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    51 minutes ago, Nicholas G said:

    No one cares about goalies...... kidding. 

    Not sure. 

    LOL

    I took a hard shot off my foot with the cowling-free skate which led me to hastily take off the old holder and install a Vaughn cowling.  I have enough steel for a few years. I will end up making my new cowls (to go under the new holder) because I just don’t trust the boot to protect me. But the boot fits me WONDERFULLY, so I make allowances.

    But a better executed quick removal runner is great. 

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    1 hour ago, oldtrainerguy28 said:

    Actually thoughts you were trying to be funny about the snake oil till I read all about bikes and cleat alignmenton.  

     

    Wow that's crazy!!!

    And I hope you did not take it as me calling it snake oil AT ALL.

     I had wondered how long it was going to take to work with biomechanics on skates. It had to be there. 

    When getting fitted on my bike, incremental differences resulted in wattage gains. 

    If I skated out, you had BETTER BELIEVE that I would get a skate fitting from you. I believe in proper biomechanical alignment 100%.

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    1 hour ago, smcgreg said:

    Just a wee bit more complicated aligning skates vs cleats on bikes though.  Just sayin'.

    No- I won’t disagree with that statement AT ALL. But the concepts are equally important.

    I had a $1000 fitting that was considerably more complicated than what 9/10 shoppes could carry out with an old, dusty fit kit. Keep in mind that I was trying to make my daily bread with the cycling part of duathlon and triathlon. They measured VO2 max, wattage with subtle position changes, and tweaking my position in the Texas A&M wind tunnel. So I would say my fitting was a bit more involved than my bike on a wind trainer and the guy fumbling through the dusty fit kit.

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    Frankly, I am surprised it took as long as it has for this to happen. In the worlds of road and track cycling, cleat alignment and fitting to biomechanics has been going on for a very, very long time. 

    Good on them for finally doing something. No, this does not even hint at being snake oil.

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    1 hour ago, flip12 said:

    It could be easier if you take out the insole and measure its length. Graf has a chart on their homepage that shows their sizing in UK, European, and cm. Also, if it’s a Graf insole, it could potentially have a size stamped on the bottom of the insole, as they often mark that. Another place to look is on the outsole.

    That actually makes a HELL of a lot of sense. Some insoles are two to four size ranges (i.e. 7-8 or even 9, counting the half sizes), but you would get a general idea. At least you’d narrow it to a small range.

    In that vein, if you have the insole (OP may not have it), you could measure the insole with a brannock devise. It would most likely be slightly larger, but again- ballparking it, so to speak.

    Depending on the age of the skate, you may or may not have it on the outsole, but it may be on the INSIDE of the outsole. 

     

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    More play in goal post-op. Getting a bit of my stamina back, though penalty shots in stick and puck are particularly exhausting. Even lopsided play in your own end in goal or half-ice, single goalie play is not quite as exhausting as penalty shot after penalty shot after penalty shot. In the end, I am still having to keep in mind that I have had THREE major surgeries in eleven months and I am only three months post op. So I need to keep this in mind.

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    11 minutes ago, BenBreeg said:

    It was one of those circumstances that his time was over.  The last two years he put up lots of points but was a massive minus.  When Pens won the cup he put up fewer points but was actually a plus player.  You don't get him for his defense but there is a line.  Add to that Malkin's performance lately, the exit of other players who were key players in the Cup runs, his alleged friction with Sullivan, and it was just time.  You can't just keep the exact same team forever and expect to keep winning.  I think it was just the end of this cycle and they have to set themselves up for this last act in the Crosby/Malkin era.

    All good things must come to an end is the gist of it, especially when it isn’t good anymore. Great chemistry rarely is permanent in ANY workplace, ESPECIALLY in pro sports. 

  9. Posted · Edited by bunnyman666 · Report reply

    The only thing I can say about Graf sizing is that I always went 1/2 size up and went to a wide width in my experience compared to other brands. I was always a 7.5D (normal width) in CCM and Bauer, but am an 8W in a Graf. This may only be in their Asian skate (as my current experience is with  4500 and 5500 goal skates).

    Sorry I can’t decipher the rest.

     

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    Kessel is such a likable player who is the most unaverage “average” guy. He literally looks like a fellow you could meet in your local pub/bar. Of course he is a pro athlete who has put in the work to stay in the show.

    I guess I was totally unaware that he wanted to be traded. With as much NHL network that I watch, you’d think I would be privy to his desire to be traded...

