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Think they will go with "Utah" or "Salt Lake City"?

I like the 'Johnny Utahs' personally.

On 4/13/2024 at 1:52 AM, coopaloop1234 said:

Tough to tell since it's all black, but it looks pretty close to am ultrasonic 

Supersonic > Ultrasonic

This is great.

Atlanta was hard to beat Byron Dafoe...

Haven't been on in a bit. Sorry for late response.

You youngins get a lot of empty promises by showcases, tournaments, camps, etc. My kids get tons of emails and calls by these places. They talk a good game, sell you on a dream, and leave you with a lot less money and feeling almost forgotten in the end. It's shitty. They lie. Sounds like you're getting this treatment heavily.

Hate to say it - it's hard to come to the realization that your sports career can only go this far. 

I did it with baseball myself. D1 to D3 to whatever. I played into my 40s still. All great memories.

You can work as hard as you can but in the end, the guys who advance are absolute freak shows in talent and size and a ton of luck. Not catching that ride isn't a bad thing.

You've had some killer experiences with hockey. Sure the game play or coaching sucked (most times they do regardless) - but whatever. You got to do more than most others have. You may think you're living a crappy time - but there are hundreds of other people who wish they did a fraction of what you did. 

Be proud of what you've done and where you've been. Don't stop playing. Go wherever you can go and do it proudly. 

99% of guys playing adult league would have given their left nut to play any type of college hockey. Let alone the Juniors teams you been a part of.

Like Chenner said, you are gaining more life skills than you can imagine. Not to mention that you will also have stories that every other dad will ENVY forever. You'll see.

Nobody sees what they have while they're in the thick of it. You're 100% normal in thinking how you are now. 

Us older guys will tell you that you're doing it perfectly. Trust us, you'll look back in time and really appreciate how awesome this is.

On 4/3/2024 at 6:38 PM, Chenner29 said:

With lower talent levels, sometimes the guy is just trying to roof it bar down, but their mechanics might indicate they're shooting it into the bench

This is funny.

Add in the d men who will whiff on an easy puck, tip other ones, skate into you, etc. 

But they're in C league where they belong and this is just what happens. They feel bad and want to apologize to you. So you just smile and say "It's my bad, I should have had the shot" ...since we're nice dudes.

12 hours ago, Kick_Saves said:

More of my collection to share. Jim Carey's Pro return Pro 90Z from the 93-94 season when he played for Wisconsin. I consider them Pro returns because he was drafted by the Washington Capitals in 1992. 

Kick_Saves' pads are the equivalent of the guy at the dinner party who walked on the moon. 

Oh you have some Heaton stuff. Wow. Impressive.

I have Jim Carey's pads.

Pass the potatoes please.

Is Turbo Tax as good as using an accountant? I always used a family member for my taxes - but due to family conflicts - I'm not this year.

It's just me and my one job for taxes. Really straightforward. 

I ran them through turbo tax already but didn't file yet. Was looking to ensure this was my best bet.

I skated monday night in a small rink 3v3 game (with my 17 year old son). Took a million shots, so I worked on the technique of leaning into it more. I also concentrated on keeping my elbow tighter. Way better night. Although most shooters were younger guys who could really play.

My struggles are in the 40+ C league games. 

Odd as this sounds to non-goalies, the slower shots are harder most times to stop. You have your reactive save mode but I can't use that. Instead I have to think about making a save. Maybe why I've been reaching for shots stick side.

I just sold my last Pete Smith glove. I had a few of them I was hoarding for myself. Haven't used them in a while. Figured I'd let them go to other goalies who will use them.

You're welcome goalie gods.

Rod was a unicorn. Miss that guy.

On 3/29/2024 at 2:28 PM, jerd31 said:

Flyers managed to smuggle 6’8” Ivan Fedotov out of a Russian gulag and got him to Vorhees Nj, which is arguably worse than being trapped in Russia.  

Ouch

Looks like a mite net with this monster standing in front of it.

In the past few months, I've been scored on mostly through my armpit on stick side. 

I lost like 70 pounds in the past year - so I'm a little less wider now.

Would changing sticks help? I've had straight up misses with my blocker that go through. I've had a bunch hit me in the thigh and skip on through too. I obviously need to keep my elbow tighter. We don't practice, so it's hard to break habits.

Thought a shorter paddle would force me to keep my arm out and tighter to my side?

I use a 26" bauer now.

I had a 27" True I used for a while and thought I did better with. But it seems like a taller paddle would put my blocker higher and push my arm up more. Maybe I'm nuts?

I switched blockers too. You know, its the gear's fault.

On 3/26/2024 at 3:48 PM, Scythe said:

Is this brand still around? 

