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My favorite feature on warrior pads has always been the nylon knee cradle. Rotates so much better than anything else, doesn't under rotate from your knee gripping too close to the back of the pad, and you never fall off the block because of the sling wrap knee. Now with companies moving towards a flat boot channel warrior is one of the few (so far) to keep it even if it is subtle which I love because it helps center my pads and allows less thigh rise interference. And with G6 the shin pillow makes the pad feel almost more connected than my EF5s. However I think I've said it here before but I have no idea where, at this point every manufacturer has a very very similar leg pad. In most cases the deciding factor is the glove and warrior is still one of the best. Judging by the fact is has a wrist strap I'm betting it's just normal 580 strapping.

Prostockhockey has Markstrom's Frankenstein glove. Looks like factory work to me https://www.prostockhockey.com/goalie-protective/goalie-gloves/regular-ccm-extreme-flex-6-white-glove-jacob-markstrom-calgary-flames-6/

Considering Smith opted for the default calf wrap options last season I'm betting thats going to be the standard. From my understanding a lot of guys found the 360 calf wrap restricting when worn tight I'm glad to see this calf wrap option is somewhere in between the previous long and short options. Short exposes the ankle and long is too restrictive with the rigid foam wraps. Watching video of smith playing, the new calf wrap moves a lot like a more traditional wrap that isn't only made of super rigid foams. Kind of disappointed to see the sling wrap straps go because they had the perfect amount of stretch to be worn super tight without being uncomfortable

But HL2 didn't and from the sound of it Shadow won't either

I've tried both and always felt more comfortable in gnetik. Can't catch anything with a 600 and love 590s. Guys like Hart switched from a true 600 to an Optik series glove. I've also never felt an Optik series glove that isn't a pinch closure

I think he's specifically the goalie rep though. I'm sure guys like Pavelski have someone specific to go to and that's my guess where the neck guard came from

I believe you're correct it does use the same foams as the mask which are very temperature dependent. Either way, the stars warrior rep has some explaining to do

Sweet then I won't have to add my own like I did on my G6s

Iconik is 590 and optik 3 is 600 as far as feel goes. Most pros use 600 style gloves (optik, supreme, SLR) because they work better with larger hands and tend to take up more net

A better look at the G7 calf wrap The large pillow was Jeremy Smith's own addition on G6 and will probably not be stock on G7 Sounds like no adjustable pinky or thumb loops again sadly

An X4 Pro neck guard has found its way to the top I guess this makes sense considering Oettinger was using a maltese/ecopro for a long time

I've always used magic erasers. Usually with water but lectric shave is preferred. I've been trying to find something cheaper for awhile now and haven't had much luck

Too bad none of the pieces match in that set

Very very similar to a traditional 590 (pointer to mid thumb) but I've struggled to get comfortable with it. The glove constantly slides off my hand and the lack of traditional thumb and pinky loops only makes that worse.

I think it's just one of their display sets since they have Giguere embroidery

But how many other gloves have you used

The HL2 glove is one of the main reasons I stopped using my set entirely. Just using my G6 set for this year

Woah that's actually a pretty big difference. Can't imagine that helps the feel of the glove but who knows maybe its better

Same here. In the past few years I've gone down 2 sizes in leg pads and a size smaller in chest protectors. That said I'll probably go up to a 32+2 or 32+2.5 and just get a softer pad. 32+1.5 is a little too short in the thigh rise and the warrior stock pad stiffness is too stiff for my taste. Going to switch to medium/medium stiffness. In addition to sizing up my leg pads I've been thinking about going back to warrior pants since they're as wide as ccm but have the side cutout for less interference

I could be mistaken but I think this was one of their earliest attempts at printing. And it's probably also the reason they don't do much printing on speedskin anymore lol

Warrior retail pants are not NHL legal. However, there are some legal pairs floating around on prostockhockey.com and such

The Bauer 940 is a phenomenal helmet that comes in at $400. If that doesn't fit quite right warrior has the F2 E+ and F1 Sr+

Thank god that doesn't have the video. Almost didn't get on the ice today after seeing that

And with a nice little touch I've only seen on his bauer sets. The graphic continues on the toe binding

Currently in CCM Pro but I miss my SLR3 pants. If they're too small after this season I may look at going back to warrior pants.