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Bob's previous 20.2s had the notch too, which was a little funny. Really the only thing True isn't offering anymore is the 4.1 for the general person, which I wonder what strings one would have to pull to make that happen. I thought CCM's used to be a little crap for that, until like the Axis line came out anyway. Vaughn's has always been great too, to give them credit.

They're in HZRDUS pads. The tell is how the thigh thins out, the outer roll, and the profile of the pad. I do think it's interesting that there were a few guys that were 20.x guys that ended up in PX3 pads (main example I can point out is Varlamov, if you want others I can dig a bit). I do find it interesting that Dostal is still in his 20.2 sets and how Soderblom is in the SLR4 (after being in the 20.2 last year). At this point, the 12.2 and PX3 are essentially melded since anyone can order the PX3 with the "mid-thick" thigh, like how the HZRDUS can be ordered with the same option to make it more like the 20.2. Obviously I can always be a little wrong, but True seems to be the least likely to totally care about skinning pads as something else just to do it. So much of the league is in the PX3 that if they were going to skin 'em as HZRDUS pads, I feel like they would have pushed that a bit harder. I'm going to pop the catalogue back down here for ease of finding it for others. That is basically what it is, like how the PX3 was the next step of the 12.2. I think their custom program is finally in a good place, only took a few revisions (which seems to be the cycle for every company, really). A lot of companies have dialed in their custom program in the last few years in ways that have come leaps-and-bounds from where it used to be.

Still waiting for this to be a thing... I'd love if stick customizers were more open to people ordering custom sticks the way the companies let for their pro clientele. I'd love to get my hands on an Oettinger grip type stick (or even a standard trigger grip, or the Merlikinz style shoulder, or things like how Lyon has the grip-tack up the entire shaft, etc.). Probably not totally factual at this point. From memory the 4.1 user list includes: Fleury, Hellebuyck, Tokarski, and Samsonov. I may be missing someone in the AHL, but I don't think so. The HZRDUS has: Comrie, Sandstrom, Bobrovsky, Blackwood, Bussi, Hill, and Montembeault.

Lol, I think their website doesn't like my VPN. I tested it on my laptop and it's there, so that's a little funny.

Yeah, that's why I said "a bit" in this case. Having the one strap, in Price's case the leather strap, makes sense to me since it does anchor it. I do know of individuals that strap up their pads without anything on the knee block (the specific example I'm thinking of is TGN with the Supreme kneeblock style pads).

Oh, neat. I would imagine the knee strap is a bit redundant with how the FRS is set up.

Hmm, interesting. I tried on a few different browsers and such, not there for me. These were actually helpful videos. Made me glad I went with the options I went with. I'm glad the videos totally showed what's different with the 12.x vs. 20.x lines in the leg channels and such too. Most interesting thing I noticed is that the HZRDUS pads, if you put just the nylon option, has no elastic strap coming out of the knee.

This button has been removed. Even gave the screenshot the patented TGN "big ole circle" treatment to be silly. Other fun note: the HZRDUS customizer now has selectable options here on the hand placement, along with mention of a 605 model: No other observed changes.

Likely really depends on the brand or inherent budget allowed on a macro scale. Typically Trial and Error methodology is easier to approve when dealing with tighter budgets since they won't want to approve larger cost items up front, even if it could have been a cheaper pill to swallow up front. I'd suppose bigger brands can lean more in their engineering stuff with larger capital behind it (Bauer, CCM, maybe Warrior since they've got that New Balance money).

Not every track is a banger on every album. Work on remembering to love playing and why you love playing, then evaluate if you think that relationship is healthy (this isn't so much at you, but in general). I love being a substitute goalie, especially in leagues/rinks that don't totally know me/figure my game out (so I don't get my shoulders or whatever picked and I don't have hard reads on players). Every ice time is a joy, every time I get to put the pads on is an absolute thrill. This weird, strange, esoteric sport and position rule. Literally the opposite of what you should do though. Psychologically making that a pattern for oneself is horrible. Get those glutes huge though, reject societal norms and become a PAWG.

if it's the same length on the paddle, then you add a trigger it, then adjust your grip to hold it with your middle finger in the trigger, it will bring it down a bit. Likewise, consider how you grip your stick overall, you can always choke down on the paddle or something of that ilk, so it's always worth it to think about. I personally don't think you should size up, but that's because I'm a huge proponent of, "most people are using way too large of goalie sticks." I recently started choking up on my paddle to kind of bear-claw it more in some instances, effectively making a 24" paddle more like a 23.5" paddle in some cases.

