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I’ve been eying these as an upgrade to my 9k pants since seeing them at Winterfest. Does anyone have more info as to the differences between the two versions, other than the price?

Krug our for the remainder of the series with an ankle injury.

Really? I’ve read through these and you are just as guilty. Let’s be perfectly honest with ourselves, everyone....EVERYONE whines when things don’t go their way. When it comes to last night and what led to the tying goal. Had that happened to a Maple Leaf this place would have exploded with “typical Boston favoritism”. In reality, Boston is rarely shown any favoritism by the league or officials, note David Backes 3 game suspension for his first ever offense. Ill go one step further. Had that play happened to a Maple Leaf in Toronto, it’s a penalty 10 out of 10 times and we all know it. You wanna hate, fine. You want to root for the other team, fine. You want to be sour your team lost, fine. Just be realistic.

Completely agree. In fact, that would be my reaction to getting licked. It’s disgusting. Looks like he’s officially been warned now.

That form of goonery is long gone. This team is way different than the one that bruised it's way to the finals in 2011 or even the one that lost to the Hawks in two years later. Yes, they play hard. Yes they finish checks. Yes Marchand crosses line and often. But the Lucic's and Shawn Thornton's of the past have been replaced by likes of Kurlay and Debrusk. Two guys that play hard, finish their checks but aren't pulling any "antics". I've seen a lot of different Bruin teams. If I am honest, this is probably my favorite. They really are fun to watch. And to get us back on track. Must win situation tonight. You can't head back to Tampa down 3-1 and expect to win the series. It didn't work for Toronto...

You should have led with that and saved people the time in reading the entire post. I think you're painting the entire team with the Marchand brush and not giving the proper credit to guys like Bergeron, Krejci, DeBrusk & Pastanak. But you've admitted you hate them, so I don't expect you to be fair.

The slash was a weak call, period. We all know it. As Millbury pointed out, if that's a call in the 1st then it's a call in the 3rd, which we found out it wasn't. Not a great game for the stripes. Look, I hate blaming them. I hate when fans use them as an excuse. They aren't the reason Boston lost, but that doesn't mean they didn't call a shit game, obviously they did.

I was wondering if Rick and Riley switched jerseys. Rask should have known the rule in regards to equipment. I was a little disappointed that he sort of gave up on that play. He was lucky his little freak out didn’t cost them.

Being down 3-1 and turn around to force a game 7 and control most of that game is no small task. Yeah it stings right now but overall, the Leafs really showed something.

Leave Ricky where he is. I'd like to see Donato back in, especially since secondary scoring has been an issue.

Really liked their chances in this series, however, not liking their chances in game 7. Boston really needed to put this series away in game 5. They are different then the Julien led teams but they still lack that killer instinct.

Not the first guy I think of when think of grizzled playoff vets. I think Jack Eichl has really suffered not having that. It doesn’t get mentioned much, but Marty Lapointe was huge in Patrice Bergerons’ development. Mark Reechi helped guide that 2011 team to a cup.

I think games 1 & 3 could have gone either way. Boston puts a few of those posts in, and the Leafs could have been playing to avoid the sweep last night. Boston looked pretty flat in periods 1 & 2 last night.

Rask bailed them out big time last night. Right back in the drivers seat.

As opposed to the fan-Boys telling you they’re right up there with sliced bread and the wheel....

I'd say there is fairly big difference between pro-stock skates and pro-stock gloves, pants & sticks. Your average hack can use anyone of those items without impacting his or her game. Skates on the other hand, if they dont fit, well you know how that goes. FWIW, I buy pro-stock sticks because it's good value. I could care less who's name is on the nameplate (most of the time it's someone I've never heard of).

Think they’ll make a game of it in game 3, possibly even pull out the win. I tend to agree with chippa though, they looked done.

Umm yeah, cuz while stupid and annoying, no one got hurt.

Seeing what Drew Doughty got for what he did, Kadri has to get at least 3. Such a stupid play on his part and to say had Wingles been standing nothing would be wrong is even dumber. I like the Bruins in 6.

I'm guessing those smaller shops aren't getting their Step Edge from Step.

I've yet to see Step for edge anywhere other than eBay....and believe me, I've looked.

Good advice from the shop. Ease of use and repair to me far outweighs other benefits. You can find Step for Edge holders on eBay. Roughly the same price as LS3. I believe Tyden Steel is available in the US, the MSH Pro shop guy might have more info.

That's kind of how I see it. When I play a bit higher up (closer to that defender) he's on me pretty quick as the puck comes up the wall. Playing a bit lower gives me (the winger) a little bit extra time to read the play. I find, there are very few players in the leagues I play in that can really rip that shot. I think most are worried about getting burned or are trying to figure out if they should pinch or not.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been screamed at for not being all over that point guy. Even had a center start charging out to him off draws cuz I wasn’t getting there fast enough. Of course he had no problem leaving his man down low to bang in rebounds. I see how far off the wings play the points in the NHL. Looks like they are more concerned with the break out than trying to block point shots.

Tons of good info, exactly what I was hoping for. Sounds like keeping it simple is the way to go. Yes, we have some more experienced players who are able to point things out. Most of us know the basics of what we are supposed to do, it’s just doing it and not getting sucked in when the other team does something to counter it. Unfortunately no real time to work on things as a group. Most of skate other nights but not together. I hear some of you talking about having the forward glued to you at the point. Being a forward, that something that’s always stressed to me, but that shot is such a low percentage play I often wonder how crucial it is. I’d almost rather play a little lower, just make sure I stay in that shooting lane.