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Yea, lining up the cease corners with the faceoff dots is crucial. And I was having trouble with that on that ice with the barely visible crease paint. Yea, sometimes towards the end of training we'll play "bogo-bogo" (Swiss players will know )where we take the 2 goals and put them on the short sides of the ice (like little kids sometimes play) and play 3-on-3. Your positioning is completely wiped out. And with the faster play and shorter ice, you have to just play deep in net anyway. But that's not a normal thing. Altho interesting/strange as a goalie to have to see how it feels to have all landmarks gone.

I played at a rink a few weeks ago where the crease paint was barely visible, and it really threw my positioning off. I didn't realize how "addicted to the paint" I had become. I'd been getting lazy, I would normally hang around the top of the crease, just enough to be able to look down and see where I am by the crease paint, and move around based on that. It was actually working quite well for a while. Until the paint wasn't visible, and then my autopilot was gone and I forgot how to fly manually. Since then, I'm reverting to the default position of sitting in the middle of the goal line, and moving up from there. As well as tapping the goal-posts alot more again. I still think the crease paint is a valuable aid for positioning, altho I recall some goalie coaches saying not to do that (forgot the reason?). Anyway, just curious to get some feedback, and hear what's the "correct" way to keep positioning, and any tips, tricks, etc.

I think ratings on all pro sports (NBA, NHL, etc.) dropped significantly in the last couple of years. With COVID, there were alot of empty arenas. Sports bars were also closed or restricted. So the socializing aspect was gone. Watching sports is more fun if you share it with a group. What fun is yelling "Islanders suck" if there's no Islander fans around to hear it? Then there's all the "social justice" activism, which really politicized things and turned off alot of fans. Watching sports is also an escape, we get enough politics shoved at us everywhere we go, alot of people don't want it shoved at them while watching a game too. Well, I'm sure there's 50% of the viewers who do like it, but then there's the 50% of viewers who don't...

I did exactly that. I had G50's, I liked the boot, but wanted STEP steel and the new cowlings. I ordered the stuff, took it to the hockey shop, and the guy drilled the holes and whatever to make it work. Going on I think like 5-6 years strong with them now. For the size, I don't remember, I think the cowlings are good for a full and half size, so I think 9 or 10 should be OK, but I'm not sure which way exactly. Just shoot Goalie Money or whoever an email and ask, they'll set you straight.

My pads are stuffed with jelly beans and marshmallows.

...on the river? Fk yea, man. CCR. Forget dad-rock, I'm grandpa-rock.

I like announcers who highlight the exciting parts, and can fill in the boring spots with some interesting stories or jokes or something. Yea, knowing the game helps alot. As well as having an interesting personality or thinking quick on your feet. ...actually, if they could get like Chris Rock and Henrik Lundqvist, that would be cool. Chris brings the fireworks, and Hank the in-depth-behind-the-scenes stories.

Never heard of Limp Bisquit. Sounds like a bad porno. Kids listen to some weird stuff these days.

I don't watch too much hockey on TV these days, but when I do, it's all over the place: NHL, SEL, KHL, etc.. And the announcers are all over the place as well too. The NHL seems to over-do everything, announcers are screaming on routine/garbage goals like it's a Game 7 OT goal. Meanwhile the guy doing the Swiss league games on SRF is so boring it's almost like he's doing closed-caption: "the player shoots, and the goalie catches it in his glove". Yawn. The guy doing the Swedish SEL games in english is so monotone and just vomiting stats the whole time, I have to put it on mute or I can't enjoy the game. I'm just wondering why it's so hard to find good, interesting announcers? For sure there are some, but they seem to be pretty rare. Unless I'm just hitting a poor sample group?