I'm of the opinion that Jonathan Quick would make a great goalie coach by virtue of his ability to read plays/situations; I think he'd be able to coach/foster good habits (watch how much he shoulder checks and how well he keeps vision on the puck in any situation sometime). The current crop of Russian goalies is proving to be outside the current standard. They still play within the bounds, but the creativity and personality is there. There are numerous clips of Askarov wandering to play the puck/make plays as more than a pylon and Kochetkov plays with a ton of fire. Hellebuyck is not a standard goalie either. The best way I can describe his game is, "that guy is a professional." The orthodox is definitely coming from how the game is played, it's much more studied and optimized compared to how it was at any point in the past. Anyway, plain answer: Irbe, one of my favorites.

I'm not here to disagree with this list, but that you messed up so many of their names. Jean-Francois Giguere? Arthur Irbe? Miika Kiprusoff? Dominik Hasek? Pekka Rinne? Connor Hellebuyck? Tony Esposito?

Gloves aren't soft, they're not strange amalgamations of chunks of leather anymore. It's been years since I've lost my temper on the ice in a way even close to this. I don't think I've ever been speared that I can recall. Hockey culture sure is full of "an eye for an eye" mentality though, even though that doesn't seem super acceptable in society. Last time I saw anything this bad in a game it was a (former) cop that initiated it, go figure. Jumped one of my dudes behind the play for something that happened two years prior, long time to bide one's time.

I memory-holed that, and that wasn't even the season where Philly iced 8 different goalies during the year.

Noticed this last night as well. Interesting that they still have not updated the Catalyst customizer as well.

This is all that's in the catalogue.

Probably the most interesting thing for the Shadow pad is the toe tie. Looking at the literature, the Shadow stick seems like a pretty decent update to the Supreme sticks. Reinforced paddle with a foam fill in the blade. I didn't notice anything super interesting with the rest of the Shadow stuff (as of posting this, may edit more in). The blocker sidewall is massive though, and the glove has a wrist strap (it seems). Editing in non-Shadow things/later items... Usual 960 improvements. The changes from the XPM to most recent other 960 were nice, I'm interested to see how this feels (though I'll miss the Poron XRD). More colors for the Konekt liners, I think that's neat.

Yeah, this is strange as hell.

This should look less problematic.

I can't see it, but that's an uh oh.

You know you've made it when you can read "InGlasCo" on your own skin.

This whole thread has confounded me in a way I'm not sure how to describe. I've seen a fair amount of elastic toe tie libel on goalie-based social media. So apologies if the rest of this post comes across incredulous; I've been thinking about this nearly all week. It might come across as flame, but like, how do you play this position and have week enough legs that the elastic of your toe ties contorts your knees enough to mess them up? Are you all not testing your gear before stepping out onto the ice prior? Are y'all not punching your feet/toes to the ice in the butterfly so you can engage your edges sooner when down and instead kicking your feet up when going down instead of driving your knees down when going into the butterfly like I've spent countless hours teaching the kids in my youth program to do? Drive the knees, test your equipment, keep your feet (especially your toes like in the toe-lock in the RVH) close to the ice instead of up like old leather-strap toe-ties forced them prior to '97. Your gear should never be causing injuries and elastic toe-ties are very likely not the problem. The Bauer ties are rather low tension, comparable to the EcoPro Foam ties. I've been running the same pair of Pro Laces for nearly 4 years without issue from them, so I'm super unsure how others have worn through them.

Thing I came up with. Likely going with PX3 since I like the precurve a little more and they can be customized to basically be a HZRDUS otherwise (thin extra stiff core ).

My "zinger" here is: and yet CCM is still in business. Their large social media marketing pushes backed by their existent capital likely benefits them a lot.