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Judging by the overwhelming numbers of players that I skate with that complain about skating the first few times on a new sharp, I'd say the majority of rec players are on too deep a hollow.

My wife made me buy a honda odyssey today and trade in my beloved tsx. At least I was able to get the NHL edition.

Well, I'm back on regular ROH. Never could resolve the stability issues with the FBV, and never could seem to get a consistent feeling sharpening. For whatever reason, I'm a far better player on 5/8ths.

If there's one thing the post-lockout Leafs have been good at, its putting together win streaks when it doesn't matter anymore. That said, Kulemin and Bozak have shown that they can be legitimate top 6 forwards. And clearly losing Blake and Toskala has been addition by subtraction. It'll be interesting to see what Burke does over the summer. He still has Kaberle to peddle.

My brother in law has an Australian Shepherd and it pretty much convinced me never to own one. It's an awful lot of work to own a dog that is clearly smarter than I am.

When half the forwards only meet their goalie at the team banquet at the end of the year (sorry to dust off an old chestnut), you can hardly blame the goalie/defense for so many goals allowed.

I'm not sure that shouldn't have been a goal. Ovechkin hit Gill legitimately as he played the puck as an attempt to gain possession. It wasn't like he ran him with the intent of bowling for goalies. Spectacular play, regardless...

Kessel always looks super tired when he doesn't have the puck. Perhaps that's why he hasn't won a puck battle or attempted anything more than a half-assed backcheck all season. The Leafs are really going to have to work some magic to get someone to play with him to mask his deficiencies.

They didn't care because the employees do the same thing with the rapidshot and new sticks. I've witnessed it personally.

I don't think I've seen any players carry the puck so much and accomplish nothing like Grabovski and Blake. Repeatedly carrying the puck at full speed into the opponents zone, around the net, and completing the horseshoe almost back out to the point with a weak, off balance wrist shot on net. Neither one has any interest in going anywhere near the net on a regular basis, and have the point totals to prove it. I don't know why Burke tolerates this type of player on his team. Ponikarovsky and Kulimen are two more that have skill, size and strength, but just refuse to use it enough to make a consistent difference in the game. You might see a shift or two where they compete, but seem to think that the game will just come to them. Wallin is a headscratcher as to why he was even signed/not with the Marlies now. Stajan is a player that needs size and skill around him to produce, which the leafs don't have. Its sad to say, but the only Leafs forward I see actually showing up night on night is Primeau and Stempniak. When Wilson is fired and Burke cleans up the dead wood, I'll be a fan of this team again, but now, its pretty funny to watch.

If Ted Nolan hasn't been completely blacklisted from the NHL, there's no denying his credentials. To me, the Blues are just overflowing with talent locked in a far too rigid system. They need a player's coach.

Quick question on the 100/50 - if I'm having stability/slip issues on the flats of the 90/75, the 100/50 would be worse, due to the even shallower hollow, no?

It was both skates, not just the one. I get my skates done at National Sports - they've always done a great job. I read a bit through the thread, and think perhaps I'm just on the wrong hollow. I don't know exactly how to put this; when standing upright, almost on the flat on the blade, or a very steep angle, the blade simply washes out for me on this hollow. I know that you can't expect much grip unless you're getting some pressure on a shallower angle on the blade, but when changing direction/quick bodyweight shifts, I continually catch the blade at an angle where it literally feels like someone put a skateguard on my blade, and the skate slips out laterally from underneath me for a few inches, and then catches again. This didn't happen much during the summer, but it was starting last few skates, and now bigtime tonight. Perhaps its the enhanced "flat" on the FBV that results in so much glide that's contributing to my instability at these angles; at any rate, I'll experiment a bit, and I appreciate the advice.

Yeah, ; I was attributing it to the ice getting progressively harder over the last few weeks. The rink was an icebox tonight. Although I'm suprised that it (the ice temp) could have such a dramatic difference; perhaps there's other factors, as you mention.

I suppose its possible, but the reason I got the fresh sharpening is because I felt the same washout/"floatiness" on my last game, (but nothing as bad as this), and was losing confidence in the edges being there when i needed them in low speed/low bite angle movements. It'll be a good experiment to try the old 1/2 roh, and see if I can feel a major difference in stability (and reduced glide)