Leg pads and gloves about 3-4 years. Chest a little longer, 4-6 years. Pants, as long as they are still in one piece, depends how well they are made, around 3-6 years. Skates and helmet maybe 10 years. Did I miss anything? Oh, jock, I don't wear one, I got balls of steel. That's based on playing 2-3x per week for 7-8 months of the year (and pro gear). Now that I'm playing less, time before buying new gear will increase I guess.. unless I see some shiny new gear I really want

Why the outrage? If it's basically the same game, then just buy last years version for $18 like I did and be on your merry way ...unless you enjoy living in constant outrage and anger in order to justify a victim-hood mentality that blames others for your own shortcomings and poor life choices ...in which case I say you should indeed go and pay $80 for NHL22 and then have a nice justified rage against the evil patriarchy

My kids have PS4 and have been playing NHL17 since we got the PS a few years ago. They aren't big gamers, just play occasionally when bored. I saw NHL20 on sale for $18 the other day and figured I'd pick it up. The kids put it in today, and said they don't see much difference. Can anyone here chime in? Every year the new ones (like NHL22) cost like $80 or smth. How can they justify the price if it's basically the same as the previous years games?

9:05 is a weird time to start a game. That f--ked me up more than the rest of the story.

These guys are awesome

My parents are from Estonia and Ukraine, I was born+raised in New York, but living in Switzerland since 20 years (with a couple of years of living in Germany and Estonia) Language is actually not my strong point. The only class I ever failed in school was english, LOL. I remember a long time ago I was hanging out with some Estonians in New York, and they asked me if I speak Estonian, and I was like "I barely speak english", so then they started talking to me in Estonian, and I was like "no, you don't get it, I barely speak english" LOL

Actually verbally talking to myself? No, never did that. There was a period of time when I found my mind drifting, and I would tell myself to "focus and fight" repeatedly to get myself back on track. The last few years I have been turning myself inwards like an autistic transcendental jedi monk (hey, that would make a good user-name actually ) I don't say anything to anybody, including myself. Just in my own silent little goalie world out there. Not sure how high up that is on the weirdo-goalie ladder, but it works for me

80's rock/metal mostly. Metallica and Slayer is about as heavy as I go. Pre-game is AC/DC and Rhino Bucket. What happened to rock/metal anyway? Tons of good bands in the 70's/80's/90's but nothing much in the last 20 years, just some random stuff here and there, but no big movement on the whole

A horse? Really? I refuse to dignify this ridiculous accusation.

Yea, there's only so much they can do to improve, altho I think the end of the line will just be strapping 2cm boards on with some landing gear attached to it. There's also alot of gimmicky stuff that's either just sales-pitches, or useless, or I just don't understand. I was looking yesterday at my Brian's blocker and it had a logo of some kind of "blah-blah-blah technology", and I'm thinking "does anyone get excited about this stuff, or even know what it is?" Anyone remember TPS and "Brock Technology"? I still have no idea what that was about. But apparently it was supposed to deaden the rebound, which I guess "the science" said was supposed to be a good thing 20 years ago.

He's limited by the technology of his time.

Nice, love those crazy Hasek-style saves. Were those old Mighty Ducks jerseys the other team had? Do they still make those?

Two words: free sticks

When it rains, it pours. As goalies, we tend to blame ourselves, but many times these quick series of goals are not our fault, but a burst of offense from the other team. So it's not that we lost our groove, but that they suddenly hit theirs. ...or maybe our "lucky charm" ran out of luck. Who knows. In any case, not much else to do but suck it up and move on.

Copyright date on the photo says 1975... so the suite pimping his website is either definitely photoshopped, or I need to contact this guy and ask him about next weeks lotto numbers ...and wait, what's this banner that says "Don't give up"? ...Philly got the best fans LOL

I generally don't like big arenas. I prefer to see bands in smaller venues/clubs, and most (non-NHL) hockey games I see are around 4-5,000 seats or less. I saw a NJ Devils home game a few years ago, nose-bleed seats, I couldn't see much and my wife was scared of the height and didn't really enjoy it, LOL. The cheap-seats in the Garden or Collesium somehow didn't seem as bad, from what I remember (haven't been there in 15-20 years)