caveman27

I played goalie during "those days". The large plastic shell pieces with air/foam padding beneath. They were relatively heavy because of the plastic shell pieces and took up a lot of space in your hockey bag. Cooper made this one for defenseman, it was quite solid on the outside.. Pretty sure no one ever broke their clavicle or sternum wearing that. No way anyone would wear that nowadays due to weight. But if they used modern closed-cell foams and carbon fiber plates, it might be a doable, yet expensive, set of shoulder pads.

Or I guess not.

Usually, with the latest skates where there is a thermo-moldable boot, it's usually after a bake and fitting session and on your first or second skate. I have CCM JetSpeeds which took about 6 skates, skating once a week. FYI, skate-related questions get a lot more visibility in the Ice Hockey Equipment section of the forum.

Hope you are feeling better though after the stents were put in.

What position do you play? You use left or right hand stick? Where do you find yourself taking most of your shots? Or at least, what location do you find yourself taking most of your shots in a game situation? Near the blue line. In more closer to the top of the face-off circle. Nearer to the face-off dot/high slot. Low near the crease, bottom of face-off circle. All Michigans, all the time from behind the goal line.

It's an intermediate skate. With black blades, it's sort of a deal compared to 2.9 vapors with regular non-black blades. If you can find X800 Vapor in your size, you would a better skate for less. https://www.triohockey.ca/collections/patins-de-hockey-pour-senior/products/bauer-vapor-x800-s17-sr-124010-fr

https://vaughnhockey.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/vaughn.catalog.2020.pdf

Also, with the JetSpeed skates I got, I put in CCM custom insole to replace the regular insole. I got medium. They have high and low. I never tried the non-custom insole. https://www.hockeymonkey.com/ccm-hockey-accessory-custom-support-insoles-sr.html?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIiazA64KB6AIVCZ2zCh2DtAHWEAQYASABEgKhrPD_BwE

We won our last game. I scored on a sweet pass. One of our defensemen was farting up a storm afterwards in the locker room. Fortunately, I was on the opposite side of the locker room.

I usually get new gear at that point. Foams and plastics are going to disintegrate with minimal impact. Plus, new equipment usually has foams that are better and lighter, or at least more protective.

Sounds like it's the team you got stuck on and the league are problems that can't fix themselves. That is to say, I'm guessing the other four goalies on the other teams are happy but wouldn't want to be in your position. I'm in a lower level division, but not by my own choice. I asked around but no one responded. The next higher division didn't have any teams that wanted a new player. The league can't force any team to pick up a player, whether their roster is literally full or they just want to keep it closed to their inner circle of friends.

I went from a Bauer Supreme 6.0 D to CCM Jetspeed (before FT1) 5.5 EE (which is now 6.0 EE). Heel lock is pretty good. I don't have lace bite issues. I have regular arches. The boot was quite stiff and took awhile to break in even after baking. Walking in them sometimes makes the bottom of feet hurt, but that goes away once I start skating.

Yes. It was hard to find a composite blade in the lie I wanted until I happen to find an eBay seller who is a hockey store in Riga, Latvia, great_hockey or you can check out their web site. https://www.hokejam.com/

I'm guessing he'll be repainting his mask in the off-season.

Robin Lehner gets traded from Chicago to Toronto and then to Las Vegas, all in one day. That was Monday, 2-24-2020. It is now 2-28-2020 and Brians has his new pads ready (as black,red and white don't match Vegas team colors). https://www.instagram.com/p/B9HJDh6DwtI/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

As for surgery, what did the doctor do? cervical foraminotomy, fusion, or artificial disk replacement? Which cervical vertebrae were causing it all for you?

I have no idea except he said thanks at the end. Those skates look like the bee's knees.

Hmm, so if Vapor can have a Supreme fit and a Supreme can have a Vapor fit, what's the point of having two models? Might as well just have one model with three fits. Is it just marketing games they are playing or are there differences like boot flex and ankle padding between Vapor and Supreme?

Have you been to prostockhockey.com to look at pro stock sticks? You might see something similar to what you are looking for.

Yeah, most sharpeners just sharpen and can't even re-profile much less do a single radius profile. The pro shop at modsquadhockey.com can do it. Take the blades off your skates and mail them in, they'll mail them back profiled. I've done it with a different business. The main thing slowing things down is shipping the blades to them, and the blades getting shipped back. So, you kind of need to time it so you'll get your blades back before your next game, unless you have an extra set of blades. Also, some multi-profile combinations may not work well with your skating style, so it's good to have a discussion on which one would work best for you so you don't have to get a different profile, and in some cases, just going back to single radius profile. Looking at people's prosharp project opinions, it's not uncommon to see one profile that works great for one skater is unacceptable to another skater.

I've had spinal fusion surgery a little over a year ago. Years of weight lifting and exercise, I got degenerated discs in my lumbar region which resulted in spondylolisthesis. The surgery was successful and I got back into hockey last October. I get a feeling there's some nerve being pinched that isn't going to be relieved with traction or physical therapy. I could be wrong. Anyway, what's your experience/background with nerve issues? Medical profession or patient.

According to X-ray review, there was disc space narrowing at c5-c6, mild narrowing at c4-c5 and c6-c7. Going by this picture, I 'm getting the tingling where the photo shows c8. Maybe that's something an MRI would be able to pinpoint accurately. Yeah, it's insurance related. Insurance companies want to resolve things with more conservative routes first, which does have its merits. No need to get invasive surgery, if physical therapy might fix a problem.

I have cervical radiculopathy at C5 and C6. They are putting me through conservative options before getting an MRI. I was prescribed methylprednisolone. A pack of pills you take with decreasing amounts each day for a week. I'm already done with that. I still have the tingling in the fingers with varying degrees of pain. It did nothing. I'll be starting physical therapy soon and doing that for a month.

Maybe in June, this is link from last year's sale. https://cisnfm.com/contest/4013/edmonton-oilers-locker-room-sale-2019/

If your skates are falling out from under you while taking hard turns, then you want to go sharper than 90/50. How long have you been skating/playing hockey? What's your position (or position you play more often)? What's your skate size?