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MonkeySports is continuing their Black Friday sale as a December holiday sale.

Use code HOLIDAY25 to take 25% off clearance items.

Sale ends December 25.

On 11/16/2023 at 2:43 PM, kat30 said:

Sorry to defer away from the glove discussion, but does anyone have an idea if we should expect a '24 release of konekt skates? I'm stuck in size 5 and not super geeked on the look of HF2, debating if I should stick with my ultrasonics.

(I know this is the 2023 thread, forgive me if this shouldn't be posted here!)

Yes. Should be available for sizes as small as 4 so you should be good to go. But it's a new top-end model so expect $900+ USD retail for the SR size. Maybe a little cheaper for INT size.

24 minutes ago, RichMan said:

TRUE sticks: do they run short, regular or long? Ie is a 25" a 25 or a 24 or a 26

If I recall correctly, they're pretty much spot on with Bauer and CCM. Warrior is the odd one out.

GoalieMonkey updated their Black Friday sale.

Use code BLKFRI25 if you're a guest or Silver-level Rebound Reward Member.
Use code BLKFRI30 if you're a Gold or Platinum Rebound Reward Member.

Lots of Warrior gear.

Warrior G6 Pro+ SR blocker at $277.48 before sales tax and shipping, after the 25% off. Save more if you're Gold or Platinum.

Warrior F1 Pro SR mask at $479.98 before sales tax and shipping, after the 25% off.

Warrior G6 Pro+ SR leg pads at $1,087.48 before sales tax and shipping, after the 25% off.

Warrior G6 Pro+ or G6.1 Pro+ catchers at $352.48 before sales tax and shipping, after the 25% off.

Congrats on sale!

Like many others, I was a big fan of the Reebok P3's graphics.

Carey Price's Vaughns were rad, too.

6 minutes ago, Cool Runnings said:

Interesting... So there's another headset and game component to purchase?

As I understand it, the subscription is just the app/access to the app, drills etc. You'll have to purchase the VR headset separately.

It looks like the subscription includes 4 user accounts, so maybe you could split the cost of the subscription with 3 other goalies? They would need their own headsets and goalie sleeve mounts though.

Where are you located? I have some Ultrasonics in size S - approximately 33".

They're in great shape except for some wear on the boot - pics below.

PureGoalie is having a Black November sale. Take 25% off clearance with promo code BLKNV25.

CCM EF5 Pro Custom 34+1 Full set (customer?) returns (never used?) at $1,427.98 after promo code, but before tax and shipping.

6 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Hockey Monkey (Canada) is having an extra 20% off clearance items sale:

https://www.hockeymonkey.ca/

Lots of stuff doesn't have a discount but is listed as a clearance item (so applicable for 20% off). 

Can get a new set of all white Warrior G6 Pros for $1400 CAD 

Thanks for doing this. Lotta stuff came up at my work so I haven't been able to update this thread for Black Friday...

GoalieMonkey US is having a "Grey November" sale. Take 20% off clearance items with promo code GRYNOV20.

Some things that jumped out at me:
Warrior R1 Pro goalie mask at $511.98 after promo code, but before tax and shipping.
Warrior GT2 Pro SR leg pads at $519.98 after promo code, but before tax and shipping.
Warrior X3 Pro+ chest protector (S and M only) at $319.98 after promo code, but before tax and shipping.
Graf Pro G SR goalie skates (8.0 and 9.6 only) at $519.98 after promo code, but before tax and shipping.
Vaughn V9 Pro Carbon SR goalie pants (Small only) at $246.38 after promo code, but before tax and shipping.

Note that Warrior G6 is in the clearance section, but the promo code doesn't seem to apply.

Pretty much all retail pants are not NHL-spec. The closest to spec might be Vaughn or Brian's.

There are the rules from the NHL 2022 rulebook - it's more than just 9 inch width.

On 10/27/2023 at 11:15 AM, GoalieNut said:

Couple questions:

1 - are Graf Peakspeeds still being made. Is Graf staying around?

2 - are there different steel options (manufacturers) for the Peakspeed skates

Graf/Vaughn rep came out to our store a week or two ago to show us SLR4 and some Graf player stuff. No change to the goalie skates for 2024. If you still want Peakspeeds, you should be able to get them.

As for the steel, unlikely. Not a lot of Graf skates being sold now, let alone Graf goalie.

Just now, mike222 said:

The joke has been made before, but the first thing I thought when I saw this was, "Wow, Warrior made it back to the NHL and on a Habs goalie, too!"

Everything sold! Thanks for looking.

Pulse TI steel is also an option - https://www.goaliemonkey.com/accessories/skate-accessories/goalie-skate-runners/bauer-goalie-accessories-pulse-ti-replacement-runner-pair.html

13 minutes ago, Hockey34 said:

Does anyone know what the stock profile on true blades are?

An e-mail I have from 2020 says "28 foot rocker", but that was before the ShiftMax holder and steel came out - not sure if that is different or not...

