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I agree with the general sentiments here, they needed to spread the talent a bit, then bring it together for dire moments when you pull the goalie. Seems like they relied just on individual numbers and didn't account for how well the players gel together. In contrast to Andersen, people say Price is overrated judging by stats, but he always shows up for big games (even though the rest of the team doesn't).

I am a bit underwhelmed.

I guess what you could do is to dial in what you want using the multiple layers with an old pair of skates that have the same pitch, but then replace it with one single one afterwards on your good skates (but that's a lot of riveting).

I got a similar response from my skate guy. I asked about how I could ensure getting a good fit into the TF7/TF9s and he said he can pull up my previous scans and if it doesn't fit then "he's not doing his job properly". But he also said that the regular measuring methods would be good enough as they are "hella mouldable".

I've been seeing that this is considered an RVHFAIL. Seems like a more recent recant of the technique is that when the shooter is further out than the hash marks, you should be coming out of it. Also, when I searched for "Murray RVH goal" it's not even the first time he's been had https://www.pensburgh.com/2016/6/5/11863304/penguins-sharks-stanley-cup-finals-series-game-3-goal-donskoi

They are certainly feeling the loss of Muzzin. I hope he's ok. Even the Leafs win the series. What do you do if you're the Leafs management to strengthen the D-core in the off season? I mean it seems like that's one of their main issue. But I don't think anyone could manage a decent backend-only rebuild.

From what I'm hearing, it does help with the width and is super malleable. Not sure how it compare to other brand's EE

Conversely Price's ad-hoc VH deadarm thing that he did was masterful. It's like he willed the shot to hit him in the pads. RVH at that moment might have burned him. I also found that Byron's wrap around would not have worked if he was somehow stronger with his pads on the posts.

Habs played really well last night. Kulak has been a force.

I hope the Habs see this more as an experience builder and give more ice time to the youngsters. Suzuki and KK looked really good.

The currency is in CAD$, you have to select USD$ from a drop down https://bladetechhockey.com/collections/all?currency=USD It's about 100$

I'd love to try it as well. I'm not sure where you are, but for me in Canada, the price seems like it's about a 10$ difference between this and mid-level Byonic. What are your return policies like, if there is one at all?

If you're talking about the board sponsors, they are CGI'ed in I believe.

Ouch man, I'm pretty jealous that you got to be on the ice with Doan, not to mention bring home a souvenir.

A man can dream 😃

3 things: - I wish there was a way to try them before buying them. - I see that you have a goalie blade option, I feel like Goalies would benefit a lot for those hard lateral pushes. - It would be a logistical nightmare with very low returns, but it would be cool if you could have different flex ratings.

Do you or are there plans to make blades for the new Shift holders?

👌 Perfect assessment.

What you say is extremely interesting. I use a slight forward pitch in my profile, and so maybe if I were to try these I should use a neutral one. I'm super curious to try this in the future. Thinking more about it last night, even if you take away the rebounding force, would there be more contact between the steel and the ice during the end of your stride (just like clap skates) which would help stabilize your stride. I also wonder if some people who weigh on the extremes (too little or too much) would see less of a benefit or even a detriment to their stride.

Oh I'm sorry I misunderstood you. I think it's only bolted/secured by the back, and the front is free to move up and down (with bottoming out limits on both), but that's speculation, and probably better to have the official guy respond.

So metals have stress points, I'm sure you've experienced this in some parts. When you take a metal clothes hanger for example, you can give it a small bend with a very light force and it will spring back to its original shape (you can do this all day and it will come back to its original shape). But if you bend it with more force you can bend it permanently. This is what stress points and yield points are all about (fracture is when it bends so much that it breaks). Different metals have different points of no return where it bends so much that it deforms (it gets a bit more complicated in reality but you get the idea), you've probably have seen or experienced this with tin boxes or aluminum. So basically this blade, the way it bends upward, doesn't reach the yield point where it would permanently deform so it recovers back to its original shape (they call this aptly the elastic region). And that force that it springs back with is strong enough to propel you (this is the sell).

He alluded to leaf spring suspension, which is something that old cars used to use due to its longevity and simplicity, if you look up Leaf Springs you will see some examples of how it looks like just a bunch of flat sheets stacked on top of one another. Basically the simple material science of how a metal that's not bent to a strain point reverts back to its original shape.

I do remember seeing a paper on it for the first iteration (the one that had a traditional spring in the holder), and I think the 2nd one has some ties to Waterloo U as well. I first heard about them in a News segment where the inventor (?) had a former Habs player try it out and time it (found the segment https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vNlEFgzMDU).

@IPv6Freely hope you're doing better.

I've not used it personally, but a guy that I played with had a pair. He said it was quite good for ODRs where the ice is chunky and uneven at times. I'm actually extremely curious to try it one day.