RichMan

Div. 3, that's cool. I hope he finds a good level, but politics are everywhere in competitive leagues. Looks like he'll be outdoing his old man soon. Next thing you know you'll be holding his autographed playing card Kickboxing and bodybuilding, nice. Maybe the next Dolf Lungren?

I'm down with that, once i'm clear to play again. As a coach myself, I know what I'm supposed to do, and not, but another coach's eye can certainly help iron out the kinks. I'll let you locals know when my time is here. Thanks

@Ken35 I've never had any of the issues you brought up with my method but it's good to hear other methods. I was wondering if it would have that "dry scratchy towel" effect that we've all experienced at one time or another.

On the topic of drying, I use a fan unit with connecting shelves (pictured below) that blows room temperature air been happy with it over the years other than it being built for the odd piece of clothing, not oversized bulky sports gear. Some units on the market, like the Rocket Dryer blows warm air. Have you found that your gear is crusty or stiffer after drying in warm air?

Looks similar to your True set-up of the past two season (ie. Price)

I'm 53, got hooked on goaltending at age 7-8. Had a short hiatus between age 18 and 30 when I focused on serious basketball and competitive cycling. Came back and kept at it since. If the budget permited, I'd rent ice for myself just to work on my conditioning and fundamentals. It would help so much get back to level. I have a DJI Action Cam. Only tested it during some trail running. The footage above was not mine, I'm just one of the main actors , and yes, the owner uses a Gopro. Thanks bro. I am always hard on myself. I guess I'm still expecting the call-up to the Habs . I do admit, although I relish the competitive stuff, shinny with regulars is more laid back and fun. Hope you're doing good out there yourself. Or you're living the dream through your boys at this point lolll

I played for him maybe 2-3 times only so far, once at Sensplex West and once at Sandy Hill (video location). I haven't seen ice in 2 months, bad work accident. I'm hoping to start at least some light dryland conditioning sometime in September if possible. He hits me up on Facebook now and then for an update. Nice guy, good group. Looking forward to my next drop in with them.

A Hyper set with skinned Mach graphics I could live with.

@Snowman30 They still make the Rocket Dryer?

Reading this, I kind of went through a similar experience with pad sizing. I initially purchased some Bauer R6000 in 36". Loved them, except my knee would land off the block when scrambling or in hard stretches. I accounted this to the knee lock elastics. I sold them and got me some Bauer9000 in 35". The landing was more centred and better mobility but again my knee would hit the ice under the same scenarios. This time I was convinced it was the elastics not able to hold my weight in position or something of the sort. I tried to get some nylon straps made up to replace the elastics that would have no give and force my knee to stay in the cradle/on the landing without affecting the rotation. This is an idea I came up with while looking at and studying the Warrior pads. Long story short, I ended up selling my 9000s and buying my GT2 pads. My hypothesis was confirmed, never had the same issue happen since. I did look into the professor strap for the same remedy but I was worried about it being a nuisance with my knee pads and thus proper rotation. Maybe I'm wrong, who knows.

I'm one to believe that the actual Pro units are a cut above in protection compared to store bought ones, especially for beer leaguers and the likes. I remember my pro-return H5 had significantly thicker arm padding compared to anything I've worn over the decades. Brown units might be the only brand that equals without asking for the beefed up kit IMO. I had the JB503, zero issues I can think of.

Word G, straight up dope, playa ain't playing, dropping the straight 411 on these m****f****, fo real. This sh## is FRESH! (MY street Hip Hop generation lingo )

That won't be necessary thank you

@A.YOUNGoalie13 First off, if that is you in the video, get a better mic system, it will help deliver your content more enjoyably. Second, if you're going to wear a mask to hide your identity, at least give it a paint job or wrap, make it interesting Other than that, you did a good job and kept the kid/teen vocab to a very acceptable minimum

I promise much MUCH better action once I heal from my work injury and get the green light to get back to training and playing

If I can learn how and with what, I conquer. The know how will surely help with the coaching aspect.

