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Not a fan either. Nice to see them putting their brand on them now, though!

Likely just decided to go tuuk.

What's with the blue on the tendon guard? Was that a request?

Totally agree. Playing low divisions is really frustrating! That said... I play against one guy who takes super hard slapshots that have a tendency to drop sharply at the last second. Really have to concentrate on those!

What kind of specs are you looking for? Price?

Nope, mine remain consistent. I check probably every other time (any time I'm not in a rush).

I really want to try on the 310. The resistance was by far the most comfortable helmet I'd ever put on and if these new models are even close to feeling like that I'd be a very happy camper. Though still debating whether I'll ever be skating out again...

Honestly, I find them to be kind of heavy compared to the big two brands. I don't have numbers to back that up, I just know that when I pick up a pair of CCM or Bauer skates I'm shocked by how light they feel. That said, they fit so damn well I don't even notice.

Yea a friend of mine bought a ton of it back when it wasn't worth anything. Lucky bastard.

No.

Well, with the exception of the last goal against that was absolutely brutal (but hey, it made things exciting!) this was one of my better games. Square making easy saves easily, and scrambling when I needed to. Shutting the door with 1.1 seconds left was a huge highlight for me. Now we're off to the finals to go for our 4th straight championship title.

That's pretty bad.

You explained my point much better than I was able to. If you're going to keep the name that has a negative connotation to it, then you have to accept that you have an uphill climb ahead of you. Hopefully they change opinions quickly and manage to stick around.

No special coupons HOWEVER current owners should be able to give you a referral code for $25 off.

It's not a competition.

I agree completely!

I know.

Did you buy them all or...?

As much as I've always argued against the "only domestically made products can be of high quality" suggestion, that doesn't help them in their battle against their reputation.

This sucks :(

Understatement of the year! I'm going to see if a couple of my teammates would hit a stick time with me, if I can find time to get to one myself.

While we're on the topic of confidence and frustration, here's last nights game. I thought it was going to be one of "those nights" after the first period. It wasn't pretty by me or my defencemen but if I'd made a save in there it would have been a different story. Ended up winning 5-4, though the other team kind of got robbed in the last 30 seconds by the refs.

I'm trying to be realistic, but that's where I'm struggling. I'm happy with being a good D5 goalie. I won't ever be playing in D4 or higher so that doesn't really matter to me. And I think that's actually part of the issue with the current confidence level. I think I've mentioned it before... I'm not used to doing things I'm not good at. Rarely GREAT at, but pretty much always good at. So that makes things even more frustrating. Hills sent me some IMs yesterday of things to try so I need to get on that. What I really need is to find a stick time session that I can get into with my gear and a gopro. I totally agree with you though that playing at lower levels is awful. I used to play in a rookie league of beginners and THAT can make you look foolish pretty easily. Like, PLEASE just shoot the puck hard so I can make an easy save... lol.

So I'm going to need to re-read this a couple times (when I'm actually not at work) to digest it all, however I do have one question on the quoted bit. Can you clarify what you mean? I'm having a hard time visualizing.