46 minutes ago, Snowman30 said:

Jets sets for there RCAF jersey night 

gOTTdamn those look GOOD.

8 hours ago, jerd31 said:

Fleury yeeting Bedard and Hall was funny as shit

The thing that amazes me most about that clip with Bedard is how fast Fleury can drop his leg and bring it back up. Literally does it in a blink. And he does it twice.

37 minutes ago, seagoal said:

This conversation:

"-what is a 580? 

-it's a 90 degree glove.

-how is that different than a 590?

-that is a 60 degree glove."

Is absurd.

Again, it's just a model number. I Google'd Levi's pants fit to take a look and the conversation would be the same.

510 is a skinny fit. 511 is slim, but not as skinny as 510. 513 is roomier than 511.
OK, so increasing the number means roomier and decreasing the number means skinnier.
But wait, 501, 505 and 508s are roomier than all of the above!

How the heck would an uneducated customer be able to tell anything about the fit/feel of these pants without doing their homework or having someone tell them?!

37 minutes ago, seagoal said:

In this sense "580" is as arbitrary as "Fresttlibuuj" as a name for a glove that is only different from another glove by a number of degrees that measure an angle.

I guess this started as a discussion of how convoluted and arbitrary gear names are and that's where my brain went.

I think some of this is because of the 90 in 590 that throws people off.

But I think 580/590/600 is a pretty decent way to quickly describe the feel of a glove. What else would we use? "Premier" for 590-style? We used to be able to use "Eflex" for 600 (but the new EF6 will make it difficult because it's not a 600) to describe gloves too, but that wouldn't really give you a similar way to describe a 580.

tl;dr: what better way do we have of describing gloves?

52 minutes ago, seagoal said:

I think this illustrates my point, actually.

580 is a number that is one more than 579.  How would we change that glove to be a 579 and not a 580?  What about changing it a bit more to be a 560 and not a 580?  Can we custom order a 613?

What does the value of the number 580 mean in the spectrum of numbers in terms of how a glove is built? Nothing about the combination of those physical features = the number 580.  In fact, you can get a 590 with those exact same features. 

1 hour ago, Hockey34 said:

For the 580 yes, but what about the 590 and 600 were those different lines also?

I don't quite get what you mean re: 580 and 579. It's just a model number.

As I understand it, this break angle was originated and/or popularized by the model - the Koho 580. And the 590 break originated with the Koho 590. I don't know why they were named that, except that each new retail release for Koho was an incremental increase over the previous ones (Koho 550, 560, 570, 580, 590, then RBK Premier 1, etc) - presumably easier for people to differentiate between models, and maybe internally to differentiate between builds. These particular gloves (580, 590, 600) have been so popular/ubiquitous that people refer to gloves in terms of how they feel in closeness to those models.

I believe the 600 style break that originated with the EFlex 1 is called the 600 because it's the newest Lefevre glove model after the 590 (590 + an increment of 10). RBK Premier 1, 2, Reebok Premier 3, Revoke, XLT, 4, CCM Premier 1 and 2 were all off-the-shelf 590s.

I'm not into denim, but the Levi's 511 fit different from the Levi's 514, which is different from the 510 or the 501. Same difference here.

1 hour ago, coopaloop1234 said:

I have a pretty baseline idea of the changes from Mach to Shadow. 

Don't expect any real changes, very similar evolution as the HL1 to HL2.

Wonder why the name change if the gear specs aren't changing much. Maybe following the player gear? At least CCM isn't afraid of having different names for goalie and player (Axis and EFlex vs Tacks and Jetspeed).

2 hours ago, adastra57 said:

That's good to know, thanks for the reply! Is there a difference between the one you linked and the Vvivid stuff I see mentioned a lot?

P.S. I've always wanted to tell you that your gear reviews have been incredibly insightful and helpful. Thank you!

Thank you! Maybe I'll do a HL2 review one of these days....

I referenced my old set to see where the wear developed and placed some 3M film over the same spots.

I used this same film on the sliding surface on my Mach set and it worked very well for sliding. Never tried the Vivid stuff.

I've had this on pretty much every pad I've owned. I threw some 3M paint protector film on my newest set of Hyperlite 2s and see no wear there over 20-30 skates? I used very small pieces - about the width of my pinky and maybe just as long to cover the parts that are most likely to wear.

17 minutes ago, johncho said:

I didn't want to go into the details, but I don't know what else to do. 

What happened was that he had scheduled my wrap, confirmed to be done on August 21st (he said he needed ~3 hours to complete), and so I scheduled a trip down and modified my stay, but he ended up being away out of the province for another week somehow. He said he would send back my deposit with a huge apology which I accepted, but he hasn't actually sent anything and I can't get a hold of him anymore. 

I've tried Instagram message and WhatsApp.

Have you tried Facebook Messenger, too (https://www.facebook.com/jfaumaismaskwraps)

There's an e-mail address listed on the FB page too.