RichMan

I don't know who it was but the Dallas goalie who played the first half of the game a night or 2 ago with the True setup was ON POINT!! Looked really retro somehow, real sharp.

Apparently a lot of pros are not liking the skates as much as thought. More of a comfort issue I hear.

I played with the older crowd (55+) a decade ago as a filler for a season or 2. They had more of a passing game, a few deeks. No slap shots, just wristers. Some younger leagues will implement the no slap shot rule to avoid injuries, mostly for the players in the way of the shot, not us loll. Warm-ups is another whole ball game. Make a statement in the change room before anyone hits the ice, "any stupid shot to my head, while my back is turned or 5 foot windups, I'm out! Got it??". Use your own words but players need to hear it. They get to shoot all game, while we only have 12-20 shots at most to be ready.

What assholes!! Never fun to live that. Been there myself and I don't get why they do that. It's also always worse the younger they are. They don't gain anything in their game or hurting the goalie for that matter. Hope it's better at the other spot.

When I got mine for my 170X some 2 years ago, it was through Tydan Performance Blades and Skate Runners Canada.

Never used those but they were beautiful sticks. I made so many saves with the top end of my stick in my 30+ years that it might as well be a statistic I don't recall ever seeing Timber on here since I joined. Maybe @SaveByRichter35 can answer that one.

I've told a few of my customers "Happy Feet", just relax and get comfy.

Did you have to turn it into a Thesus?! Geeze. I like Dahan but dude is so fired up in his videos. I wonder how many Red Bulls he drinks before each session? It will come to you, you'll see. When I subbed in a ball hockey game in the gym some years ago, I completely forgot i wasn't on ice and tried to do a butterfly slide on a breakaway shot, keeled over like a a Kremlin statue LOLLL.

@CPage I might of seen that video but forgot about it. Thanks for the reminder. My accident happened at work, a freak one that could of been a whole mess of bad that I was fortunate enough to not go through. My physiotherapist is great, she understands what I do for sports and the demands involved. I'm happy that I don't have to go under the knife. Will it be permanent? I doubt it. It just seems to take forever. Good news is that I was able to do some moderate squats and deadlifts at the gym yesterday so, I'm gaining some ground on my ankle dorsiflexion

Ice goaltending is so much less restrictive in my opinion. I can relate your inline with my street hockey or ball hockey in my childhood. Movements are more restricted and less fluid because you can't slide down from one side to another, it's all mostly stepping and playing your angles/depth really well. With your size, you most likely learned how to position yourself to the best of your ability. On ice, you get the advantage of following the puck laterally without turning forcefully and losing space or coverage. For the most part, practice makes perfect and you'll eventually get the hang of it. Visualisation helps quite a bit. Break down the movement in steps, ex. step 1, transfer load on push leg, step 2, bend knee on sliding leg, step 3, de-engage skate blade, step 4, follow through with shoulder/hips/gloves/stick in one motion. If your ice time is pure shinny, you have lots of opportunities to mess around and try stuff with little impact on the game (minus the 1 or 2 ego heads).

So what is the equivalent of a 401K in Canada? Is it a RRSP or a TFSA or other?

When the general public gets into historical shop talk about goalie gear, it's usually from the golden years straight up to the now. There's a lot of crazy stuff and dirty laundry in between that quite a few of us older cats can spit about with humour and horror, hence all that you're reading about in this thread.

Surprised the equipment manager didn't try a switch on him for the game I'm sure those will go for a good penny online or at the team's salvation sale.

The older gang will remember this one: the company that came out with removable/interchangeable fronts of your pads. I thought it was a cool idea but his product got raped pretty bad by the community and for no good reason really. I would of like to see it take off for a bit. Lexan thigh boards...ugh The Onezie goalie helmet. It still hasn't made the market and I wonder if it ever will. The recent floating steel thread cage built by that engineer...Singh? Points for trying but, no, sorry. The Flex Martin blocker. Ingenuity or preposterous nonsense? Kevlar layers in gear. They do know that "stopping bullets" is just a figure of speech, right? "The Nut Buddy" made famous by our GSBB's Timberwolfe. Game changer or just game "chamber"? Christians odd shaped curved stick for better paddledowns. They were ok, sometimes.

Jukka at Goalie Pro came out with this one a couple years ago. https://www.hockeymonkey.ca/goaliepro-goalie-accessories-padded-underglove-sr.html?gclid=Cj0KCQjwkOqZBhDNARIsAACsbfJTe5g99zdT65GVC5RygyLH952nwz5WYlzHYanVe130FJDHPAlyqyoaAvv2EALw_wcB#1053=70631&1054=75857 Also found this one. https://www.thehockeyshop.com/products/lizard-skins-senior-padded-inner-glove

Saw this on Instagram. At first glance I thought I was looking at a Mckenney XPG2 set Would of been cool.

SOLD!!

This...can you really make money off of debt? https://www.instagram.com/reel/CjIlm7xjEvm/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

OMG, he's back! Not TT but our @chakal brother I'll take Foo Fighters over Nickleback anytime!!

Not arguing. I had one made for my Reidic. When I get my hands on a Coveted, I'll do the same.

New to my knowledge. Thanks for the info.

So it looks like OTNY got inspired by Grilles Anges Gardien...hmmm.