Well, well, well...after nearly 2 decades of media platform anonymity, someone, unbeknown to me, was able to capture footage of me in the wild doing what I do best (or so I'd like to think lolll) and send me a copy from their Youtube page. Now before some of you go on a dismemberment rampage of my game, I will start with my OWN dissection and ease you into it, thank you. First off, consider the following: I'm 53, have had my playing time and general sports training/conditioning severely altered by the damn plague as most of you have unfortunately. My lack of physical fitness is MORE than apparent throughout the game. Getting up from the ice by using my stick rather than a straight pop-up or single leg piston squat is a clear indicator. The times I get up on the wrong leg is NOT from bad technique but mainly trying to save my sore knees and ankles from the obvious strain. My butterfly flare is practically non existent (even Giguere is giving me the WTF!? face). My pic and slides are weak and I open up every time in ALL holes. My follow through and tracking is sssss lllll ooooo wwww, and my recoveries are just so last week. Only things I can say that looked great is; 1- my stance looks spot on even though we can't see it from the front. 2- I'm square for the most part and my angles/depth are fairly accurate. 3- I got lucky on more than one occasion with my Hasek type saves. To finish, I was trying to dial in my new chest pad that was annoying me at times, and I did lose 2 screws (literally, not from my brain) at the forehead holding the cage from the rocket at the hash marks (you can hear it well) but no damage to the user and dude was quite respectful in coming over to apologise and make sure I was ok. Without further ado:

At 53, I'm aiming for 60 then, other than maybe still coaching, I'll be moving on to other things I enjoy like trail running and road cycling and hoops and martial arts and dancing and hitting the gym. Clearly I'm not short on choices. My GT2 set should keep me satisfied til then.

Gonna have to keep your fantasies for another thread I work with 2 handles. RichMan (here, GSBB GBBB and Canadian Goalies) was what a boss called me many decades ago whenever we crossed paths or met up. Rich, short for Richard and Man for, well, The Man of course. I liked it and kept it since. My second handle used on media platforms is Istop Lapuck. It's clearly a play on words and actions. When we were kids, there was this thing where we would make up names that represented a person's job or trade or career, and most often it had a cultural and accent connotation added to it, be it Russian or Asian or Italian or French. Most of them are French based given I was born and raised in the Province of Quebec. Example: Yvan Compter (il v'en compte), Alain Shutt (elle a un lance), Ella Kawatch (elle est la qui regarde), Iwatch Itoo (il regarde aussi), Tow Wing (towing truck driver), etc. Mine, Istop Lapuck (said in French that kind of has a Russian feel to it) came to me some 25 years ago and I've used it around quite a bit. It's fun and does get a fun reaction from folks in the hockey world

Today I had a Moosehead Radler with our tacos. Refreshing!

https://www.google.com/search?q=gluten+free+beer&sxsrf=ALiCzsZCjIMOy90aZfbZSk_2VyBQRjOBQQ:1658196264783&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW4tG67oP5AhWZfjABHYM3AF8Q_AUoAXoECAIQAw&biw=1366&bih=580&dpr=1#imgrc=J1RnP5OWVXeHiM I'm particular to Glutenberg, almost everywhere in Quebec province.

Yeah, he's their media/rep guy while Pete and the frenchie guy (forgot his name) are working on designs and specs. Kirk's been quiet lately. Hopefully all is good.

I'm same height, add 10-15 lbs, broad and not so sure of the wingspan but, I had a Large GT2 Pro and it was ok. I'm sure you (we) could get away with an XL but it really depends on how you like to fit in your unit. Do you tuck or not? Are you long in the torso? Do you wanna look massive or be normal? All questions you can focus on to help make a decision. Try hitting up @Kirk3190, he can be of more help. I've been wearing Large sizes pretty much all my adult life and just recently bought an XL unit and I think I chose the wrong size all those years. Depends on the model/brand as well.

Anymore info on the TF7? Other than fibreglass over carbon and the weight difference, what else could set them apart in terms of quality or performance?