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BFD has been out for a long time, long before the Sparx came around.

What is it you want to know?

Honestly with the quality of low/mid tier offerings from companies like True, I don't see the need to even try any of these bargain brands. $120 is my absolute max budget for a stick these days, and preferably under $100. Plenty of bang for buck available out there.

Got the keys to our brand new house today!

Congrats! I'm in a similar boat. Promoted last week and received my first raise in almost a decade. I usually hop between jobs every other year or so and it's always been a "as long as I can make what I'm making now I'll take the new job". Do that enough times and you start to wonder why you never asked for more...

What a bummer. Oh well.

You know what’s the worst part about Washington winning the cup? It makes it feel like this season was just a big waste of time. Like, you’re telling me I waited 5 months and was glued to my TV for 6 hours almost every night for two months for THIS? Hoping Vegas can come back but it’s unlikely. Though no team has given up more 3-1 playoff series leads than Washington!

The companies now release different products at different times so releasing the full catalog is usuallly not possible anymore.

The first digit in my weight is a 1 for the first time in over 15 years.

We just got a new CIO and now we’re outsourcing most of our IT to a company in India. And of course if we don’t like that idea it’s because we aren’t being open minded enough and it’s our problem.

It's been made private because people kept reporting it. At one point it was invite-only but now its totally private. That said...

Pretty much. This is the first time these playoffs that they haven’t looked dominant. Hopefully they can sort themselves out quickly.

That was pretty back and forth and a bit sloppy by Vegas standards. They need to tighten that up. I think they got sucked into playing a chaotic Washington style too often. Fleury looked human so I'm sure he'll be better going forward. Loved seeing the timely goals. Every time Washington seemed to take over some of the momentum, Vegas snuffed it out almost immediately. It looked like the conference after the Wilson hit wasn't so much the blown call on the hit itself (it was so late that the refs likely weren't even watching that part of the ice anymore) as just whether anyone was able to determine how Perron ended up on the ice when he did. From the video replays it seemed like a legal line change (there was a player coming off), just a late one that could easily be argued was made just for him to get on the ice. Not sure why he tried to engage with Ovechkin though? The 4-on-4 outcome made no sense, but the long conference itself was justified. The pass on the GWG was unreal.

It’s in the email they sent out a couple days ago. Contact them if it’s not working.

I heard somebody say Washington in 4 and I was like.. wait... what? Come on. Unless Fleury completely collapses there’s just no way.

Doctor in November 2017: “You’re borderline for both diabetes and blood pressure. I could start you on medication now or I can give you 6 months to lose some weight” 6 months later: - weight down 55lbs - A1C 4.8% - Blood Pressure now 119/74 - Cholesterol down 28mg/dL

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Sparx doing 20% off this weekend. Seriously tempted to get the travel case I've been dreaming of...

Plenty of times I've poked a puck away but it doesn't make it out of the zone. Somebody just grabs it and throws it in the empty net. Lots of times I've come out to play it, threw it to the side boards or into the corner, and my D are either not there or don't both skating to it. If only I could figure out how to lift the puck I'd throw it off the glass.

I'm with you there. Just finding a skate that doesn't hurt to skate in is enough of a battle.

Yea, this one was pretty bad. Love the one D throwing muffins up into the slot multiple times in succession with absolutely zero power behind it. As for the poke... I just saw that he didn't have control and thought maybe I could get there, but hesitated. If it wasn't pickup I wouldn't haven risked that one.

That sounds brutal! You know about my medical history and it’s not much better, but definitely not the same thing. I wasn’t actually playing hockey yet when I had my surgery so recovery time wasn’t as big a deal. Whats the biggest barrier to your return? Pain? Potential of damage?

I would suggest that a skate made for your foot will always fit better than one that wasn't. The question is whether it's worth the extra cost to you. To add to that, a retail skate isn't made for your foot either. So what difference does it make if you buy a retail skate not made for your foot or a pro stock skate that was also not made for your foot?

http://blogs.sparxhockey.com/testing-edge-height-why-precision-matters

Haha welcome back!