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Not a major purchase by any means, but I picked up these CCM Edge socks recently. Will be using them tomorrow. The old RBK Edge socks only had the velcro tabs on the front part of the sock which I thought was weird, so I never bothered trying them out, but these CCM Edge versions have velcro attachment points on the front and back which is nice. I have never worn the edge type socks until this season (my beer league team was given a pair - antique gold colour which matches nothing I have) and I love them very much. So much room for knee pads and they fit a lot better than your traditional knit socks I've worn my whole life, so I wanted to buy myself another pair to use for my other skates. I just went with black since it will not show any sweat stains and will "go" with my black jersey I wear for drop-in, etc. Anyone else wear the Edge type socks? I went with the SR size.

I don't know about anyone else, but I don't really like 3on3 or 4on4. I played in a 3on3 and a 4on4 summer league for a year or two growing up in the offseason and didn't like it. I much prefer structure (or as much as possible when playing beer league) when I play, most of the time at least. The occasional drop-in session or something is fine and can be fun don't get me wrong, but give me 5 on 5 any day. I guess I'm just too conditional for a certain type of hockey I guess. Maybe I'm too stubborn and need to lighten up, haha.

Lookin' good!

The white and blue CCM AXIS stick looks pretty. Gotta get me one of those...

In fairness to the defence and goalie on that one, he pulled it off to perfection and executed the move really quickly. I don't think there's anyway you'd 'expect' him to do what he did there. It came out of nowhere. Yeah, in hindsight the goalie would have loved to go full stand up on that play, but in the moment he played it as best he could (I thought the goalie's movement was great on that play and got across pretty fast) and still got beat.

Great article. I don't get the idea that us goalies must change too much for this lacrosse style goal. Just be aware of the possibility and keep doing what you're doing.

If this is going to be a running theme of guys trying the move, I think the NHL does need to step in and ban the lacrosse move. Originally I didn't care, but if more and more players start trying this move, it can look silly when not executed. You can't have guys around the league trying it all the time (if it gets to that point), so you need to address it now, unfortuntely. I like the move and appreciate the skill level behind it no doubt, but to me it's looking like a showboating 10pm drop-in scrimmage, not a moment of NHL hockey. I could be wrong though. Just my personal opinion.

Drop-In hockey has no rules. Animals come out to play sometimes. I'm not surprised that would happen.

In the 'old' NHL, he probably would never had tried the lacrosse move out of fear. Or even when he did score with it the first time, he would never want to try it again due to the consequences he would face. Now? He can do whatever he pleases. Players around the league might hate it and find it disrespectful (I'm sure they respect the talent, but don't like the in-game use of it), but they can't do any thing to him.

Nice lid!

I've never seen the true double cup CCM GPro before. Nice.

Congrats!

Those Brodeur pads are really nice!

The V9's look sweet!

That's a good point. Not really sure about that one.

Those are beautiful. Congrats on snagging this set!

They shouldn't, but what player in their right mind would actually try this on a regular basis to carry the puck up the ice? Their teammates and coach would no doubt give them a talking to about this. It would look silly and be a very inefficient way to move the puck in a game. I don't think a rule needs to be implemented over something that technically "could" happen when it would be very, very unlikely to actually happen (consistantly) in a real game, especially at the professional level on an ongoing, consistant basis.

I don't think it should be banned. If the player has the skill to pull it off, then it's fair game as far as I'm concerned. Great goal. A goal like this doesn't happen everyday, so I don't think it's worth making a big deal out of it right now. If it starts happening a lot more often, then maybe, but not right now.

Not sure, it's just the way I've always been doing it. For those wondering, I sharpen my skates at 5/8. Anything above that I feel grips too much and is too sharp for me. Granted, this sharpening schedule was on my old Bauer Supreme 1000 skates that I've been using for the past 10+ years. I just upgraded to a True 2PC skate w/Step Steel, so who knows if I can keep my minimal sharpening schedule going; I have only sharpened them once (still at 5/8, wasn't sure if a new hollow was needed for these skates but it's good so far) when I first received the skates and baked them. I think I will be able to since I'm 5 skates into my sharpening and the blades still feel great. Not sure if this makes any difference, but I'm a tiny 26 y/o goalie (5ft5 - 120lbs) so I feel like my skate blades don't take as much of a beating as say a bigger goalie might when transfering weight or slamming into the posts, etc. When I feel my blades start to go, I just treat it with a skate stone and a magic stick once a week to keep the edge. It's not perfect, but it works for me. I sharpen them once before my winter and summer seasons (sharpenings 1-2 on the year). I might do another sharpening during each season (sharpenings 3 and 4 on the year), but I'm usually good with one. Yeah I know it's weird, but I'm still able to grab my edge and play the way I like which is a very modern, technically sound (I hope) positional game.

Aside from my Step Steel blades, I also own the original blades that came with my skates. So i guess I'll just use those if/when I have no more Step Steel blade left. Though I barely sharpen my skates (I only sharpen then about 4 times a year, max), so I don't think I'll ever run out of steel.

Tech wise, I'm sure this will make CCM "catch up" more to everyone else on the market no doubt, especially Bauer, but I'm not digging these graphics at all. I'm sure with different colourways some sets will pull it off, but not feelin' it personally. Though it's only CCM's first instalment of the AXIS line, so I'm sure they will improve with every new release and these growing pains are to be expected. I'm hoping the durability doesn't suffer and CCM was known for that in previous lines. It will be interesting to see how these perform on the ice.

Your stance/gear look great here! And congrats on the big glove save in that game.

That stick is great, too. It's sure seen a lot of rubber!

There is nothing like playing a league game with your team. Congrats on your first win! I would put that voucher on the same level as winning some sort of trophy. I'd keep that thing and write the date/score on the back. Congrats again on the big win!

I'm sure the CCM AXIS line will be great. I don't see any reason to beleive it won't be. But man, I'm going to miss the Premier line. Wish they could keep it around. Ah well, it is what it is I guess.