jeff da goalie

Yeah, I had a 0-0 tie this season. It was kind of surreal. First and only one I've ever had.

I have a PAW version like this and an ECO Pro Foam. Coming off a Maltese. And you're right, the Maltese crowd won't like something like this because I'm having a hell of a time adjusting to the PAW one. Which is why I got the EPF.

i wonder if IPv6Freely is Jeff Laum's sock puppet ID.

Anyone who considers buying anything from Monster has been hit in the head too many times with a puck. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me 17 pages worth of comments about what a shit show they've become, well, shame on you in front of the whole interwebz.

agreed. i just ordered a set of the XL straps to put on my G3s and I'll keep the webbing for the added security.

I think the Seattle Amazons would be great corporate branding and would thoroughly confuse everyone.

is the use of the ecofoam the big announcement you teased on Facebook?

My recommendation is always go for the full kevlar or the full fiberglass. Michel said the protection is the same for both, it's just a weight issue and the inbetween one (some kevlar) doesn't make enough of a weight change to justify the added cost. So either go cheap and get the fiberglass, or go all out and get the kevlar.

In second place in the Metro, so they don't suck too bad. Not bad for a rebuild year.

durability has been an issue with every Monster product I've purchased.

mainly I just don't like them. never have. I think they're ugly and they don't work for me. YMMV. I'll admit I haven't worn them since a pair of used RX10's but I was scarred for life. And any involvement with Monster doubles that.

If this is true, yet another reason to avoid Bauer pads.

I'll name the company. It's Tesla. Elon Musk has announced on Twitter he's doing a partnership with Monster for battery powered Junk Trunks.

I solved the need for a padded shirt by getting a chesty that was sufficiently protective (Passau Pro Pack). I've had Vaughns where I've needed this kind of thing, but with a good enough chesty and a decent neck guard/clavicle protector like a Maltese (RIP), you're set.

You said ironic. You must be a hipster.

Seattle Overcaffeinated Hipsters. This guy would be their logo. The color scheme would be plaid.

better than hot boxing the glove . . .

I have Tydan on my Bauers and Step on my Reeboks. They're roughly equivalent in terms of ability to keep an edge. I haven't seen any difference between them.

When Jeff Laum first got started, he was selling reasonably priced DIY stuff. Nothing crazy, but shock cord laces, boot straps. probably a side business or whatever. He sold them on eBay and you paid and it was shipped. then came the website. That was fine. But he did two things that sunk his business. He started introducing more labor intensive products that I don't think he was really able to scale up to. That affected both quality and shipping time since he was doing those on an as needed basis. The knee stacks come to mind. And for some reason he hired a dozen or so reps to flood the Facebook pages, particularly GGSU. Passau, an established business, gets by with @Tim_TRUEHockey who is unfailingly polite and responsive. They hired people who insulted, blamed the user, and weren't responsive about orders. Not a smart way to grow a business.

I'll be honest, particularly after reading the Protechsport mask thread with everyone oohing and aahing over the various mask models -- they all look the same to me. The modern goalie mask is essentially a single mask with ever so slight variations. I'm staring at two masks I have hanging on my wall that I've retired -- a Protechsport (Lalime? Fichaud? Hell if I know) and a Bauer mask. I can't tell the difference. How much variation can you have with that basic model? Deeper ridges? Bigger bubble chin? I don't think that that is something unique. Other than that God-awful Onezee that keeps popping up on GGSU, there's been relatively little innovation in the goalie mask since the advent of the modern mask. Paint jobs are a different story, but I doubt most painters bother to copyright their work. I doubt I'd do an explicit copy of one but that's the same reason I don't get jerseys with other people's names on them -- I'm not trying to be them. Nobody would look at me in a Lundqvist jersey and say "dude, why aren't you on the ice???" But I don't object if a beer leaguer really wants the exact same mask as his/her idol.

I'm a bit more ambivalent. I think that there are two levels. 1) the copyright level. By all means, copyrights should be enforced. All in favor of that. 2) the morality of it. This requires a little more nuance. I fully agree that it's sleazy for companies to copy other companies' designs or logos, so kudos to companies like Passau. Where I'm more on the fence is if I, as a rec league goalie, want to use a goalie's mask that I like and get it painted. I think that if I wanted to do so, it's more of an homage than a ripoff. And if I had to pay a licensing fee, I'd make just enough changes to avoid that. But that's just my two cents.

Who besides Bobrovsky in the NHL? Any AHL or ECHL? (Not challenging, genuinely curious because I don't see many guys in the show wearing Brown.)

I'm getting better. I squatted 125 for 10 reps with no pain. I'm on the elliptical, including high intensity intervals with no pain. Some of the butterfly movements that I'm doing off ice (and very slowly) are still iffy. I got subs through next week (which will be 4 weeks) and hope to get on the ice on the 25th.

Ballpark. I see what you did there.