MTH

Someday I'll be 61. Maybe.

One of now rare 'new team - old gear' goalies..

I turned 47 yesterday. Crappy birthday this year. But I did get tickets to a concert in June from my GF to a Teskey Brothers show.

Truth. Bunny had it when he passed. I wonder where it is now. Maybe Doug was buried with it?

My son is a D man. His freshman tryouts for varsity HS hockey he took a puck off his ear plate of his helmet. Split his ear still, had to get stitched up at 11 pm at local hospital. But he made the team. Worth it? Sure.

High School goalie playing against my son last night was full Warrior. I presume his parents picked it all out for him.

Terrible. Outer elbow? Jesus no meat there either.

I'm curious how many youth goalies even watch the NHL or have an idea who wears what. Current gear is so bland and guys change their gear almost monthly.

Company wise - pro goalies in your gear or kids across the globe using your gear? What's a bigger deal?

I spent my teens, 20s and 30s wishing for workouts like these. Now? I need naps and some oatmeal.

I know the NHL was looking at a one helmet uniform similar to the NFL. The Flyers Pens outdoor game a few years ago was them fooling with the idea.

I'm almost 47. I've been dating someone a few years younger than me for the past few months. This is me everyday. I feel more worn out than ever. Add in hockey...

Do the Sharks wear teal helmets? Looks like one on the shelf behind him. That's cool. Teal stick and helmet if it were me.

That's a great picture of the body pads with the red locker. Welcome back.

Always, homie, always.

Superstars sometimes just do things and see things on a whole other level. Why some of the guys who are hanging on are the best coaches as they lacked the gift and made up with hard work and discipline. Baseball catchers seem to be really good coaches in pro baseball too. Not sure if there's a best position for coaches to have played in their day. Goalie seems like a bad fit as a head coach as they ignore the Xs and Os of offense and defense. But you can have a good staff and use them for that. Head coaches have to manage their assistants too.

Yee haw! Does look like Kermit!

I had thumb issues playing baseball in college. I caught, so it was tough to not use your damaged thumb. I used a slide on cast device to help me get through it. I couldn't stop playing as I'd lose my spot. Squeeze drills helped with flexibility. I'm sure you're doing them already. Stress balls then graduate up to flat tennis balls. From there you can use new ones or get those grip strength things. I know the rock climbers use them. They have a spot for every finger. Or, just rehab playing video games. It's "rehab", not goofing off.

WTF Chile? Do tell this tale of snapping a finger clean off...

Funny. Half of the gloves were nearly impossible to do that with. And I'm decently strong these days. I know pros get the pre broken in glove option. How they can put gloves out at retail that feel about as flexible as a 5 gallon bucket baffles me.

I was at Pure Hockey the other day trying some new gloves and I have no idea how you guys use these things.

Oh I'm so sorry.

That's a good looking set. The break on the glove looks Lefevre as heck. I like it.

The old games look like slow motion. Your team would. Although the guys on the old NHL teams would slash the hell out of you guys. Amazing how much slashing was allowed. Why they all wore gloves that went to their elbows.