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On 11/23/2023 at 2:28 PM, Snowman30 said:

Just heard a few hours ago that Andy Moog has been diagnosed with cancer. Don't know which one it is but very sad to hear. Thoughts are with him and his family in this tough time. Post below from Mike Vaughn. 

 

I was sad to see this.  I started watching hockey in the 90s when Moog was the goalie in Dallas.  He was my first favorite goalie ever. 

10 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

I've been using the same V1 Pro since July 2021. I have two M2 E's that I've been sitting on as backups for awhile now that I'm itching to use. 

Unfortunately, I'm having a hard time just not using the V1 until it literally dies on me. Which is soon, but not soon enough lol. 

I want that new composite snap back, but I can live for now. 

For sure, that's my experience as well.  I bought 3 V2s 2 years ago and have been cycling them playing 3 times a week pretty regularly.  I don't mind them at all given how noodley they are, I find that Warriors age well, in general.  But going to a brand new one just made me notice the difference.   I play the puck a lot, too, so it really stood out.

Answer: Yes, dummy.

No need to click that.  Oh the internets.

Man, I got to use my new stick last night and it made me realize how noodley mine had become.  That's one part of being a pro that has to be so damn nice is being able to never use noodley sticks.  I can't imagine needing new gear otherwise all too often, but sticks?  Absolutely.  It'd be so nice.

My buddy also gave me a Warrior 25 M......series? stick.  Unfortunately, it's in that Warrior mid/Quick curve which I hate.  Oh well.

Thanks buddy.  Yeah, I've been more proactive, for sure.  And a lot more people know about it and have taken it upon themselves to gift me pucks, which has been wonderful.  I was just telling my coworker that, unfortunately, after seeing that massive collection online from a dude who calls himself "The Puck King" and other puck collectors, it's taken on a whole new level of enthusiasm.  Kinda went from a guy who "has a puck collection" to a "puck collector." 

I'm gonna start working on getting alternate NHL logos, especially now that I don't need to worry about the "from the source" piece for like 27 of the teams.

Updated family photo

Confirmed 5 more inbound this week because I got a few USA Hockey pucks and a couple of team logo Winter Classic pucks.

Supposedly I have 2 Tampa Bay Lightning pucks inbound but no word yet on those.  Once I get one of those only Devils, Panthers, Hurricanes, and Sabres remain to close out the NHL-from-the-source piece of the collection. 

Here's a good look at the guts of a Mach glove

https://youtube.com/shorts/aeBYAlQ4HNI?si=8jn35sGEu1clF69x

Love this pic of Quickie

#74-75

Went to a little souvenir shop downtown with a friend 

Haha, saw this on Twitter:

NHL: No problem, let's go.  Promote it, show it off.

NHL: Too far.  Honors "a group." Fines incoming. 

6 minutes ago, southpawtendy48 said:

Fucking love Flower. The NHL sucks 

Haha, and it's being auctioned for charity

https://e.givesmart.com/events/zs4/i/_All/oEUv/

Fleury has worn the helmet with support from the Wild

4 hours ago, RedX said:

Bob’s been wearing this Purple Hockey Fights Cancer mask for the last couple games. 

1 hour ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Sneaky Bob

So, obviously the league has restrictions on art content.   I'm sure in their approval process they have a list of content areas that are not allowed, which makes sense and that's fine. 

But, there is obviously no mandate that art must be in team colors or even have team content.  There is clearly a type of "can not include_____________" restriction, but I'm pretty certain there are zero types of "must include_____________" mandates. 

So, are they including what is formerly allowed as "Theme Nights" on their restriction list?  

I wonder if Bobrovsky, Grubauer, etc. are being fined and they are just like "meh, ok."  Across the board NHL fines are a joke for millionaire players.  Grubauer makes like $78k / game so if he's fined like $2,000 he just says "Danke" and moves on. 

The whole situation is so strange. 

Found 2 RV2 Pro + in 25/TWT for 50% off Black Friday Sale so $144 each.  RV3 can suck it.  Pretty stoked. 

4 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

I didn't think the mask was that cool anyways, but, the decision to not allow him to wear it is retarded. 

Same thing for not allowing Thompson to wear the "fight cancer" helmet he had too. 

 

I thought Grubauer wore his in a game? The Kraken word mark in purple down his cheek??

Well this will be a not-Siting

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.yardbarker.com/nhl/articles/amp/agent_nhl_threatened_marc_andre_fleury_wild_with_significant_fine_over_indigenous_mask/s1_16958_39579609

#73

Spokane Chiefs 

A very thoughtful gift from folks we do Thanksgiving with every year.  Our neighbor's sister lives in Spokane 

Oh man.  Aspirations.....challenge accepted

2 hours ago, keeperton said:

I can't find one, though I swear I had one at one point. I've got a lot of stuff to still go through in my closet in my recent clean-out, so maybe it's in there somewhere.

Anyway, here's some other choice hockey memorabilia I dug up while looking for it. The stick is the '93-'94 Portland Winterhawks (featuring Scott Nichol, Brad Isbister, Lonny Bohonos, Adam Deadmarsh, Scott Langkow, and others). The Portland Buckaroos pucks are both made by the "Converse Rubber Company" which I think is just super cool. We used to have more mini-hockey sticks, but we broke quite a few playing with them over the years. I know for a fact I had a Saskatoon Blades stick and there was at least a Portland Winter Hawks stick (I think also Spokane Chiefs).

Man, that's a nice collection.  Thanks for posting it.  Pretty neat to see to old Winterhawks pucks.  I especially like the Oregon Ducks and PWH one beneath it, those are great. 

I love seeing these collections.....makes me wonder how many are in the larger collections out there?

Here's my up to date collection after the Winter Classic puck

2 hours ago, A.YOUNGoalie13 said:

Free agent special hard at work

Very nice, those Chicago pants are amazing.

Also this is frame-able, you look like a real goalie here

21 minutes ago, coopaloop1234 said:

Coop's looking good with his movements and his style. 

Seems to be following my footsteps well. 

My Youtube algorithm decided I need to see this coach's content and I'm very grateful for it.  I love this guy. If only I lived near Saskatchewan .

Live look-in at @coopaloop1234adoop 

20 minutes ago, motowngoalie said:

The guys in SDPN brought up a good point, this is kind of a shitty money grab by the Canes. Nothing like taking advantage of Hartford's misfortune and cashing in on an iconic logo that they killed. 

For sure.  I find it embarrassing to make them wear those pants nowadays too.

19 hours ago, Snowman30 said:

He got released from his try-out contract yesterday.  Hopefully he didn't order gear with red claw marks.

Another good overview here

https://youtu.be/ICNOOHAlC04?si=OAMZDqPi6PJSLnvU