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Shane Doan made your shin?

I feel like most modern shinguards have thinned out the inner padding so much lately. I had Super Tacks with the D30 or whatever it's called, it was great if you fell exactly on that spot but as we all know, you don't always fall square on the center of your knee. I took a few falls on the upper portion and bruised my knee pretty well since it's essentially thin padding behind the plastic shell. I have since picked up a pair of 8K pro stock shinguards with the thick liner and wow what a difference. The inner padding makes a huge difference and adds a ton more protection all around your knee while not adding much weight or bulk, no wonder so many pros still wear the old Jofa/RBK pads. Sure the d#0 stuff is great if you take a Shea Weber blast straight to the knee cap but for the most part that stuff just seems like marketing nonsense to me.

Pretty sure you're correct. If you look at the linked video, you can see it is basically a big U clamp around the heel and ankles. The facing and forefoot are not touched. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D2_dPZY3XH8c&ved=2ahUKEwjM4MGov9vlAhVEU98KHWGpCv8QwqsBMAN6BAgGEAc&usg=AOvVaw1DQyM2g8aZckrY_JK6952h

The 3D mold is going to mirror the shape of your foot, but not the combination of hard and softer structures, nor can it account for the sensitivities of various parts of your foot in respect to the pressure the skate is applying. And I echo the question, what is the point? A lot of conclusions or suggestions being thrown about based on questionable observations...

Then so should Kessel and Ovechkin. Different people and different playing styles use euipment to suite their needs. We are pretty far away from X weight =Y flex, or if you use a lighter flex you need to go to the gym.

Depending on how much you cut, your hand positioning may be causing as much of the issue as the flex. If you cut the top, and keep your hands the same distance apart, your bottom hand isn't in the same place anymore. The fulcrum has changed and you're not getting the same leverage on the stick. At 215 lbs, you should be able to use an 87 flex stick. For example, I recently cut my sticks by about 1/2" but I left my bottom in the same place it was, moving my hands closer together (I marked it with tape just to see). My shot is much harder now because I'm getting more flex and lever action. I can actually feel it.

I had what was thought to be the gold standard for knee protection - the Ultra Tacks with 3D0. That was until I landed on one knee so hard it destroyed several structures inside my knee, including the PCL, ACL, patellar tendon, and bruised my femur so badly that it took 6 months to go away. The doctor said that it looked like I had been in a high speed car accident. The problem with the Ultra Tacks is that the 3D0 pad is only in the front of the knee. I landed more to the side, where there was very little padding. So I switched to the Bauer 1S that has Poron XRD all the way around the knee. Plus the Curv shell makes it lighter and more protective. I honestly don't see how any shin pad on the market could be better than these? They're absolutely fantastic in every regard. As far as adding, you may want to look into G-form knee sleeves. They're low profile so they'll fit easily inside the shin guard and will provide really good impact protection (since the're just Proron XRD) and a little comfort as well. Bauer makes a version for goalies that is on clearance on IW that would be a good bet. The difference is that the padding is shifted to the inside where goalies would land on their knees. The G-Forms were on sale recently as well.

I don’t get the point of this thread. You’re upset that a) CCM won’t show you any details of their proprietary process and b) you’re upset about how perfect the skates are?

I usually cut off about 6 to 7 inches since I'm 5'6". I have to muscle most everything to avoid a flub: passes, wrist shots, snap shots, slap shots.

Did you use the same exact stick in 87 and 77 flex? I don't find massive differences between the two flexes if I go to the store and flex on some different ones in the same stick. I've found for sure though some brands have much stiffer profiles than others. The new Sherwood sticks play at least 10-15 flex higher than rated, compared to CCM & Bauer. I find flex profile matters a lot too - My old 85 flex RBZ felt way more stout during shots than my 85 flex DT4 and my QRL. There's no reason you need to go spend $300 to do an experiment. I've used 85 flex for a really long time but recently moved down to 77 and I'm never going back to 85. My shots are actually more powerful now than before and I haven't noticed any reduction in "quickness" of the release. I'm sure it's slower, but... we're talking tenths of a second I'm sure. Makes 0 difference to a guy like me playing weekend pick up and beer league.

There aren't any guarantees that it will feel exactly the same, but theoretically, yes. How much you need to drop depends on how much you cut off the stick. When you shorten the stick you lose leverage to flex it. So if you drop down in flex, it will make it easier to flex the stick with the given leverage you have with the current length. If you want to get down to the math of it. I did some research a while back and made a post about it.

Experiment with a cheaper stick.

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