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With Swayman sick the Bruins welcomed Tuukka Rask back for practice 

Dustin Wolf got called up to Calgary tonight due to Markstrom's injured finger.  They wore their black uniforms and he was not wearing his matching glove that he's worn previously

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Would be cool to know why. 

One of my buddies is getting his helmet painted this week and he's sharing all the teaser pics with me.  His first custom piece of gear.  I'm being reminded of how giddy we get with that stuff.  Pretty neat.

He's gonna be the 4th goalie that I'm aware of in our league with a painted helmet from Jason Livery. 

3 hours ago, IpaddyTECH said:

Vaughn's SLR4's are certainly catching up to everybody else nicely, but I can't think of anything Vaughn has innovated. Maybe the carbon? But other brands have already had their versions of "extra stiff" foam for a while now. 

 

I'm most curious to see how they handle the relationship of stiffness and weight because for a long time, the only way to get Vaughn pads to be stiff was to end up with crazy heavy pads.  My V9's were spec'd to be Extra Stiff, I just kinda said "F it, why not."  And those things are so damn heavy.  Funny though, my reaction was "alright that's it, jumping to Bauer" and not "alright, that's it, jumping to SLR."

15 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

That's some top tier skating speed/ 

Yeah, talk about a pending car crash...

I also love that NYR announcer in the 2nd half of the audio.  He sounds like an old grandpa and I love it.

Got a good LOL outta this one.  Love the follow through action with his stick.

8 hours ago, WillyGrips13 said:

Alright, here you go.

Well Dave Art finally did something simple and I'm loving the +2 on the armpit hole.  Might have to try that next game. 

Are those Konect cleats?

Grubauer's Winter Classic setup, also, Warrior stick is new to him.  He's a Bauer guy. 

More mismatch for blocker-pads. 

14 minutes ago, ZeroGravitas said:

That's rad. What happens if you pay the $295 and you aren't selected?

Full refund, they say. 

We got an interesting email yesterday from our hockey league:

as players in the Kraken League, we were invited to register for an opportunity to play in 1 of 2 games on the Winter Classic rink at T-mobile Park.  Registration gets you in a pool from which they will randomly draw 15 skaters and 1 goalie per team for each game.  We have to pay $295 up front and if selected, we get a scrimmage with our team at the practice rink, our game at T-mobile, use of the MLB Visitors locker rooms, and an "event jersey."

Intriguing but  $$ oof $$.  I have to decide today.  Thinking I'm out since I'm already going to/paying for an outdoor tournament in January and I am trying to save up for new gear in 2024.

17 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Forgetting about his Howard V6 C/A already? 

Shame. 

Doesn't count as real gear if you can't see it on TV.

4 minutes ago, TheGoalNet said:

I want to try these... been trying to track down a demo

Woah, would that be your first time ever testing Vaughn?  Unprecedented.

I would watch.  I mean I always watch your videos, but that would be a treat to see you test Vaughn.

1 hour ago, MTH said:

He looks like a video game goalie.

100%

Brossoit is like the Adam Larsson of goalies.....just sayin'

A few more

On 12/3/2023 at 2:33 PM, keeperton said:

That is one beefy calf pillow!

The knee block too, looks swollen and super thick. 

1 hour ago, mik said:

Never had chance to watch him on practice or at game live. It is a long long time when I have been at live NHL game. I live in Europe .

Ah, ok.  I thought you lived in the Anaheim area.  There are 3 goalies on here that I know of who live around there.

14 hours ago, mik said:

Ducks need few more years to become competitive again and make the playoffs. Given Gibson´s age I don´t think he will make any big success here before his career is over.

As a Ducks fan, I watch him from his first days with Ducks (and still can´t forget 2014 playoffs, game 7 against Kings ). Sometimes his moves looks like from beer league goalie, but it obviously works .   

 

11 hours ago, keeperton said:

I feel like I see him use half-butterflies more than most of the league. He really does a lot of stuff to simply stop the puck that are more difficult to teach, definitely doesn't look like a robo-goalie that can sometimes occur from someone who is overcoached.

I can't find it now but years ago on here I said Gibson reminded me of a beer league goalie.  I do find it really interesting to watch him play and I think he's one of the most fun goalies to watch play. 

@mik do you ever get to watch him practice?

I love this picture so much.  It's now my wallpaper on my computer at work.  He looks like a pro wrestler taking a move, haha.  He absolutely crushed his gear color ways with those white jerseys.  Definitely in the running for Best Dressed Goalie in my book.

2 hours ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Dude hasn't asked for a trade. I wouldn't be surprised if he's fine making his 6.4 million a year to live almost anonymously in Anaheim.  

33 minutes ago, ThatCarGuy said:

I would definitely be ok with that 

Hell yeah.  $78k/game ain't too bad while living in weather most people think of as perfect.

Cool pic of Demko, picked as an early Vezina winner on NHL.com

1 hour ago, johncho said:

The more and more I look at it, I really think the Kraken design team did a great job in creating an identity.

For sure.  Even their local marketing and presentations in the arena are all on point, very watery and nautical.   The arena is very heavily covered in LED screens and it feels to me like an sci-fi aquarium.  It's really neat.

5 hours ago, Goalie 100 said:

Gibson must have finally run out of Premier 2 sticks he using the new CCM XF Pro

Good eye.  Man, I love Gibson. He's on my short list of "wasted" goalies on bad teams over the years, even though the Ducks are on a bit of a tear this season. 

Packing for a game tonight and discovered this little suprise.  Nothing to worry about for functionality right now but I'll see about getting it repaired by my seamster buddy at work. 

23 minutes ago, Lucky Pucker said:

Faaaawk! Those are beauts! I’m inclined to say I prefer the one on the right, but the one on the left beckons, too. Well done, my friend! 

Thanks pal.

Not to sound like a homer, I do resent this abomination after all

, but the Vegas Winter Classic theme is just such a miss for me. I think Seattle crushed it.

#77 and #78

Kraken and Golden Nights Winter Classic pucks

They came in these fancy little satchels.  Of note, these are the very first pucks in the collection that I have ever ordered online, which broadens my collecting ability by a million times. 

I'm not into buying jerseys so these will do. 

This thread was my best invention ever. The anti-derail thread, cuz you can't derail a derailed train.

2 minutes ago, ThatCarGuy said:

I have no idea how I got in on this as well but I'll take it. I try to keep my gear up to date and I guess that helps a good bit and playing a decently high level of hockey it's a very good test of just how well products hold up over time. My konekts and sticks are good examples...

You play real hockey, a.k.a. not-for-beer. 

Don't sell yourself short.   We love you.

12 minutes ago, Lucky Pucker said:

Well, now the QB has planted the seed of doubt… are they laughing WITH me, or AT me…?

meh - scoring points either way.

Also a good time to point out that the leaders in points, posts, and possibly ratio are CANADIAN. Just saying…

Joking aside, it’s people like you, @seagoal, @MTH, @Chenner29, @ThatCarGuy and a host of others that make this site work. @SaveByRichter35 too, back in the day. Miss that guy, hope he’s enjoying life.

Oh man, so many others.  That's always a risky move, calling out the good posters. Too many to name.

But yeah, this site is great.  I'm very grateful for it. We have a good mix of older vets and youngin' vets on here with a good influx of new regulars, too.