Oh yeah. I like the Iron City Light beer too. Or..

When in western PA - thou shall worship black and gold.

Top notch spy work. Appreciated by us gear nerds!

22 hours ago, RichMan said:

And then who enters the dressing room but Mats Sundin and says "cool gear kid" to your son while giving everyone else the death stare  

His white game socks are kinda thin. So the Jofa logo is visible. I've heard a few parents talk about his 'cool Jofa shins'. 

I'm in Philly. My kids wouldn't know Mats Sundin (sadly) even if he came in wearing his jersey and holding his HoF plaque.

Sold the unicorns for $400. Someone paying 400 for shin pads will treat them right. The price tag on them was $40 I paid for them a long time ago from the Flyers gear sale. Decent return on investment I guess.

13 hours ago, A.YOUNGoalie13 said:

Nobody younger will appreciate these, especially at $500. Kids my age will just buy whatever is new regardless of preference. Might find some people in their late 30s or early 40s who are interested

My kids think these are odd since they're not Bauer of CCM. Sweden? Who cares?

My older one wears a pair of old CCM shins his buddy gave him when he got a new pair. 

My 14 year old wears Jofa shins now. I picked up a new old stock pair. Says the kids on his team joke about them.

I did get an offer of $300 last night for them. I countered. We'll see.

I know my price is a bit much - but you never know.

I have a pair of new in bag with tags attached pair of Rbk (Jofa) 7k shin guards that I got from the Flyers years ago. I presumed my kids would want to use them. They're from the long since closed Jofa factory in Sweden, so they're amazing. All the pros use these - they have the removable liners and all. 

I actually listed them on Sideline for $500 as they are 'unicorns" now since they are new in the bag. I have like 20 watching them but nobody has offered anything reasonable yet.

Chris Simon passed away today. Damn!

I think they need to also take away the game pay of any player too that is booted from the game for head contact. Not sure if game misconducts are already pay deducted. ( I know it's a $200 fine from the league already)

I know these kids are all faster than ever and of varying sizes - but they are the best in the world at this game and need to control how they hit opposing players regardless of your/ their size and shape.

I know the glass is much softer and way flexy (good) but I wonder too if the height of it along the sides could come down some to allow guys to hit their body along the boards and have room to swing their head. They already penalize them for shooting over the glass.

Some of it. Today playing at 6 am my 47 year old legs were not pleased at me. And my hips - woof.

IIHF head contact rule is where the NHL needs to go:

The IIHF’s rule around illegal checks to the head is far stricter than the NHL’s. From Rule 48:

There is no clean check to the head or neck. The Player delivering the hit must avoid hitting the opponent’s head or neck.

A hit resulting in contact with an opponent’s head where the head was the main point of contact and such contact to the head was avoidable is not permitted. This rule supersedes all similar actions regarding hits to the head and neck.

When a Player is skating with their head up, whether they are in possession of the puck and may reasonably be expecting impending contact, an opponent does not have the right to hit them on the head or neck.

A Player who delivers a bodycheck to an opponent who is skating with the puck with their head down in the direction of the Player and does not use an upward motion or drive their body up into the opponent, shall not be penalized for an “illegal check to the head”. 

A penalty for illegal checking to the head or neck will be assessed if one of the following occurs when a player checks an opponent:

(I) A Player who directs a hit of any sort, with any part of their body or equipment, to the head or neck of an opposing Player or drives or forces the head of an opposing Player into the protective glass or boards using any part of their upper body.

(II) A Player who extends and directs any part of their upper body to contact the head or neck of an opponent.

(III) A Player who extends their body upward or outward in order to reach their opponent or uses any part of the upper body to contact an opponent’s head or neck.

(IV) A Player who jumps (leaves their skates) to deliver a blow to the head or neck of an opponent.

In determining whether contact with an opponent’s head was avoidable, the circumstances of the hit including the following shall be considered:

(V) Whether the Player attempted to hit squarely through the opponent’s body and the head was not “picked” as a result of poor timing, poor angle of approach, or unnecessary extension of the body upward or outward. If the primary force of a blow is initially to the body area and then contact slides up to the head or neck.

(VI) Whether the opponent put themself in a vulnerable position by assuming a posture that made head contact on an otherwise full body check unavoidable.

(VII) Whether the opponent materially changed the position of their body or head immediately prior to or simultaneously with the hit in a way that significantly contributed to the head contact.

Referees may issue either a minor penalty or a match penalty for this infraction.

The Referee, at their discretion, may assess a Match Penalty if, in their judgment, the Player recklessly endangers their opponent by an “illegal check to the head or neck”. Such assessment of reckless endangerment shall be based on the severity of the infraction, severity of the contact, the degree of violence and the general reprehensibility involved.