is now alone and likely confused as to where his sister is. We also feel guilty that we brought her in and apparently she passed because of the anesthesia. Had we waited a day, two days, a week, would she have been fine? Or was she destined to pass soon. Either way, we wanted more time with her and are devastated. I wish life had an undo button. I would hit it to have her here with us tonight.

So this is new. A guy in our league is a True rep. He gave it to me, his goalie didn’t want it or it was too short for him. I’ve never used True before. I haven’t gotten a new stick in almost two years. I think this is pretty expensive. I usually get bargain sticks and use them for as long as possible. Anyway I’m thinking about getting a Buttendz or Tacki Mac to add to it. Everyone on this site seems to like those. What do you guys think?

I saw the second half of this game. Binnington played really well. This goal bothers me, but not for the reason of possible illegality. It bothers me because of the state of modern defending. Breakaway happens, goalie makes a great save. Defenseman arrives. All that is normal throughout all of time. Unfortunately, in today’s game, the defender goes for the puck, misses and allows the attacker another swipe at the puck, ultimately allowing the goal. What SHOULD have happened was the defender hitting the attacker as he attempted to knock in the rebound. It was a massive defender against a average sized attacker. His hit would’ve totally negated that attacker’s further attempts at the puck. But today’s defenders all fish for pucks instead of using body contact in goalscoring areas. Rant over (Don’t even get me started in the absurdity of the own goal by Krug)