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I havent even considered the marsblade because its plastic. I want something i can play and practice in. I remember the plasic frames of the early 90s and dont want to revisit it even for nostalgia sake. Was hoping fizix or whatever it is called now would have the metal set out. But it appears at this rate that wont happen in my life time. So it is straight 80 alkali frames that just got put on my nexus 8000.

New Nash Sniper tongues on my MX3s. Took about an hour to install if you're familiar with a SpeedyStitcher/sewing awl.

Mike Green would probably give you an arm and a leg for those lol

As some of you know, my wife is battling breast cancer. She decided that she wanted to play hockey a couple of months ago and has been playing since last month. She wanted a pink stick, and so the fine gentlemen at Warrior did these up for her. Thanks to Keith and Doug!

Those Franchises are MINT! All the Maine ones I've seen on Sidelineswap before were beat to hell.

Christmas glove haul: TML pro stock True WSH pro stock True DET pro stock True Some custom Maine color Franchises I got off SidelineSwap

Tried these out. Post bake fit amazing around the heel and ankle, it just feels like there's foam all around your foot, its really comfortable. Unfortunately the toe cap and the forefoot is actually fairly wide and has more volume, my foot was just swimming in there. Had to swap them out for Jetspeeds, which looks like it has a narrower toecap and less volume in the forefoot. Its kind of a weird fit between the two lines, neither is really specifically a narrow or wide fit. Ribcor is a tight heel, wide forefoot and toecap and more volume in the front, Jetspeed is a wider heel, but narrower forefoot and toecap and less volume upfront. These are just my observations. I'm coming off of Graf 703 wide boot, so low volume narrow boot with a tight heel. Ribcor was supposed to be the ticket, but Jetspeed turned out to fit a lot better.

Finally got my hands on a Isles shell. Brand new CCM. Can’t wait to get on the ice with it.

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Today is a special day in my life. Two years ago today I received the gift of life. I had a living donor liver transplant. I have been blessed to be able to enjoy the things a lot of people may take for granted. You always hear people who come close to death and say it changes there life, but you really can't describe what it's like. My wife will sometimes tell me things from when I was very sick in the months before my transplant. My doctors told her that I may not make it and to be prepared to talk to my daughter. In May of 07 I couldn't focus enough to dial a phone or read. At the time I never really realized how sick I was, but when hearing stuff like that I now know how lucky I am. In the last couple of years I try to enjoy the little things that I may not have normally. I remember taking my daughter to her first movie. I remember playing with my daughter and running for the first time. And then being so exhausted that I couldn't imagine how I was going to be able to play hockey again. I returned to work about five months after my transplant. Then six months and three days after the surgery I got back on the ice. I can still remember the ride to the rink, getting dressed, and skating that first lap around the ice. When I walked into the locker room that night there was a guy that I had skated with for five or six years in my pickup group. He says to me "Where the hell have you been?" I told him a had a liver transplant and he says "That's it?". It still makes me laugh when I think about it. As much as I missed playing hockey it was the friends I skate with that I missed the most. Whenever I have a bad day or I am bummed about something I try and take a deep breath and remember that I shouldn't even be here.