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Also be mindful when you get your skates punched, that the area might move as you load up your foot. I learnt that when I got my Navicular area punched, felt great when I laced up, but then when I skate my foot collapses and causes a bigger pain because now there's a ledge for my Navicular to hang off of. The place that fixed the boot the 2nd time used a rod shape instead of the normal ball shape to extend the punched area. It worked ok until I got tired of the issue creeping up again that I went with Customs a year after the purchase.

So these are the chests, I think I will order a belly extension. But other than that, how does this sit on me (esp. around the neck)? It feels pretty mobile and I'm able to reach things well.

I think it's the other way around, Shift holders are symmetrical, XS are not. Either way, you're right, new holes would be needed.

Friggen' hilarious

If you go through the proper channels, you'll be paying more probably through canadian taxes and then duty once delivered to you. You might as well buy them locally, esp if you have any issues and need to make adjustments, re-bake, etc.

Starting to get a bit of the "What the hell am I getting myself into" feeling. I lucked out and found a used 2nd gen Passau in a very good condition for cheaper than what most used chestpads were going for around me (gonna wash it before I adjust straps and things). I also have a PAW knee guards coming in (if these don't work, I will get the Vapor 1Xs that I liked when I tried it at the store), so I think all I have left to look for are pants, jock, stick, skates, neckguard, dangler.

One thing I've wondered about this stick aside from the speed of the shot is accuracy. If the puck isn't exactly centred on the blade, would it not affect the travel direction? Because as I imagine it, the point that deforms the most would be the centre which would cup the puck towards it, for better or for worse in terms of accuracy.

My eyes, I don't want them anymore.

Oh yeah my laces are one size up so that I can undo my skates easily without taking them out of the eyelets. When I tie them, I tuck the excess between my shinpads and hockey socks.

I've seen it done before in beer leagues, I would just make sure that the protection is still adequate to the level that you play. I imagine some must have lower protection at intermediate.

Alright, progress time. Kinda stoked that my butterfly actually seem to overlap a bit, not every time, but most of the time (more on this later). I tried going down into a butterfly and then recovering a few times, and it is more taxing that it looks haha. Also I found that I really need the softest knee pads, I was looking at PAW's (http://www.protectiveathleticwear.com/kneepadsmain.htm) with the viscoelastic gel (anyone have experience with those?), I figure I need to order and repair those knee flaps anyway (maybe I'll order the neckguard there as well). I've also read that I can add a bit of height to the knee stacks to make things more comfortable, I should look into it as well. I've then afterwards found an issue where sometimes I would land below the landing of where I should be. I'm wondering if my strapping could be improved? Keep in mind that I'm also using player skates for the moment to test the fit, and removed the bootstraps as they seem to be getting in the way, but maybe I should put them back. Standing up the knee stack seems to be at where it should be.

Once my low-level corporate team needed a goalie, and so we quickly download the app and find that there's a 1-to-5 rating setting, so we chose 5 thinking it'd be the lowest and it turned out to be the highest rating. After the first period he told us to just play 4-deep, he still managed to only let in one.

Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto There's a few apps and sites for it https://www.puckapp.ca/ https://goalieup.com/en/rent-a-goalie-in-the-ottawa-and-gatineau-region https://goaliestogo.com/ https://www.mypuck.com/ https://www.goaliesunlimited.net/

If you are really into hydrophobic-ness, then just get some Neverwet and spray it on your tapejob, I do it some times when I remember. Much cheaper and lighter. https://www.neverwet.com/

You can get payed as a rental goalie where I live. Quite a bit if you've played higher levels.

Talk to me about goalie pants, are there any that's vastly different than others? Anything that I should look out for?

I wear Stance socks personally, but I should give Swiftwick a try if I can find them in Canada.

Yeah nvm that deal, I'm actually seeing much better deals on new clearance items.

Just came across this chest, is this any good/decent deal at 300CAD ?

Ok I was looking at those Brian's when I came across some CCM Premiers for a good price, it came with a blocker, and two gloves (one game and one practice). I'll post pictures later on, but next on the list now are skates, pants, chest, knee pads, neck guard. Also is https://www.maltesehockey.ca/ no more for real? I wanted to get a mask foam kit from them, is Resilient comparable?

Any reason to prefer these to one-piece? Is it just the economy of replacing one part if it breaks?

What about those old Micron skates with hinge points?

Ok yeah, I have TRUE skates as well because of my Navicular Accessory and having a hard time fitting into skates that don't numb my feet but I also have a hard time justifying another set of a thousand dollar skates when I'm just starting out (although maybe I can see if there's a used pair), I also have a custom punch tool that I had made in the past for my player's skates. I will take your suggestions though into looking for cowlingless if it's not too much more over the ones I've seen. Do goalie lines fit differently? I remember reading about how Bauer lines are reversed in terms of fit. Ok so that kinda narrows the search down for pads and skates. Once I have those, I will be looking for chest and pants.

I see some deals on BRIANS GNETIK 8.0, are these decent? Time to look for some deals, and I think I will head into a store to do so as those sizing charts are kinda confusing. And yeah I'm not a big fan of leather strapping on my son's pads either, they are always way too long and seems precarious when I slot them back into the buckle to keep it from flopping around, terrible design. For skates, any thoughts on Graf DM1030 series? There's also a deal on Ribcor 44Ks that I see. I will have to punch the hell out of them for comfort.

Yeah the couple of goalies that I play with all seem to use NME8s, I might upgrade it later, but my priority for now is to get all my gear first. For the blocker palm, I was also wondering how hard would it be to replace the whole glove as shown here (http://www.protectiveathleticwear.com/blockerpalm.htm) it might help with the smell as well (I've tried washing with some Lysol Laundry additive, but seems like I need another go at it). No Legpads yet, it's where I'm a bit stumped. I've been having trouble finding a decent deal for pads that would fit me properly. I'm tempted to go with a new entry level pad, but people have been telling me that they won't last and are a poor value. I'm 6', my FTK is 19.5 and my ATK is 16.5. I thought I had longer legs than most, but from some of the threads that I've been reading, maybe I'm measuring wrong? Does that put me at a 33+1 for a CCM and 34+1.5 for a Warrior? I'm not really brand loyal.