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Saving energy mostly. Warmups for me is just tracking the puck.

Heh, I'll take shots in warmups until somebody decides to try to snipe top corner and then I'm out. I also don't go down at all in warmups. They don't get the whole concept of "shoot at my gloves".

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And if you can't absorb, make sure they either go out to the corners or out far enough that you have time to recover. I hear you though, I had a problem for a while with not being able to hang onto pucks to the chest area.

Yeah as opposed to the brutal NBC guys. The less time I have to listen to Doc Emrick screeching in my life the better.

I don't get what you're saying.

Cross-posted in the Show off your Goalie Gear thread :)

Do you have something against wearing a modern mask?

Seems like an easy decision to me ;) How does one manage to get hit in the jaw??

I'm still going strong on my original Mako Is, but I'm not very hard on them and only started wearing them again recently. It had been about 6 months of only playing goal until a few weeks ago. They're still in pretty good shape, with the exception of a tiny bit of rust around the rivets. Probably from the 1 or 2 times I didn't take the insoles out.

Mako 1? I've heard of that happening a few times in this thread.

That's what I always try to tell people... Superfeet aren't for arch support, they're for heel stabilization. And they do a damn good job of it.

Nope, it's wonderful! Could probably skate with no laces they wrap so well!

I don't get it. Why no?

If the increased depth of super feet is an issue, try putting them in without the red insole. I I did the opposite when I got mine. Tried taking out the red insole and using super feet but found that gave me way too much room in the skate. I probably could have just re-baked but decided to just leave the red insole in.

I used to have to do that and also wear super thin socks. They've definitely broken in though now, much easier to get on and I can wear whatever socks now. Unfortunately that also means the skate itself is a bit looser than it used to be. Hasn't been an issue though, still super comfortable. And then there's my VH where I have to use a shoe horn just to get the damn things on!

Skating on them wouldn't void the warranty anyway :)

Nice, @tedpenguins! Sounds like some pretty good progress! @badger_14 man I wish getting to the rink early meant extra ice time. They pack all the games in where I play so there's really no opportunity like that.

Mine has similar I think. I'll check once I'm home next weekend.

Sweet, NHL playoffs on my AppleTV while in a Georgia hotel. And even better, it’s the CBC stream so it's decent announcers!

I'd love to play softball. Unfortunately they don't accept individual sign ups here. You have to be part of a team already. I'm not sure how I'm supposed to manage that.

can you give us the TL;DR version? Heh

I think I'm just done with consulting. Time to find a local job. Having to miss my Sunday game for this nonsense (I work M-F by the way) is kind of the last straw for me.

To understand my current hell, imagine you're a plumber. A very good plumber. A fairly well respected plumber. Now imagine your plumber boss puts you in a room full of electricians, whom he has of course told that you are a master electrician, and you're asked to diagnose why the breaker panel they just installed isn't working correctly. Now imagine that your plumber boss suggests that you saying "I don't know how to do that" means you're not trying hard enough, and that you just need to "get involved" and "provide input". Now to finish it off, imagine you can't let the electricians know you don't even know what color wire does what for fear that they'll catch on, and your boss will lose the money that apparently matters more than your reputation or sanity.

No personal experience though I have two teammates in them. They're both very happy.