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Vasi last night. 

4 hours ago, keeperton said:

At least he is incredibly consistent.

And he’s been using the 2S leg channel and 2S glove with cowling skates. Year in year out 

41 minutes ago, A.YOUNGoalie13 said:

I can’t tell what Thompsons pads actually are. Maybe 2s

I think fairly close to stock Ultra Sonic based on the knee block with CRS strapping. 

A couple of Eflex 6 set ups making their way in. 

I’d love to see Cory Schneider get some more NHL games this year. Same with Kevin Poulin, it’s crazy that he was in and out of the NHL so fast, I thought he would have a gotten a shot after the ‘18 Olympics. 

Keith Kinkaid. 

A great RX10 Tribute for the Erie Otters. 

More True sticks making their way around the league. 

Also some 1S CRS strapping still hanging on, with Thompson and Sorokin for sure.

Sher-Wood making a comeback in the stick department?

I have to say I don’t think it’s a 580 at the end of the day.
 

I could be wrong but I think there has to be a discussion. I’m not very familiar with 18k gloves but I’m really familiar with 580s and I don’t see it. I think the “Custom” comes from whatever retailer that ordered it. I think the “stock” 18Ks were white/red, white/blue, white/black  

****I corrected myself, GM did make  a 580 in the 18k. I had stated that I thought it was a different Reebok model, (XLT).  

I know there was some interest on the 580 Bauer glove. Adam Werner flames set.

https://www.hockeystickman.ca/collections/goalie-equipment/products/copy-of-bauer-supreme-one100-used-pro-stock-senior-goalie-glove

We may need a new Gear Sitings thread.

12.3?

As I sit and watch the Memorial Cup with both goalies playing in Mach graphics. Both goalies are actually using mis-match of older models with new graphics. 2S blocker, 2X pads, Hyperlite, Ultrasonic  etc. obviously this isn’t uncommon, but I’m a little surprised teenagers are already at the point of “sticking with what works.” 

I’m also glad to know that I’m not alone in thinking the 2X outer leg wrap with the large Velcro option was the best version Bauer has made. 

That said, I have yet to see a goalie at the NHL/AhL/ CHL adopt the new Tune Fit connect strapping on the their pads.

Which makes me ask the users of the pads, how is the new strapping been?

1 hour ago, Chenner29 said:

 

How did his Bauer chest get through the KW inspection?  Or did it only come up because of the Price/Vasi pic above?

edited*** confirmed story, but was long before the new chest. 
 

There was a story, and I want to say it came from InGoal, but the story highlighted Victor Fasth and his Bauer 1S chest got pulled after it was previously accepted based on how he looked on tv. 

Fasth confirmed to InGoal Magazine late in the season that the NHL cut the shoulder pads on his chest-and-arm unit this season, but that didn’t happen until after he was already off to an 8-0-0 start to his NHL career. To be clear, Fasth wasn’t cheating. The NHL approved his gear, as it does with every piece of goalie equipment, and neither Fasth nor the Ducks made unapproved alterations. The shoulders simply looked bigger on him than expected. 

I agree the photo I posted above blocker position isn’t great, it was more to highlight the space where pucks can beat a goalie. I think the photo I posted now will better highlight what I mean about getting the hands in the shooting lane. 

There’s a plenty of variables at play depending where the puck, the shooter, and yourself are. Is there traffic or is it clear sighted etc.

But let’s say you are set, centred, and square to the puck. Your hands are projected forward and it is a clear sighted shot. The the shooter is coming toward you as opposed to dragging laterally. 
 

There’s a lot of talk of “tracking pucks all the way.” Following the puck with your whole head all the way to hands, pad, or body. As shooters get closer the ability track becomes nearly impossible, so you must focus on picking the puck up off the blade and “reading the release.” 

Remember there is only so much room for the puck to get past you as highlighted in the photo below. You’re not getting “beat” over the shoulder as much as you are being beaten outside your body/hands. The puck for the most part is on a trajectory where it is rising, and pucks highest point will be where it hits the back of the net.

Where a lot goalies get in trouble is by over reaching and opening new holes on these 12”-14” inch shots. Or goalies do to little and default to a blocking butterfly with the hands low on the hips.

If you are good position to read the release, you can start to push your hands into the shooting lanes before the puck is released. This sort of educated guessing and anticipating comes with repeated practice.
 

Long story short keep your hands in front of your body, get them in the shooting lane and keep them there off the release. 

The thumb loop was cut out of the Bauer 580 Hyperlite glove I recently picked up. I was able to fix this using an old harness, dental floss, Velcro, and crazy glue. 

It was a fairly primitive but easy fix and the elastic loop actually feels great. I cut the harness into a thumb loop and sewed it with dental floss, crazy glued the base of the Velcro and sewn the edges closed. I placed the new thumb loop in between 2 of the gloves preexisting laces and looped it back on the velcro for the back of the hand closure.

2 hours ago, ThatCarGuy said:

Not really a huge or surprising update but vasilevskiy has switched to a Mach glove in the middle of playoffs

It’s a new glove for sure, he’s actually been using the Mach style glove with Hyperlite graphic since the end of April. His previous Mach glove did not have the new Bauer logo on the cuff though.

