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I debated it, but decided in the situation I wanted to make sure I was comfortable and not fighting unfamiliar gear. I'll be wearing it next Tuesday for sure.

I LOL'd pretty hard.

Well, here it is. My return to the crease. Just a pickup, though. Went surprisingly well. My legs and ankles aren't anywhere near strong enough still so it was pretty painful to get up. But otherwise, not too bad. Funny thing is, a guy asked why I bought NYR pants. "Because they match?" caused him to give me a funny look. He must not know very many goalies ;)

I'm at the point where I don't even care who wins; but it will be team NA that I'll be watching.

Well respected? Come on, now. Isn't "superb product" contradicted by "had QC issues"?

Had all my gear on for the first time since a broken ankle 4 months ago. Took warm-ups with my team, then sat on the bench for the game. We ended up winning 6-0. It was just amazing being out there again after such a long time being off. Probably the first D5 beer league team to have a backup goalie on the bench...LOL.

Took warmups with my team on Sunday. Did some laps, some stretching, took about 10-15 shots and then sat on the bench. Man, it was nice being out there again. It was totally fine except that when I’d butterfly, I totally underestimated the amount of weight you actually put on the inside of the foot, specifically up near the toe area, while in that position. That made getting up really hard because my other leg is not yet strong enough to get a very good push, so I end up also shoving on my "back" foot a bit to stand. I used to do this a lot when I first started also, before I built up my leg muscles a bit. When I go to stretch I usually do my laps, then get to just inside the blue line on the players bench side, stop down to about 5% speed, then butterfly and slide the rest of the way. No real reason, that's just how I do it. Apparently I let out a loud enough "ARGH!" for a couple guys to stop and check on me. So, that sucked. But honestly, unless I'm just going to sit at home in that position (which I suppose is something I should try) I'm not really sure of the best way to help with that besides just doing it. I didn't wear any kind of brace, though. With that said, I'm playing a pickup tonight. I had absolutely no problem skating or even stopping hard on that leg. So I figure AT WORST, I just play like a 1950s stand-up style goalie if it's too much. And since it's a pickup, it doesn't matter (it's not like I'm letting my team down). I'm thinking next weekend I'm going to do the same thing, doing warmups with my team. Maybe...MAYBE... play a period. If we're either up or down by a lot in the 3rd then I may go in. My planned return to the crease in a league game is still Oct 2nd. But man, it felt amazing to be back out there!

I'm taking warmup with my team sunday. Full gear, do some laps, stretch a bit, take a couple shots, and then sit on the bench for the game. I've signed up for a pickup on Tuesday, but I'll have to decide Monday if I'm going to cancel that or not. I figure at worst I can just kind of stand there playing a stand-up style like it was 1956 again. I may cancel it anyway and just give it another week. We'll see how Sunday goes.

It wasn't clear to me, so I'm glad it was pointed out by @flip12 Yes you are right about the price drops but there is definitely a number of people stockpiling them, who wouldn't be doing so if there was anything new on the horizon that would be a similar fit.

Gotcha. Yea, its a pretty short-lived holder. And yes, lots of posts in this thread about people moving to bauer holders without issue. I considered swapping mine just to eliminate the pitch change.

You're much more likely to find step steel for CXN. Which is fine since it's better quality steel anyway. What do you mean CXN has not been produced for a very long time? The MakoII and its lower models isn't that old. If there was any indication of any new skates dropping that fit anything like the Mako, people wouldn't be stockpiling them like they are. They're selling like crazy and sold out of the most common sizes almost everywhere because there's nothing on the horizon that comes even close without going custom.

Sorry, your post just made it sound like they might not be as moldable as people say.

The Mako is an extremely thermomoldable skate. More so than just about everything except maybe VH. I may not have gotten as soft as some people expected but it was definitely extremely soft and pliable. "play-doh" isn't too far off a description of how the Makos get when heated correctly.

Well... just signed up for pickup next Tuesday. I'm terrified :) Also just registered for USA Hockey so I can take warm-ups with my team on Sunday. I figure I'll get out there, do some laps, stretch out, maybe a couple shots, and then hand the net over to the other goalie and just sit on the bench for the game. If that doesn't go well, I'll just cancel for Tuesday, no big deal.

It was a joke. Graf is dead. Apparently trying to revive themselves (see thread on the topic). That's why I made the joke. Never mind.

Maybe Graf could buy the rights to them... Okay, maybe not.

NHL.tv works great. Used it all last season. Of course, if you're watching your local team you can expect most games to be blacked out. That's relatively trivial to bypass, though. Otherwise I stick with the Reddit page. Most of the streams can easily be sent to your TV device via AirPlay (or whatever similar tech android stuff uses). Or just connect an HDMI cable to your laptop.

My doctor told me that the plate usually makes the recovery quicker because it's all being held together. He said mine wasn't displaced so I probably didn't need surgery but that he'd do it if I wanted to. I opted to skip it. Anyway, I actually forgot my warfarin pill on Saturday night so I just said screw it since I was going to be finished today anyway. So, it should be nearly all out of my system at this point (3-4 days they said). Hooray!!! I need to get out to skate some more this week. The public skate times kind of suck though.

Me too. This position sucks badly when your feet hurt.

Yes they are. It wasn't just the first time I'd seen it being done.

Having a glove you like, that fits well, is protective yet comfortable, and you have full confidence in is the most important. I'd go leg pads next though. For the most part a blocker is a blocker.

As much as it slowed my progress by not having it, I'm kind of happy I didn't have surgery based on the posts by you two, and others in this thread. It took me over a month longer than expected to actually get to where I am now, but at least I should have no issue with skating going forward. At least, once I build up the strength in BOTH legs/feet again so they aren't tired after 15 minutes. I can now balance on that foot, which obviously requires a lot of work in the foot to maintain the stabilization. It hasn't been painful to put full weight on it in a couple weeks, but it was still difficult to balance. I sure couldn't do that even a week ago, though. And now I'm working up the strength to stand on my toes on just my bad foot. It's difficult and I don't get really high, but I couldn't move it AT ALL at the last PT appointment. Week to week it's amazing to see the improvement. This weekend, I'm planning on bringing my gear, suiting up, and taking warmups. Then just sitting on the bench for the game. I figure it's a good way to see where I'm at without throwing myself into game action. I also plan to try to join in with my old pickup group next Tuesday. We'll see how the skating at public sessions goes this week.

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Also fair.

They may be innovative, but I still don't like them.