southpawtendy48

1 hour ago, seagoal said:

I think that is well said...and I always read, your posts in particular

Haha thanks, but I was just referring to who could “find it out” since this is a public forum and all

5 hours ago, seagoal said:

I often think of our own hockey team as a filter, the opponent the stuff that needs to go through the filter, and the goalie (us) as the recipient of the stuff that has gone through the filter.  Maybe a coffee filter, coffee, and a coffee mug are the best way to visualize that.

The cup of coffee you get if the coffee filter sucks is going to be sludgy and gross and that ain't the coffee mug's fault   There could be cracks in the mug, to be fair, and that's no good.  But a nice mug can not make sludgy gross coffee taste good.

And with that, my analogies are done, haha.

By no means have I been myself this season, but the fact that most of our team are freshman and the fact I’ve been dealing with tons of mental warfare does not help. My thought process is that you don’t win your team games, you give them a chance to win. However you should always have a high standard for yourself. I would elaborate more but who knows who will read this lol 

20 hours ago, XCVII said:

Good evening all. I'm not a newcomer (formerly ULTIMA), just lost my password and couldn't recover my account. Been inactive for a while now. Truth be told, I saw all the world nonsense coming early and sold my CCM EFlex 4 pro gear before it all got bad.

New gear coming, stay tuned.

Welcome back. Pads look great! Can’t wait to see the full set when it’s done

Also yeah. I’m not touching ccm pads or gloves. Sticks and skates are great though

12 hours ago, seagoal said:

Ha!

He's not very popular or well liked here in town and that nickname was given to him by one of my teammates and it just stuck.

Yeah… might be because he hasn’t been very good but he still has a special place in my heart 

3 hours ago, seagoal said:

A lot going on at the shoulder of Goober's stick 

unrelated but, I’m now calling him goober for as long as I live 

3 hours ago, NachoMoose said:

@southpawtendy48 hows the protection and fit for the xs pro chesty, looking for something pro model for my 5'3 kid thanks

 

the v9?

3 hours ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Too small I assume?

I'm a Medium in everything, except the SLR 3, where I'm a large. These units seem to run smaller.

Haha no. Too big. XS with S arms. Probably should’ve gone XS on the arms but doesn’t matter anyways. I have a black XS V9 back at home and probably will find a seamstress or something to frankenchesty it. 

New chesty just came in, just to realize it doesn’t fit… I’ll definitely find some use for it but should be more careful next time. Didn’t know size was so drastic between SLR line and Velocity

hockeystickman has a few pro returns and sidelineswap. I wouldn't advise playing with a flat or regular stick at all.

Some loser claiming to have “designed” a vegas version of Visual merc’s Shesterkim design, and who else but battram made them! 

23 hours ago, mr_shifty1982 said:

After about 16 games the stick is holding up great on my end. Took some hard shots too no cracks yet or chips. 

That’s great to hear. I’m not sure if they’re doing custom orders on them yet though otherwise I would get on that.

Wow. Looks absolutely amazing. Can’t wait to see it assembled. 

It’s fun being being a full right goalie sometimes.. can never find the sticks I want in stock. Gonna have to go full custom at some point 

1 hour ago, daffy said:

Hey @southpawtendy48 I've been thinking of adding slack to my toe ties.  How did you do yours?  

Just tied a double knot on the bungee cord after adding slack and put some stick tape around it for a bit of protection. Make sure both sides are even as you tighten it

3 hours ago, A.YOUNGoalie13 said:

@southpawtendy48 how tight do you wear your pads? The tighter they are the higher they will sit

Hard to say. I wear them relatively tight but the tighter I wear them the more they over rotate and don’t square up back to normal. I’ll try cranking the tightness a little more on the prof. strap and see what happens 

34 minutes ago, keeperton said:

Do they always touch the ice at that shallow of an angle?

haha I just noticed that. I don’t have issues pushing laterally however. 

25 minutes ago, RichMan said:

They do ride low don't they. My Bauer 9000s did the same. The squarer the boot the more contact I guess. My GT2s have that slight taper that prevents that. Then again, it might also depend if your toe ties are very slack and if your pads are oversized.

I don’t think my pads are oversized but I have an interesting way I do my toe ties. They are Kenesky’s 

1 hour ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Great looking pads there southpaw.

16 minutes ago, wishEMT said:

Those are damn sharp southpaw.

Thanks gents  

Not so exciting shot of me subbing in for a team last saturday. Got a 5-2 win and got to witness a fight  

On 12/29/2021 at 3:19 PM, Lucky Pucker said:

It does indeed suck, as @Fullright says, for the players and families for whom this was maybe their “one chance”. It also sucks because it was really a bright spot at our house, watching Team Canada as a family. Maybe they canceled because the other teams were afraid of us…?

Wasn't it essentially cancelled BECAUSE of Canada? Come on now...

7 hours ago, Puckstopper said:

I thought the same thing.   "Siri, write about goaltending..."

Even Siri would be better than that LOL

5 hours ago, A.YOUNGoalie13 said:

Campbell wears Quick’s pads from like 2014 or 15. Neither of them have over rotation issues or look like they’ve been used for 5 years.

fair enough but hey, you can't teach an old dog new tricks lol

I tighten it as much as possible around my body and use the laces on my pants to tie it through the belly loop. Never have tried tucking and don't think I will

On 11/23/2021 at 10:54 AM, A.YOUNGoalie13 said:

Dustin Tokarski is becoming the Voldemort of this forum. (Harry fans get what I’m saying) This guy to me is the super rich dude who dresses like a bum, drives a car that is falling apart, and lives in a trailer. He can get any gear in the world and he uses old stuff that looks like shit.

God forbid he uses what he prefers amirite? Technically yes the pads he's wearing are complete garbo but if he likes it then so be it. Campbell essentially wears the same type of pad as him but I don't see as much uproar about it, lol.

Just finalized my chest protector order  

2 minutes ago, mr_shifty1982 said:

After my Axis shaft broke I introduce the Eflex5, I really enjoyed the Eflex4 we'll see how this is.  Really like the back graphics, I wish it was the font.

Give us updates on it long-term (or if it breaks lol), I like the eflex 4 but had to stop using two of them because of chips and cracks all over the blade