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IPv6Freely

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  1. IPv6Freely
    Really? Ouch. That's pretty hard to justify.
  2. IPv6Freely
    Just really really suck at this. 15 goals in two games followed by a 1.5 hour pickup where I made maybe 5 saves.
  3. IPv6Freely
    I give up.
  4. IPv6Freely
    Fantastic looking skates.
  5. IPv6Freely
    Fantastic looking skates.
  6. IPv6Freely
    Great to hear, and welcome to the board!
  7. IPv6Freely
    I paid $499 plus shipping. I think retail is $599. First sharpenings seem good, will find out how they are tonight. The nice thing is that JR was the one who did my goalie skates for me a few weeks ago and they haven't been sharpened since, so I have a good baseline to compare to after 10 or so sharpenings (will check edge evenness, etc). SUPER easy to use though. Could not be happier with that aspect. Had two pairs done in the first 30 minutes after I opened the box.
  8. IPv6Freely
    Perfect, thanks!!
  9. IPv6Freely
    I'd wait too, if nothing else because of the constant innovation and design tweaking these things get. When I got mine, they looked nothing like a model only 6-8 months older!
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  11. IPv6Freely
    Is the TC4 a replacement to the TC3, or in addition to? Just so I know for the future.
  12. IPv6Freely
    Another stinker. Lost 7-2. Other goalie had a 7-0 shutout going until the last 5 mins or so. I just don't know what to do at this point. I don't feel like I'm doing anything different, they just all seem to go in. I've had 5-6 goals in the last two games that went between the torso and the arm. I'm starting to wonder if my confidence has gone so far into the crapper that instead of squeezing like I should be, I'm leaving my hands out trying to be as wide as I can to try to stop a deflection that never ends up happening. I don't know. It used to be that shots from the point made me happy because they meant easy saves. Now, I have no idea anymore. The first goal... well... that sucked. Shouldn't have turned my head. I was fine, I just needed a minute to let the ringing go down a bit.
  13. IPv6Freely
    So there's no dashers in your rink??
  14. IPv6Freely
    No there's not much they can do about weight.
  15. IPv6Freely
    You can't really make skates lighter. I agree my VH are pretty heavy compared to my old Bauer Reactors as well. I don't notice it at all on the ice though and wouldn't hesitate to buy another pair. In fact, it's about time to replace my original Makos. Hopefully they can do Ladd's color scheme for me :)
  16. IPv6Freely
    Yea it really all depends on the skater. For me, the 3rd from the top is where I start going tighter, so the 4th from the top is where I'll want the locks. I'm also putting mine on goal skates where it's obviously a very different stride.
  17. IPv6Freely
    Thanks guys, will order some now.
  18. IPv6Freely
    What length are the screws? The screws that came with the lace locks aren't long enough, neither are the short helmet screws that came in the CCM screw/post kits.
  19. IPv6Freely
    It's been a month and a half since I played pickup. What a workout. My legs and feet were killing me by the end. It's so much more intense than games because there's no whistles or intermissions. I didn't play as well as I'd have liked (especially during the last 30 minutes, which I didn't get because I didn't have my GoPro charged and the battery died) but I was working on a couple specific things. First, coming out much farther to challenge shooters and second, trying to be more patient, not biting on the first move and getting beaten. Regardless, it was nice to be back.
  20. IPv6Freely
    Whoops, I thought I was looking at the Gear Sightings thread and once again playing the "guess what they're actually talking about" game. My mistake.
  21. IPv6Freely
    What are we looking at?
  22. IPv6Freely
    Ah, that one. Yea I was actually expecting a penalty for that. Ref was looking at the flying elbow though, I guess.
  23. IPv6Freely
    You mean at 3:03? I barely touched him. Paint color is irrelevant if they're in your way. He seemed a lot more in the way at the time than he apparently was.
  24. IPv6Freely
    No, why?
  25. IPv6Freely
    Okay... here's the real one. Probably should have just thrown away the footage, but the entire point of these is for me to see what I do wrong, and there was plenty of it in this game. A couple of those goals were easily save-able. The first goal I had no idea it even went in (nobody else seemed to, either). The second one was an easy routine blocker save that I just missed completely. Then a couple under the arm that I didn't squeeze hard enough on. We weren't good at all. I was lousy, our passing was crap, and I'm not sure we had a single rebound the entire game. Their goalie earned his shutout, but we definitely helped him by making it pretty easy on him. Bad team game all-around. These guys definitely had some extra motivation after I called them douchebags in the video description the last time I played them. They called me out for that in the comments, and they were right... it was unfair to paint them all with the same brush. I apologized and modified the description, but I'm sure they're still pretty unhappy with me. So... this was their retribution, as self-inflicted as it may have actually been. Running up the score a bit and taking head high slap shots with the game in hand is something I pretty much expected. I did it to myself. Hopefully it's like a guy getting beaned in baseball. You made your point, let's move on. After all, the point of beer league is to enjoy the skate and enjoy the beer even more!
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