    Hope he does well in Arizona. 

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    20 hours ago, caveman27 said:

    It's a bit past mid-June. I've been working on losing weight too. Yesterday, I ran a mile in 8 minutes 28 seconds. It was pretty stressful on my lungs. Lower back felt fine. Still need to bring my endurance up. I haven't been on the ice yet to play pick-up. I might over July 4th weekend.

    I just read your story. You’ve been through a lot. Good on you for trying to get back to doing what you love!

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    4 minutes ago, flip12 said:

    Is there anyway that it could be fuse seam joining two individually molded parts in each CCM OPB shell? That was @Sniper9‘s take.

    Certainly.

    There are just so many scenario that can play out in composite construction. 

    What many don’t know is that the pretty outside layer does not necessarily indicate everything going on with composites. One bicycle frame I had built, the customer wanted it as “raw as possible”. I pulled a face and asked if he was CERTAIN. He said we was, UNTIL he saw it with no fillers, no cosmetic layer, just raw, unadulterated, hand-built composite, tubes, shells and assemblies glued together and carbon taped. He said, and I quote “it looks like a high school shop project”. My response was simple: “there is a LOT that goes on to purty up a piece of composite, let alone multiple pieces. He then accepted my answer and I had to strip all of the matte finish and hand-lay my finish. One positive? I DID develop an even cooler, abrasion-resistant outer finish from that process! 

    It is still technically one piece when components are fused together and finished with a finish layer; after all- none of the pieces could function on their own. Then only TRUE one-piece boot would be filament wound, which would be HORRENDOUSLY expensive, not to mention impractical! 

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    18 hours ago, flip12 said:

    The seam running along the highest point of the part from top to bottom made me think it was a mold seam artifact. I pictured that piece being made in a mold like this one: 

     

    Notice the similarity in the extremely straight line running along the part where the two parts of the mold meet. The cf is laid up across that seam, but there's a telltale artifact in the resin flow. I don't look at the CCM OPBs and picture two thin carbon fiber parts being fused together along the length of their innermost edges.

    The AS1 product pictures on IW exhibit the similarity well:

     rs.php?path=CSA1S-5.jpg

     

    rs.php?path=CSA1S-4.jpg

    What about our resident composites expert, @bunnyman666? Can you shed some light on what might be going on with CCM's OPB construction?

    It may very well be a clamshell/bladder mould.

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    On 6/14/2019 at 9:15 AM, Monty22 said:

    Thank you for the kind words, happy to hear you are satisfied. The overdrive blades (or goalie blades in general) probably benefit from the enhanced edge retention more than player skates due to the higher likelihood of metal to metal contact. It's been great working with members of this site - thanks to JR for the opportunity. His initial response to a test set motivated  me to move forward with this project.     

    Well sir- the pleasure has been mine! Just know you have a customer for life!

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    17 minutes ago, JR Boucicaut said:

    Most beer leagues are USA Hockey leagues, and it's not legal with USA Hockey.  I remember installing (and then removing when referees spotted it), then reinstalling when they painted them to match their cowling.  Unless something has changed since the 2000's...

    Okay- unsanctioned beer leagues. Plenty of those.

    They are helping quite a few of us extend our sell by dates 😂

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    3 hours ago, chippa13 said:

    As history has shown, game 7 will probably be one of the loosest games in terms of penalties. I think they'll fall back on the standard of whether the action took away a scoring opportunity or created a scoring opportunity. Anything else, unless absolutely blatant or dangerous, will be play on.

    You’re right about loose penalty standards in game 7s in general. Which takes me back to goaltender interference in the Sabres/Stars series and Hull’s blade was in the crease on like the 2nd overtime...

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    Game sevens generally fly in the face of statistics and convention. Statistically, it could go the Blues way; momentum-wise, it could go to the Bruins. It still is ANYONE’S game. I am not counting ANYONE out. Officiating could swing it. A bad bounce can swing it; ice is squirrelly this time of year. The Bruins play well with their back against the wall; the Blues tend to bounce back in commanding fashion after a loss.

    So- it STILL is anyone’s game on Wednesday. Who shows up? We’ll see...

    I am not going to pretend that I am not a Blues fan; I am PROUDLY a Blues fan since 1972-73. But this has been a super-weird season and playoffs. 

    Whomever hoists the Cup at centre ice Wednesday (or dare I say early Thursday morning) will have earned it, blown calls and all. Only the Tour de France is tougher than the Stanley Cup, and not by much.  

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