Speaking of old equipment....

[Fletch 219]

Good god....I bet he's had those since bantams.

[furlanitalia 1]

i played with a guy in junior that wore shouldy's like that. we were partnered for d a couple games, and the guy was big but would not go into the corners, he admitted in the dressing room to.

[Fredrik 0]

Good god....I bet he's had those since bantams.

I just wonder how that horrible thing smells, brrr....

[AlabamaICE 0]

Those pads came over on the Mayflower. :lol:

[Gongshow11 1]

those are beauties. you guys ever play no shouldies? you notice how much easier it is. he may lack protection, but at his size, im sure he can take it.

[devilsrule711 0]

you can see the sweat stains in those and i thought my old shouldys were bad but damn!

[Neal 41]

If I owned an NHL team, I wouldn't allow this. Pay the dude millions and then he goes out there in an ancient pair of pads with no protection and pops a shoulder out, killing my chances at playoff revenue? No way! Same with visors. Wear one or I'll have you traded to Chicago and doom you to a career of never making the playoffs.

The NHL is the only corporation where the employees and their union fight against safety, its ridiculous.

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

But half of the league wears stuff like this.

Some guys go out there and wear huge football-style shoulder pads and knock out their opponent with it. Those are the ones you should worry about.

[ryno 0]

If I owned an NHL team, I wouldn't allow this. Pay the dude millions and then he goes out there in an ancient pair of pads with no protection and pops a shoulder out, killing my chances at playoff revenue? No way! Same with visors. Wear one or I'll have you traded to Chicago and doom you to a career of never making the playoffs.

The NHL is the only corporation where the employees and their union fight against safety, its ridiculous.

Plenty of guys played with pads like this for years before the big linebacker pads started coming out, some still do. Worked fine for them, not like everyones shoulders were being torn apart prior to the mid 90's.

[JR Boucicaut 3805]

I don't wear shoulders but I've got my eye on some Coopers at Perani's Taylor...

[Cavs019 710]

Forsberg wears humongous Jofa's and is always hurt, so to each his own....

[Cheesehead 0]

If I owned an NHL team, I wouldn't allow this. Pay the dude millions and then he goes out there in an ancient pair of pads with no protection and pops a shoulder out, killing my chances at playoff revenue? No way! Same with visors. Wear one or I'll have you traded to Chicago and doom you to a career of never making the playoffs.

The NHL is the only corporation where the employees and their union fight against safety, its ridiculous.

LMAO!!!! :D :D :lol:

[hyprlte 0]

these guys are so big they dont need shoulders!!

[hockeysew 0]

:( When you play like Bertuzzi you don't need shoulder pad's-You just hit people from behind when they aren't looking, just ask Moore!!!

Wouldn't matter much if he had brand new gear -HE STILL STINKS!!!

[jbyun04 7]

:( When you play like Bertuzzi you don't need shoulder pad's-You just hit people from behind when they aren't looking, just ask Moore!!!

Wouldn't matter much if he had brand new gear -HE STILL STINKS!!!

i believe we've put that specific frikkin discussion behind us about 50 million years ago

if you wanan comment about his hit on moore go search for the million topics this board has on them

[Fletch 219]

I wish I could still wear my old Coopers but my left shoulder is all messed up....dammit.

[hockeysew 0]

:o JEEEEEZ Sorry All-new to the post and didnt realize we were so touchy about Buttuzzi

[thejackal 46]

I play full contact with 4 year old Bauer Impact 300s.

[misteremanca 0]

Well that seals the deal.

I knew I was out of touch....but this much?

My shoulder pads cratered at the end of the last game of the season last spring. They were at least 24 years old and one of the caps just fell off.....I didn't even notice until I took my jersey off and it was no longer held in place.

I tossed them in the bucket in the room without even thinking, and bought new ones for this year WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING that I should have had them repaired. They could have been my ticket to the show.

"Hey guys, can I play? Look at these"

Yeah right. That may be the way for those guys with talent, but a no-talent hack like me needs to protect himself from himself. I need the big ones for veering into the boards and it is important to keep the lhs afloat.

Plus the new ones just smell so nice!

I kinda like buying new stuff....it makes up for all the years when I never bought anything.

[supermanly 0]

someone should put spikes on some linebacker pads. thatd be interesting.

[lando_8 0]

haha, those are sweet...I had the same pair before I stopped wearing shoulder pads, I probably got them 15-16 years ago :P

Speaking of old equipment, does anybody remember Butch Goring's helmet? Apparently he got it when he was 12 and just painted it to match his teams' colour, even when he turned pro...

(see 4th paragraph)

http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/Legend...sp?player=12752

:lol:

http://sjsharkie.dagnabit.org/newgallery/g/goring.JPG

[QandA 0]

I've had the same set of shoulder pads for 5 years now and I'm in grade 11, and I've had the same helmet for 8 years, it's practically not black any more:).

[Langenbrunner15 0]

I've got the same elbow pads that I got my squirt year and im now ending my 1st year bantam...Jofa 3500 now there illigal because they have just plastic elbows w/o the padding over it but im not changing!!

[Neal 41]

But half of the league wears stuff like this.

Some guys go out there and wear huge football-style shoulder pads and knock out their opponent with it. Those are the ones you should worry about.

As long as the guys with the big pads are on my team, I don't worry. :P

Yes, some of the new equipment is so large and so hard that it can be used as a weapon. But then the league should take measures to combat that like they did with elbow pads.

[whbd18 0]

Ive had Itech soulders since my first year squirts and that was back in 1998-1999.I just got new RBK 6K but havent even used them yet.Theres nothing like old broken in shoulders. The right shoulder cap fell off,and the straps all broke and the liner is deteriorating,but that was all fixed and they should be good for another season.