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Somewhat. I am more standup than butterfly, but do use modern elements. And I love his gear.

The only thing that becomes weird is the taper on the top of the thigh rise. It’s not all that advisable to cut more than 1.25” off unless you’re going to thusly taper the foam as well. I am certain if it’s a repair shoppe, it would look close to, if not better than factory.

No full definition, though it could have to do with fighting, and concerns of elbows flying regularly. I also suspect it has to do with facial recognition for fans. Remember that our current commissioner for a short time in the dawn of his reign gave players the option to take off the helmet, hoping that stars would do it; alas, one enforcer did it and the experiment was ended. It is different playing with a visor versus full facial protection, as a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, I was a left winger on the checking line and at 16, I could ditch the bubble and graduate to an Itech RBE 2 when playing Juniors. Upon my re-entry into hockey 12 years ago, I eventually rigged up (with the help of an EQM friend) a similar visor and lower bubble protection that afforded the wide-open vision of a visor with sufficient jaw protection. Losing teeth in juniors and up would’ve been a badge of honour; as an adult playing beer leagues, not so much So to answer the question, it is likely traditionalists and money driving the rules.

At one time, not so much. The HM 50 was for both goalie and forward. HM 40 was a forward cat eye and the HM 30 was for goalies. I am certain that the rule @mth mentioned is one of those archaic rules that the NHLPA and owners haven’t gotten together on changing. It’s just like at one time, a gong was perfectly acceptable to signal a goal; chain link fence was also acceptable to go above the boards for the rink per the rules in the 1950s.

Dacron was by design. Dead. Dead. Dead.

I have also used a patch of HTV over the embroidery. It works well on Cordura and Nylon.

“… I’m changing my name/To match your tattoo…” -Steve Levey 2010

That is abysmal. I am actually very capable of much nicer work; I am paying tribute to Irbe and the quick and dirty repairs from EQMs of days past. Arguably, a thigh rise trim is pretty simple to execute. There is no reason for it to look like that.

Flumpalicious!

Pads weren’t as flumpy with rebounds yesterday, but that’s okay. The five hole didn’t give up much. And the beautiful thing? These are flumpy enough without being super heavy like traditionally flumpy pads.

I have been working on cage suspension for my upcoming helmet. But cages should still be a crumple zone.

I have taken bombs from my V6. Minimal noise, too. Of course, I wear a Schroeder Mage these days.

Weird, and yet I will see the occasional full face on someone injured.

Exactly. Of course there are variables there: what is acceptable to an NHL goaler may not be all that safe (Bishop’s chicklets come to mind), etc., etc. My Victory V6 has the softest puck to cage sound I have experienced this side of an old combo. I was totally unphased by a shot between the eyes. Of course I customised the padding to fit my head better and it has triple density padding. But this means nothing.

It’s like the option to go visorless: slow and eventual. Will full face protection end up being the norm in 15 years?

To go along with this, what is the baseline?

Skate saves are under appreciated.

Victory V6 is middle of the road everywhere except one rating. Interesting…

Leather gloves are the REAL deal. Check out my latest custom build:

And it doesn’t take much! What a fackin tosser!!!

I may delete my Warrior robot arms on the Flumpmeister 3000.

That is surprising!

It really doesn’t when you get right down to it. If star players’ brains became porridge, I am certain there would be more emphasis to eliminate fighting. As it is, it’s not the stars (except Landeskog) throwing down. McDavid doesn’t want to ruin his manicure.

With as much emphasis on the gambling, this is why I keep wondering about the quest for more goals.

I do feel that a butterfly pad can be flumpified, @ilyazhito Think of this: a stiff pad that allows for stops in the butterfly with super-soft rebounds. True hybrid pad. I am engineering this now