RichMan

Something like that, yes. I've become accustomed to a looser pad with playing butterfly more the past 10 years

I was told that a Shadow chest protector is coming out. Anyone see it?

Get in touch with GoalieParts. They might have contacts available.

Looking for feedback. Any users here?

OK, and how significant is the difference in thickness between both models?

@TheGoalNet Looking at the Pro, I don't care for the extra rise at the shoulders. My Maltese is neck and front protection mostly. Is the front padding on the regular goalie one the same thickness as on the Pro one? And would the neck foam of the Pro fit in the regular one's sleeve? If so, are parts available? Lastly, since it's recommended to remove the foams for washing, since I simply rinse my Maltese under cold water after every game and hang to dry, can I just do the same with the Aegis?

Decided to go back to my Pro-Laces for tomorrow night's game. Tired of the torque on my right ankle. Will report later.

Not 100% c/a related but still related regardless and pretty interesting. Came across this pic while searching for something else.

@CPage same knee pads here

Haven't worn sliding bridges since I sold my Smith pads 5 years ago or so. Not interested With my lack of hip internal rotation and my bad ankle from my work injury, my RVH is as crude as it gets and my current priority over post/toe integration is seeing the shot come at me from the point and not miss it completely lolll Friggin ageing So wearing my GTs a la Patrick Lalime is not the way. I don't want to lose my rotation either.

@coopaloop1234 I hear what you're saying. Anchor points are what keeps things where they should. If I had rubber joints, I wouldn't need slack on the toe-ties as I wouldn't need to have my toes pointing down in the ice to be comfortable and tear the shit out of my ligaments. I might just go back to my Pro-Laces at this stage.

First pic is how I wear mine. Second pic is Bones (the popular EBUG) in his Trues. His toe-ties has more slack then mine I believe, his pads are loose and he has no professor strap that I know, and yet his knee blocks remain level no matter how he moves or when he drops. I don't get it. @DL42 I agree about how the industry thinks sometimes. They try to be the next best thing instead of doing the smart thing. I think Warrior realized this and why they went back to a more conventional strapping on the G7 line.

@CPage I'd be curious to see that. What knee pads do you use and doesn't that affect the professor strap, or vice versa?

Couldn't find a thread so here goes. If you're going to ask about, make sure to mention brand/model/size and which part(s) are you talking about (knee/calf/boot/toe-ties or a combination). I'm wearing Warrior GT2 in 35+1.5. They fit fine. I strap them like Chris Dudo does (nylon strap across the knee, neoprene strap below to calf and of course the large calf wrap). My toe-ties is as pictured below. My question is: how can guys/gals wear their toe-ties with so much slack and not have your pads ride lower than normal? They seem to stay in place still. I don't have skinny calves by any means. I put back in my boot straps (mind you loosely) to prevent the pads from sliding down too much and risk landing too high on my knee block when dropping. Is there a trick I've yet to be aware of?

You could also try those hockey socks with the round padded discs sewn over the ankle bones to further create a lock by taking up space.

Give this a shot in the meantime...

@mik if you want to give some historical reference reading with a touch of fiction involved, might I recommend SHIKE by Robert Shea. It's a 2 book series and is set in feudal Japan. A friend and i checked out some of the stories anecdotes and they matched very closely to the time period and records. Worth reading, but hard to find, unless reprints have been released.

Honestly Coop, even with the oldest of cowling skates from the 70s-80s, the outside of the boot didn't cover much either. Then again, guys back then rarely tried to bank shots off your PLU, instead opting for the pass back into the slot. The way it's played today, most goalies would be in the RVH or at the very least VH. Like you said, it happens so rarely but when it does...sonofabi#%^!

I own the older X700 model, an entry model just like the GSX. Unless Bauer went and did something different, these entry modes are nowhere as stiff as their top model. I baked mine twice in the same season I bought them at the shop and the rest was just break-in time. Of course, if I compare them to my Reactor 3000 I owned in 1988, my X700 are way stiffer. In saying that, there's really nothing stopping you from trying the cellophane wrap to help contain the shape on your feet/ankles while they cool down. Clearly you'll have to get someone familiar with the method as time is the key given they usually bake both skates at the same time and wrapping would take longer thus giving the chance for the second skate to start cooling down in the meantime. Makes sense? Have you tried different lacing techniques to help with the lace bite? One of them also makes the boot a little more forward flexible but then again, if you want an absolutely tight wrap at the ankle, your obviously going to lose that flex. Do you have weak ankles or balance issues? There are ways to strengthen these muscles, a couple minutes here and there during the week would help improve that.

I came across these 2 pictures while looking for used Hyperlite chests and this bothered me quite a bit. This should not be happening. I can see why the Mach and Pro series arms are preferred by many. The elbows should not be out of the side walls like that. Is this an issue with other brands as well? I never saw this before, not with any of the chest and arms I've used over the years.

With recent downtime for me (lost my job), I've tried to do a little more reading. First book is about an Ottawa government scientist who is assigned an unusual and demanding project up north to study wolf population. His sense of humor and deep sarcasm towards our Canadian government is often spot on and very entertaining. Second book, I decided to dig out some of my sports psychology literature cause I've been going through a difficult losing streak in goal and im hoping to find my mental edge again. I know it's martial arts based but the discipline approach is very similar.

Had a big thirst couple weeks ago and so I Squatched it with this It wasn't bad.

@ThatCarGuy so no backdoor look issues? And I asked about the jerseys only cause I'd hate to not be able to wear my Rockets practice jersey anymore. And for anyone...if you compare the G5 + senior to the X3 + senior?

@ArdeFIN time for an update brother

Bringing this back. I know some of you have used it. Unfortunate that no one answered @nyislesfan I'm interested in feedback and experience on the shoulder floaters, the shoulder caps...ie vision, mask interference, reaching your mask, gut/chest traps and finally, current pro jersey fit, please and thank you.