5 hours ago, TheGoalNet said:

 

CCM is trying to force the glove to evolve, but making it easy for anyone who does not like it to stick with what works

This is something that got me thinking. As I compare my cuffless Mach blocker to my cuffed Ultrasonic. It got me pondering 2 questions

1. Are manufactures inventing problems to fix them? …. My opinion on this is absolutely. I’m sure others will differ. 

2. Where is the equipment design pendulum swinging? This one is more challenging to think about. There seems to be more marketing with biomechanics in mind. Do these designs stop more pucks then their predecessors? Maybe they do….but?

5 hours ago, ArdeFIN said:

Is the above picture of your pads? They just don't look like really fitting well. Toe straps are being stretched a lot and into a upwards direction? I'm not saying that it is wrong or cannot work but it looks like the setup is stressed in a wrong way or stressed in a situation where there should be no stress on pads. Sure the picture is cut so we can't see what is happening above. 

About the laces in the pad. There is very minimal stretch in that lace and the extra lace is from the professor strap tightening the pads lacing through the whole pad. On Bauer and I think some other brands nowadays are using hidden lacing that leaves the face of the pads laceless. That requires hidden loops that attach to the face material some way and I would avoid making any extra stress to that structure just in case. 

From all that said  I would suggest using any other method than the structural lace of the pad to attach the professor strap. 

I’m not using the cording to attach the straps. The Bauer’s come with a slot designed for a professor strap that I’m using. 

However this isn’t from the Mach set up either. This is from using the CRS bootstrap instead of the Ultra Sonic professor strap. I am hoping that that the pads sit a little lower with the Mach set up.

20 hours ago, tgfoo said:

So I received my TuneFit+ Strap and initially set itnup the same way that RedX did. 
 

Did some carpetflies, adjusted the strapping, but was never fully satisfied with it compared to a professor strap. I also didn’t like how it took up the spot where i like to bring the knee strap down to. Then I looked at how the Mach pad is set up and they have a velcro strap inside the outer flap. 
 

Inspired by this, I tried moving the outer knee flap down to the outer professor strap connector. 


 

I like the way this feels a lot more. I feel like I can get it more snug to the top of my calf without having to crank the tightness of the strap as much. I have a game tomorrow, so I’ll report back how it feels. 

That looks great. And please give feedback after a couple skates.

I’ve had a similar idea but am willing to try the Tune Fit Connect as is. I’m not 100% sold on it yet as a upgraded system. Early feedback from others that Tune fit connect was a Bauer version of the Lefebvre FRS system. We’ll see. 

I have yet to see a Pro/Major junior level goalie use this setup despite wearing the Mach graphic pad which worries me a little too. I probably won’t skate for a while and am willing to give a chance. Yet from carpet flys around the house there a strong chance I give up and go back to the CRS boot strap mod. 

6 hours ago, tgfoo said:

Woah, that's awesome. Where did you pick yours up? I'd like to try one out.

Edit: Of course, I should have looked before I asked, looks like most of the normal retailers have them in stock.

Yeah I picked mine up from Hockey Monkey Canada. 

I intended to use the CRS style strap going forward. That is until I seen the Mach strapping which caught my eye.

The Mach strapping can be bought separately so I thought I would be able to install it onto a pair of Ultra Sonics.  For those of you in the same boat, the strapping system can be added fairly easily. I went through the professor strap loop and the lower Mach Velcro looped through the traditional Tune Fit slit.

My quest for a consistent strapping for the Bauer set up goes back to the 1X. I found that wearing the Tune Fit around the top of my calf to be a near perfect strap set up. (Weirdly, the Updated Axis 2 seems to be exactly what I would be looking for).

As I said….Near perfect.

The elastic on the 1X and 2X that I wore would for the most part stay where desired, but every now and then slip off my calf while playing. For the Ultra Sonic  I did have to add more Velcro on the outer calf wrap as it took away the option of velcroing as high as I desired. 

When the Professor strap started to become popular and an option on the Bauer I thought that would keep the consistent feel that. I am not sure why Bauer didn’t design something closer to what their Pro Goalies actually looked like if you seen a Pro Return set you can see the difference. 

I switched out the Stock Professor strap and inserted the CRS Boot strap for my first mod.

20 hours ago, Teezle said:

For the blocker, I went with the 2-Piece Vapor blocker. This is the old 1X spec, but with updated materials and the Mach palm/finger protection. Many years ago I tried on a 1X blocker and loved it immediately, but was dissuaded from buying it because I was told it had durability issues. Now that it is available to order again (as a Pro Custom spec), I jumped on the chance to finally use one. It does not disappoint - the blocker is light, well-balanced, and extremely comfortable. I am very happy with this one.

Did you opt for the traditional palm? The Hyperlite version I have has the updated Bauer palm. 
 

I thought I’d continue to add to this thread.

580 Hyperlite. We’ve seen these gloves float around a while. This one’s interesting as it has the updated Hyperlite backhand. 
 

A lot of times the Pro only options don’t really see a lot of running updates. For example the tagged “Alt 590” Bauer gloves remained fairly unchanged despite updated graphics.