BenBreeg

Well, most of those have moved out of Pittsburgh, the closest is Greensburg. I am also planning on buying the right size as needed vs. the room to grow approach. I actually just auto deduct $10/month into a savings bucket for his skates. With that plus selling his used skate each iteration won't be too bad money-wise. Plus I have so much lightly used hand-me-down elbows, shins, pants, etc. I don't have to pay for much other than skates for the next 2-3 years so that is a nice luxury. The used skate route is good but honestly I don't know that I have the time to track down the appropriate skates. It's just difficult to buy the right skates for someone other than yourself, especially a kid who doesn't really know how to describe what it going on inside the skate, may confuse the fact that the skate is stiff for not fitting, etc.

So my 7 Year old has been skating for about 2+ years and did the Little Pens in the winter and a spring ADM after that. He has been in CCM 2092 for the whole time and they were good enough to start but are starting to split at the tendon guard so I am planning on getting him a new pair for the next season. He has two years of ADM left. He wanted to get measured because the machine looked cool and the Bauer machine put him in a 13/13.5, so we will still end up in a youth skate. My question is, how do I evaluate this level of skate? He doesn’t need the top end for sure, something middle of the road will be an upgrade and match his skill level. But it seems that a skate in the youth isn’t the same actual specs as the same in the Jr or Sr skate. So a CCM 50k youth isn’t the same as a Sr. 50k (I know, old model but a specific example I came across). So just looking for some general advice buying this level of skate. Thanks!

Weird game last night I thought. Somewhat sloppy/chaotic at times but pretty fun to watch from a pure entertainment standpoint. Of course Wilson has an incident, not sure what Perron was doing jumping on the ice when Ovi was coming by, and Reeves got lucky with the no crosscheck but the goal was pretty timely and getting that kind of production from the 4th line is icing on the icing.

I have pants and a girdle. When i bought thrm they were all i could find that offered tall sizes. That was about 12 years ago maybe. Their pants were definitely common and seen as good stuff when i was in high school...Which was significantly more than 12 years ago :)

I am in the same boat, been on 7000s for like 15 years. Never really loved them but could never justify new skates. Now that i am coaching my son and getting back into mens league i am getting new ones. 7000s seemed like they were cut shallower than my brother’s old 5000s but i never compared the, side by side. It is probably going to be a big jump to the newer skates but cant wait to get them.

I dont know, if that is the case i agree, he should do it. I still think it is goofy. But I am glad the Pens don’t put their heels together, pin their arms to their sides, and waddle down the ice when they score though ;)

Yep

Dunno, just irritates me. Probably the stupid arm flapping thing. Not hatred like I feel toward Wilson, just a healthy dislike :)

I expected Washington to win the game, but not like that. Also think it would be a great story if Flower beats the Caps. I actually like Ovi but can't stand Wilson and Kuznetsov.