caveman27

Venting? The two ice rinks in the city do not have open ice hockey times. There were some last month, and I only got to go to one of them. I want to get some practice before October when the fall men's league season starts. Unlike any other place I've lived in the US, they only have open ice hockey during holidays and between beer league seasons. ☹️

I just looked up their website. Never heard of these blades until now. https://flareskateblade.com/ I get the concept, since the bottom edge is wider, the hollow of the blade provides more glide similar to FBV. It would seem to me that you would start to lose that same edge angle after every sharpening (even though it's a little angle each time) until you can go with a narrow hollow, e.g. 1" to 7/8". So, you would be sacrificing edge feel during that "middle" time until you could grind it at 7/8", Or, sacrifice feel and go with an even sharper 7/8" earlier than later. I would rather have consistent feel after multiple sharpenings. They don't really talk about it in the FAQs. Maybe they don't have long term testing where someone has ground down the blades a lot.

That's nice. Any reason you don't shoot?

If it's sporadic, it might not be the ice rink penalty box. You may be passing by a strong magnetic field elsewhere.

Interesting. What if you put a battery-powered watch in the same bag with your high-end mechanical watch just to see what would happen. As far as I know, the penalty box, team benches, and timekeeping box are just raised wooden platforms on top of concrete.

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No. Is someone going into your bag and resetting the time while you are on the ice?

Since we're talking about goalies and huge contract money, I thought this was a quick and fun read. https://cashflowsports.com/2018/10/04/highest-paid-goaltenders-in-the-nhl/

Okay. Have you checked out www.sidelineswap.com?

Craigslist is a risk, like kijiji. That's four hours of your time plus the cost of fuel. I usually don't go for long distance sales transactions unless its ebay. But, I really have no idea if this seller is posing as the guy who is the player or is the player himself, who is selling gear and sticks. You are worried he has no sticks at all or he is selling sticks that aren't what he's advertising?

I think I found your seller. https://ritathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=13429

oh. I thought they were getting released tomorrow. I have a BPM150 that is under 400 gms. It's like a toothpick so I can bring the stick up, around, and down quickly, but I'm not able to knock a stick away while defending. I don't know if anyone else with a sub-400 gm stick notices that. If I pick up one of my blade/shaft combo sticks, there's more heft and weight at the blade where I seem to get more poke check power.

Wow, I went to RIT. They were a Div III team at the time I was going there. $112 USD for a pro level stick? That's a good price.

Oh. I see it as them wanting to build around a proven goalie. Is the number kind of high? I don't think so. But, it's high enough for me, you and others to take notice. I don't think he's a flash-in-the-pan goalie whose SV% is going into the 80%s. Well, a goalie doesn't single handedly take a team past the conference finals. It's a team effort, everyone, forwards, defense, goalie, head coach, training staff, and GM make it happen. They have a lot of the right pieces in already, but they broke down in the play-offs. I'm not a Lightning fan, and was surprised at their early exit.

Well, I'm not the GM or owner. If a team wants to hold on to a goalie they think is good, that's their business. I'm sure everyone is aware of the Rick DiPietro catastrophe where he got an expensive contract but was injured all the time.

What if you had an off-ice referee who watched the game via a video screen and he could whistle calls from a desk by hitting a button that signals the on-ice referee that he saw a penalty. Then, through a microphone, the off-ice referee would tell the on-ice referee who the call is against and for what. Then, the on-ice referee would blow the whistle if the offending team is in possession of the puck or put up his hand up and point to the pllayer with the infraction if the other team has possession. Of course, both on-ice and off-ice referees could still miss a call.

He won the Vezina Trophy.

Most senior sticks are 60" in length. Since he is not a super tall player, any senior stick will work. Don't get intermediate or junior size. He can cut that down the 60" to his desired length.

I see that. I thought maybe they put padding in the front of the Tackla shell.... nope. So, I guess you live or die with those pants.

Ha ha.

check out www.prostockhockey.com I got CCM HPUCLP model and it has a good amount of tailbone padding. Hip and thigh padding are strong, but light too.

I had a CCM goalie girdle back in the 80s. The shell had suspender buttons riveted to the upper edge of the shell.

So, I played pick-up hockey last Friday. That was great. Didn't get any shots on net. I just played defense most of the time. Tried to make some passes up to forwards. Practice fast backwards skating in 1-on-1 situations. Didn't go too crazy offensively. Only difference this time around was I never jumped the boards to get on or off. I was using the door all the time.

Well, it could be possible that since it is longer than the usual 60" stick, the R&D people found they needed to reinforce the length of the shaft with extra material for a 64" stick to have 87 flex. A 64" stick getting pressed down in the middle would be a bit floppier/softer than a 60" stick getting pressed down in the middle if the shaft were made exactly the same. That's my first guess. But that wouldn't necessarily add 60 grams. My second guess is that the player didn't like the ADV blade feel and requested to have the stick made with an ADV shaft connected to a 1N or 2N Pro blade, which is heavier than an ADV blade.

410 gms for a 64" shaft is kind of light. What blade pattern? Just curious.