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My son Logan's picture was featured on the AHL's Instagram page. Pic was taken while we were tail gating and selling shirts to support the JDRF. https://instagram.com/p/2jK9NVr_M4/

I would pass on the CA5s. We changed numerous things after the CA line and it made a huge difference in the skates. However, $80 is basically the cost of the wheels at retail.

Try a 18-20mm and a medium channel. Wider channel is more grip. I suggest keep the channel the same and adjust the hollow.

Not sure yet, playing for letsgokings.com lower 1/3 division! Lol just bought a few pucks from IW last night!

If they are having a big sale going on I would try and see what kinds of deals you can get. A local place near me does a clear out each year and some of the deals they have are great and some just so so. Also there is nothing wrong with going into the shop and have them fit you for pad. Tell them you are looking at all brands and have them size you that way when your looking on CL or ebay you know what size to grab and wont have to worry about it.

I'm 28 and 5'6". The more I play the more I realize the 30's are just a hair too small for me - I could probably go with 31 or 32, depending on the maker. I got my pads at Play It Again Sports when I was still playing just ball hockey, so they weren't really sized so much as 'what feels like it fits reasonably well'. At the time there was also a pair of 32" reebok ... revoke? I think, but they felt too clumsy. By squishy I do mean soft. They flex well and I don't have any problems with the impact of pucks. The landing gear is a bit thin and I do get nailed right above the knee rather often. I think there's a picture of me somewhere in this thread with my pads on. I can't really afford anything right now, I mean, I don't think I can even spare the money to get knee pads, but it's nice to look. The local chain's goalie expo just happened to be coming up. I look at craigslist now and then but half of what's on CL is like ... 26" munchkin pads and half is 37" tree pads. (who the heck wears 37+2 pads, Groot? Chewbacca? Jeez.)

Did you have yourself sized to fit a 30? When I went back to playing goalie a few years ago the new pad sizing mess me all up 34 +2 or +1 was the hardest thing to figure out until I got sized to the correct pad. If by squishy you mean soft I would look at a bit higher pad then the 2k. Price is always the fun part of the game trying to figure out how much is too much

I wear nothing but the Nike or Under Armour compression. I have a bunch of it from over the years and there is no way I will spend money on hockey specific stuff when what I have been wearing works the same.

I just saw this insert review by hockey tutorial and he does say something about foot injuries.

You and me both! What division are you in?

Get your knees bent more and your feet wider to keep your butt down and back more straight. You look like you are leaning past your toes which will put you off balance and limit your range of motion. Also, your glove doesn't need to be any higher. It's in the right place based on the aerial angle of the puck. But, you do need to get your hand square to the puck and have your fingers either pointed out or up. It looks like they are pointing down in the picture which means that any puck shot towards the bar will miss your glove since the line would be almost parallel.

New grandson. He is a good MN boy one day old. Cute , fast, will shoot well. Dad, mom, and Grandpa are proud.