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    6 hours ago, flip12 said:

    Yeah, KGB is right, you were thinking of 2016 Kovy, who was apparently missing Panarin pretty hard. 2017 Kovy was pretty beast again (with strong support from Datsyuk and Voynov). He's still only 34! This could give him the chance to be the second Russian to get 500 NHL goals. And I think he wants to win a Stanley Cup. His chance with the Devils was pretty dim with his injury limiting him and they didn't have so much offense aside from what he could produce when he was healthy.

    Yeah, you have a point. But the KHL is a long, long way from the NHL.

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    On ‎6‎/‎28‎/‎2017 at 3:16 PM, 215BroadStBullies610 said:

    Poor is a bit of stretch (and by no means am I a Kool-Aid drinker). While I also disagreed with the Morgan Frost pick, no way we can know if it is indeed 'horrific.' What do know that Schenn's cap hit is bigger than Lehtera ($5.125M vs. $4.7M). Lehtera's contract ends one year sooner than Schenn's (2018-19 vs. 2019-20). While Schenn was 3rd on the Flyers in pts, 55, and 2nd in goals, 25, 50.9% of his points came on the PP (17 G, 11 A). Last time I checked, no team spent half the season on the PP. He was a PP specialist who didn't put up a ton a goals. Add on top of that, he's listed as a 'C' who mainly played 'LW.' What does that mean? He was somewhat of a defensive liability. The Flyers can get up to 2 additional picks. Per Elliotte Friedman: Conditions on second pick from STL to PHI: top 10 protected, STL has option to push to 2019. If they do so, PHI also gets a third in 2020. That 'second pick' is right now slated as a 2018 1st rounder. The Umberger-Hartnell trade was similar in the fact that the cap hits were almost identical but Umberger's contract ended sooner. Flipula's trade allowed the Flyers to move Streit and (hopefully) provide more room for one of the younger blue liners to come up from juniors/LVP. I feel you in regards to your frustration. I'd say we, us Flyers fans, need to let it play out.

    Some good points. My main problem with the Schenn trade is that he was one of 4 players on the team (Gudas,Simmonds,Manning being the others) that didn't cower under the bench when games got physical.  The Frost pick was kinda like Hextall going into Walmart and offering to pay 5 bucks for the $1.99 loaf of bread.  Streit could have been dumped for a third round pick (going rate), and cleared the books.

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    Poooor trade for Flyers, compounded by horrific choice of Frost ( I would take Tolvanen). Hextall is apparently becoming a popular guy with other GM's. By taking Lehtera, this is the third straight year he's had a $5mm garbage player dumped on him (Umberger,Filpula,Lehtera).

    Schenn was the Flyers best player last time they were in the playoffs, and very versatile.

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    58 minutes ago, IPv6Freely said:

    I just hope if they’re going to do that, they let Lundqvist go to a contender and get some draft picks in return to help speed up the rebuild.

     

    58 minutes ago, IPv6Freely said:

    I just hope if they’re going to do that, they let Lundqvist go to a contender and get some draft picks in return to help speed up the rebuild.

    Yeah, I like Lundqvist, but his body is breaking down now from the wear and tear. You can't rely on him being able to go when you need him.

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    Nice deal for Yzerman.  Really a smart GM. I live in Tampa now and have the opportunity to watch all Lightning games. Drouin is really really good offensively, and super gritty and competitive. The big down side long term for him is that he plays with his head down quite often. He has already had several concussions that have caused him to miss time. Mix that with his small size, and I wouldn't invest long term on him (5 years and $33.5M). They also need cap space for Johnson/palat.  Sergachev looked great for Windsor. Huge potential.

    My guess is that Bergeron is offering Galchenyuk to philly for Ghost as we speak.

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    7 hours ago, Fletch said:

    BADASS. :ohmy:

    I wonder how it would do in the VT testing?:biggrin:

    It's funny.  I played some junior hockey over in Sweden in the late 70's. Everyone wore these helmets. Never any head injuries. Maybe today we should respect each others heads more, and not just try to build bigger helmets.

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    The UPS man just delivered my 310 helmet an hour ago. I will preface this by saying I despise the so called hi tech expensive helmets and have always categorized them as uncomfortable and offering no more protection than the venerable old stand by, the VN liner helmet.   Give me an old Vector 08 or Bauer 4500 over the Re-Akt or Resistance any day of the week.

    I have to say this 310 is the most comfortable helmet I've ever tried on. Even more comfortable than the trusted VN liner. Super easy adjustment.  Weight is not noticeably different from my V08. Passes the mirror test as well. Price reasonable. Strong win for CCM.

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    11 hours ago, marka said:

    Howdy,

    I still think the best way to pick a helmet today is to start at the top of the VT rankings and work down the list until you find a helmet that fits well / is comfortable and that you can afford.



    Mark

    ........and that's a fine way to systematically go about picking a helmet. You just have to remember that the function of a helmet is to prevent skull fracture, and that they all work. And you can't realistically expect the first helmet on the list to protect against concussions any more than the 50th helmet on the list.

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    I just ordered a 310 helmet, should have it in another 5 days. I went with it over the 710 because the two are almost identical, the difference being the 710 has an extra liquid filled protection system, which did not really excite me.  Will give my impressions when I use it.

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    I just want to follow up with my experience on the edge checker. I received a sincere apology from the owner, who said the edge checker was surely damaged during shipping (it was shipped in an envelope). He said he has corrected the issue and I accepted his offer for a replacement. The new one came in a nice little plastic  carrying case, was square, and the gauge was applied perfectly. This one seems much better and should do the job.

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    On ‎12‎/‎5‎/‎2016 at 8:59 PM, marka said:

    Howdy,

    Anyone used either of these?

    I wouldn't mind owning an edge height checker, but $100 for a BR100 seems a little silly after having used one at the local rink.

    Mark

     

    On ‎10‎/‎22‎/‎2016 at 11:01 PM, 218hockey said:

    How about these?

     

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/331970300009?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

     

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/172349229987?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

     

    Looks like that second one works with two magnets. Not sure about that.

     I was going to buy the Prosharp, but when I put it in the cart the cost went to $79 when you included their shipping.  So, I went with the $30 edgechecker on ebay (the rainbow striped one, the lower link). Mistake. Looked like it cost 25 cents to make. The back piece measuring gauge was glued on 2 or 3 mm crooked. The magnet portion of the back piece was clearly not square in the least. It's only about 2 inches long, so the inaccuracy stated render it totally worthless.  Sent back. A measuring tool needs to be accurate, or you might as well not even use one. I just bought a Wissota 911, so I may have to spring for their $99 Elite version.

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