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Bjorkstrand got hunted on a vicious boarding play by Polak, are there other instances where he failed to protect himself? It's not as easy to protect oneself against illegal hits... Another upside on OB you miss is he's a coach's son and he plays like it. It seemed Tortorella was gaga with Bjorkstrand at the end of the season and I think that's why. He makes the right play with and without the puck most of the time. It'll be interesting to see Panarin without Kane. I think Kane boosted him and you think Kane held him back. Interesting :)
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I'm curious to see how he'll do out of the shadow of Kane. He created some serious chances for Russia in the World Championship, but that was on the bigger ice surface. He may prove easier to nullify when he's not the 3rd or 4th checking concern. Saad makes perfect sense back in Chicago to replace Hoss's play on both sides of the puck.
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MacKinnon was in FT1s for a bit, but for the latest he was in 70Ks at the World Championship. Zucker's also one of the faster skaters in the league and he stuck with VH all year last season.
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Totally agree. Unless that area has shown excessive wear, imitating the Bauer Supreme one95 heel cup only detracts from the essence of the VH->True boot. The next iteration could be spot on. But this one is too wishy-washy, lukewarm. Edit: And the new tongue looks cheap by comparison to the old ones.
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They look clunkier than before.
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Love the look of oughties sticks and shafts.
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How's the new tendon guard attached inside? Is it still the same two piece junction?
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All-Star gloves. The eye is another icon he has on his gloves.
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If there's a comments box as part of the order, maybe just pick any old shaft finish and then write that you just picked a shaft finish because it was a required option, but that it obviously should be disregarded, as you're not ordering any shafts.
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Graf Canada wasn't domestic though.
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I see why you say that. I have a couple of Malkins (both Eastons) and they seem to be based on the E4 as well. They're not bad, but maybe a bit more pocket than I like. Has there been more chatter about a Kessel Pro with you guys?
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Longer E4 with a mid-toe curve added to it. I love that recipe. I'd try his pro stocks but I'm a lefty.
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It's been noticed before in this thread: The discussion continues for a bit around that post.
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Congrats :) How / where did you do the fitting / tracing? Is there a place up by you? I've only spotted a couple of pairs down here, but I haven't seen many elite games so there might be more at that level that I'm not aware of.
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Yeah, not many do. A lot of tongues-out guys end up tongues-in, like Statsny. I think Kulikov flopped his VHs for a while. He's another try-everything for his feet.
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What would you wear if you had your pick of any of the skates on the market? It's one of those questions I think about, as I imagine other MSHers do as well, quite often. Well, Sergei Shirokov may be a study in that merry-go-round: He was a long-time Vapor guy but switched to VH a couple of years ago. Apparently he wasn't sure of them though, going through JetSpeeds, Super Tacks, 1N's after his initial run in VHs but now he's back in a rather ugly custom order of their recent version: What a fickle guy.
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Another great fastest skater performance from McD. He beat Gartner's record and didn't even need Larkin's head start. I was impressed how quickly he got started to that first corner in the prelims. He's definitely fast and he zips out of curves using his crossovers but his straightaway speed is right at the top.
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Duh, sorry I can't read. I misread the post I quoted you on above more than once...I shouldn't allow myself near the computer before coffee :P
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Which one is the stiffer holder according to their experience, the more often preferred SB 4.0 or the VH/Step holders? Can't tell from your first sentence.
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If you watch the videos on how they make the boots, you'd see that as well. They're stitched where the stitching shows on the interior. Otherwise, they're adhered to the side of the boot one at a time and pressed in with a hammer.
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I remember watching him at the U. Was the the same class as Kessel, I can't remember?
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The KHL All-Star Weekend is like a VH Parade: Pavel Francouz, Ryan Stoa, Francis Pare, and Brandon Kozun. And there are at least a few more: Afinogenov, Gilroy, etc.
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And after his fastest skater lap in the Oilers' comp, we can see where his speed comes from. He skates like Mike Gartner straightaway, but has his own crossover style. Interesting to note, for maximum straightaway speed, it's just the simple forward stride and no "linear-crossovers." He does use the crossovers differently than others and credits them especially in the interview afterward, but he's still fast in straightaways and even to the first corner where he's only had one initial crossover.
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Stealing his skates would work too.
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@colins I definitely agree, lots of great discussion in this thread. I think it's a matter of combining both skating and stickhandling that being comfortable with taking anything as the next stride isn't taught. It's tough enough to learn to skate very well and it's also tough enough to learn to handle the puck very well, then doing the two in tandem on top of it all. I agree with @boo10 regarding Grabner. It looks like his speed is just a matter incredible power and perfect technique. It's a shame he's slumped again otherwise he may have gotten a place in the All-Star Game and we could have seen him race again. I wonder how he would do in the preliminary format used to pick Larkin for the lap timing. It would also be interesting to see if he could also have broken Gartner's record on the shorter track with the nets at the top of the crease and Larkin's head start from the blue line. What was it with those ICM's @JR Boucicaut? Fedorov seemed to stay on them as long as he could as well, at least in his one90's in Columbus. In Washington he was on Custom+ again. My gripe with the linear crossover message is it's confusing the way it's presented makes it sound like it's the key to skating the best rather than creating space on the attack and I think it leads to its overuse. I was at a Wild game in October and I saw Charlie Coyle use one in trying to get to a loose puck in the defensive zone. I can't remember his exact stride sequence, but he took a starting stride from a stop or a standstill, another forward stride, then a linear crossover, then another forward stride. I just thought, "that's odd," as it looked like he simply wasn't comfortable skating forward. I think Coyle works with Belfry, who's associated with teaching the linear crossover, so it could be there are others who misunderstand when to use linear crossovers based on how it's presented.
