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Max27

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  1. hyperlite* but I think those are ultrasonic pads. cant speak on gloves. but the vapor line wont have the stabilslide knee block
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    New Team, Old Gear

    cant speak on other goalies but Lehner I know tried a few sticks at the start of the 18-19 isles season, he had a warrior foamcore, than a cr1, than a v1 i believe, then used a cr2 , and stuck with it for the entirety of the year. I asked a goalie monkey rep about it, and he bought the remaining stock of CR2s in Blue, with the Bishop curve, and a 25 inch paddle. He got a bunch of different custom sticks during his hawks tenure, so i assume he just wanted to use his oddly beloved cr2s till he didnt have any more.
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    Lefevre going solo

    ahh gotcha. I figured since they said it was similar to speedskin but not quite it was more specifically designed for them. I havent followed Brians super closely honestly, but if i was to leave warrior (which i wont @Kirk3190 ) I would totally get Gnetiks. The Primo seriously impressed me when I checked them out on the gnetik ivs and optiks in person. Could totally see them being the best sliding pad on the market even if that can be more subjective.
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    Lefevre going solo

    could it also be that they've only figured how to make fast glide in white so far? assuming that due to it still being a relatively new material still to the production lines, it could be only producible in white. Likely, you're right though, it costs a fortune to get the materials for pads, Lefevre can't afford that at from an investment standpoint right now, they would lose thousands of dollars from how big a surplus of colored fast glide coated jenpro rolls/sheets they end up having. Primo/Opti Slide was also offered in Black, White, and Grey the first year they had it, which was the Optik1s first year in the release cycle. I remember @TheGoalNet was able to get it in red on his old o1s before they stopped offering it at the time. I'm pretty sure during the gnetik 4s first year, they expanded it to the current color selection. Brians is naturally far more established than Lefevre currently is though, and could afford to have a surplus if they even were to end up having it. But, Primo was also sought after by Brians retail customers a lot, which led to the color expansion. It was also only offered out of high demand, and was expanded because of further demand, so they would probably have a very easy time making back the investment, whereas Fastglide is a new material Lefevre has promoted, and Speedskin back when they were partnered with CCM was a promoted material by them, not as much a demanded one like Primo/Opti Slide was.
  5. nicee, hopefully covid doesn't ruin that. I've seen that hockey's been labeled as a superspreader, same w all the other indoor sports. who yall playing?
  6. Max27

    New Team, Old Gear

    Lehner used his Isles sticks for a little while he was on Chicago
  7. Weve been practicing once a week for high school hockey since September. I've heard that all school sports are expected to start around January-ish as far as actually playing in games go, but nothing is set in stone still and there is no schedule outside of practices currently. With cases rising around me recently, I really hope they can still make it work that we practice and eventually get a game schedule.
  8. As long as the lace doesnt get further undone from there, I couldn't imagine it being a large issue
  9. awesome stuff! Kids got a huge future for sure!!
  10. the toe shape isnt the most important part of the stick in any regard lol
  11. I can't really tell a difference tbh. i've used both and have not been able to tell much of a difference myself i've seen people say the square toe lines up better on the board when stopping dump ins but that's such a small amount of space youre talking at that point, i'd put that more on your technique than stick. some say the round toes easier to handle the puck with but imo it's more about the feel of the stick rather than the build if that makes sense. ive used round toe before (fav stick prior to my current warrior m1 was my ccm p2.9) and it handled the puck great, as does my current fav warrior m1. i feel like small things like that become more of a placebo and people kinda forcing the idea that ones better than the other. some people swear by square toe and some swear by round toe. Im not a big puckhandler, but I can handle it fine as a whole in pretty much anything. but imo the square/round toe is prob the least important part of the stick. id put weight, flex/stiffness profile, the shoulders of the paddle fitting your style well (sloped, trigger grip, etc), and the stick fitting you in the butterfly well as more important factors towards both coverage and puck handling abilities.
  12. heres a pair of mike hutchisons pro returns, not too worn. look to be in good shape https://sidelineswap.com/gear/hockey/goalie/goalie-gloves-blockers/1236397-ccm-hutchison-pro-return-extreme-flex-pro-4-glove-set
  13. not sure about the epic but the v7 is listed as a 45-50 degree break.
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    Lefevre going solo

    I think it might force Lefevre away from their small business Canadian made only mindset that they've adopted since the divorce between them and ccm. I don't think the canadian gear is outstanding by any means, but the bars pretty low w the build of the chinese made CCM gear from recent years, so it may just look better by default. I was impressed by the Lefevre stuff I saw in person, though.
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    Lefevre going solo

    their retail gears been crappy build wise but thats the overseas made gear. The canadian made pads and gloves I have seen have had great quality. The L12.1 pads i saw in store felt and looked so much better built than the overseas built eflex 4s. Same with the gloves.
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    Lefevre going solo

    Lefevre has a more respected name in my opinion than True does in my opinion. Not a surprise granted the legacy carried by Lefevre, but they definitely both help each other. I don't understand this duo though from a manufacturing standpoint. Lefevres all about old school, hand making their gear and making anything to leave the shop perfect. Trues turned to more of a mass production and over the years has put less and less emphasis on the quality and craftsmanship of their skates and sticks. I cant speak on the durability from a first hand standpoint but I have seen countless true skates falling apart very quickly on people and their sticks have had infamously bad durability for people who I have seen use them. With how much emphasis Lefevre puts on perfection, how they praise themselves on being a small, closed off group of workers who care about quality first, I wonder if that will be put to the side more, or if the mass production running True uses will. It will inevitably from how I see it be their biggest conflict of interest. In my opinion, True is more "in it for the money" than Lefevre is. That being said, theyre 2 big name companies. They're going to boost each other up a lot. True gains a historic goalie name w tons of attached and inherent success and Lefevre is now under a progressive company on the rise that'll bring them closer to "true" modernity and innovation, something they are against and oppose in their gear designs in a lot of ways.
  17. picked up a jamie phillips 580 clone off sideline swap the other day. Nothing will dethroe my warrior gt2 but it feels pretty nice.
  18. @SaveByRichter35 have you heard anything about rinks on LI re opening?
  19. i used to play ball hockey in my supreme pants and they work great. theyre very streamlined especially the lower models so you can move great and the protection is still solid.
  20. Honestly the axis seems like a huge step foward for ccm in every category minus graphics. older eflex and premiers had mucch better graphics than axis
  21. g4 seniors are at 560 rn on goaliemonkey. great deal on very much pro level pads
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    Warrior G5

    g5s are temptinggggggg. @Kirk3190 will stores ever stock warrior with shorter thigh rises? if i was to order custom id honestly drop down to a 36 + .5 over my current 36 1.5 g4s.
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