2012-2013 Gear Sightings

[icewalker_bg 126]

I believe you. Rbk should update their web site then.

[t6lock 24]

Hedman using RS stick/skates/gloves yesterday . Weird for a guy who has a retail curve with RBK.

looks like ur 1 for 3.

[Chadd 916]

I believe you. Rbk should update their web site then.

They probably will do that when the new product is actually released. They don't seem to use their website for promotion of upcoming product as much as informational regarding current product.

[icewalker_bg 126]

looks like ur 1 for 3.

Ya those look like Nexus skates. Hard to tell when you look the game on a small screen but I thought it was the easton logo on the skates.

[innotastic 12]

what kind of shot blockers is hedman using in that picture?

[Scopes 4]

what kind of shot blockers is hedman using in that picture?

Looks like they're Shot Blockers

[dsjunior1388 81]

Not a sighting, but with Karlsson's injury, I'd say there's about 100% chance Don Cherry foolishly tells every kid to tape down their tendon guards this weekend, despite the fact that today's skates are clearly not built to do that.

[AIREAYE 248]

Quick, sock manufacturers, now's your chance!

[exit955 2]

what is the name of those new easton 4 rolls? and will PSHG be doing Easton cutoms anytime in the near future?

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

Not a sighting, but with Karlsson's injury, I'd say there's about 100% chance Don Cherry foolishly tells every kid to tape down their tendon guards this weekend, despite the fact that today's skates are clearly not built to do that.

Quick, sock manufacturers, now's your chance!

Addressing in the NHL topic

[raganblink 82]

....I already sold a pair of 20K socks today because of that incident.

Should I thank Matt Cooke?

[bUcKcH0y 0]

what is the name of those new easton 4 rolls? and will PSHG be doing Easton cutoms anytime in the near future?

I emailed PSHG about the Easton custom program after it disappeared off of their website. This is the response I got from them in October:

Easton put a stop to ALL customs, both Pro and Retail. They say they are over capacity. They may introduce the program next season.

Thanks

PSHG

[A2rhino 63]

I emailed PSHG about the Easton custom program after it disappeared off of their website. This is the response I got from them in October:

Easton put a stop to ALL customs, both Pro and Retail. They say they are over capacity. They may introduce the program next season.

Thanks

PSHG

HHHHMMMM...... I was told that they stopped due to Easton going over seas with everything.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who heard that they have a shortage of unicorn hide.

[A2rhino 63]

My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who heard that they have a shortage of unicorn hide.

LOL!! Sorry man. I meant to say thats what the guys at PSGH told me. I found that to be strange myself. Looks like the easter bunny is at it again.

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

Sounds like they're feeding people multiple lines.

Gotta keep that story straight.

[t6lock 24]

My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who heard that they have a shortage of unicorn hide.

she hot?

[JR Boucicaut 3804]

How old were you in 1986? :)

[VIPERS96 1]

Anyone Else see Tyler Seguin in a Stealth RS tonight?

[flip12 717]

Funny to me how Kovy drops an eyelet and then tapes his ankles to his tendon guards. The first increased forward flex and the second totally impedes it. Everyone to their own, but I've always thought that taping over the tendon guard was ridiculously stupid. However, there are a ton of pros that do it.

You can still get a lot of forward flex, say, as much as Grabner does, if you tape up the tendon guard, especially with the first eyelet unlaced. Kovalev does get a ton of forward flex, as did Fedorov and Mogilny (when he would do it, he had a lot of games/stretches where he didn't, and even Fedorov stopped for a while early on with the Red Wings). It's for lateral maneuverability, a slightly tighter turn at full speed. It's hard to explain how it feels or how it works, but I think it's by cantilevering (extending a mass beyond the base of its support), with the tendon guard/heel of the skate as the anchor. Without that lateral support, turning on one foot like Kovalev did on that famous-ridiculous

(#4, @2:28) requires the skate rolled inward and a different angle at the hip as a counter balance, and I think greater loss of speed in the turn or a wider turn radius. It's worse if you want to turn on one foot's inside edge and the back the other way on the same foot's outside edge because you have to undo/do the cant at each side.

Now that the Collapse of the Soviet Empire Generation is retired, I miss that kind of skating in today's hockey. The game is definitely more exciting to watch overall--much quicker, tighter tactically--but there are so few players who are dynamic straight-ahead as well as side-to-side the way that Fedorov, Bure, Mogilny, etc. were, with the exception of David Perron.

Agreed. I tried it once and could not skate. Not sure why they it like that. Maybe they are so powerful that they can still get a good flex even when taped, but then why do it in the first place?

Coincidentally, Max Pacioretty started taping his tendon guard at some point with Montreal. Jamie Benn also started taping at some point, but didn't in some of pictures of him on Getty.

There are a lot of little things that can go to limit your mobility if you tape a little bit too much here or there. It's tricky to get the right balance.

Sorry for the long post. I know this is covered a bit in other topics, but it's been on my mind in regards to the newest skates.

[gosinger 122]

Wow...thanks for a great post flip, with examples and everything - this changes the way I look at taping over the tendon guard.

[flip12 717]

My pleasure. Just quickly, here's what I found to be a good amount of taped tendon guard, still allowing for movement:

A: Leaving enough of the top of the tendon guard exposed to allow good forward flexion: Zhitnik, Kovalev.

B: Leaving plenty at the bottom if you tape the top and a bit of leg just above that: Coffey, Mogilny.

and here's where it was too much: with the guard sealed in a thicket of tape extending into a portion covering the upper achilles/lower calf, there's no space for movement, and you can feel the restricting pinch up into your core. Gonchar used to tape far down the other way.

Perron seems to tape a bit higher, still not as high as Murray.

[LobstaLOL 0]

cU

My pleasure. Just quickly, here's what I found to be a good amount of taped tendon guard, still allowing for movement:

A: Leaving enough of the top of the tendon guard exposed to allow good forward flexion: Zhitnik, Kovalev.

B: Leaving plenty at the bottom if you tape the top and a bit of leg just above that: Coffey, Mogilny.

and here's where it was too much: with the guard sealed in a thicket of tape extending into a portion covering the upper achilles/lower calf, there's no space for movement, and you can feel the restricting pinch up into your core. Gonchar used to tape far down the other way.

Perron seems to tape a bit higher, still not as high as Murray.

Currently looking forward to the new Mako's before I purchase a new pair.

Since' I've been use to taping around the ankles I'm wondering if the new tendon guards are going to be too 'loose' for me. However this picture of Gonchar makes me wonder if it won't be that much of an issue.

[t6lock 24]

looks like both sedins ditched the NXG sticks and are back to their old TO's. henrik switched back first apparently.

[Harv 86]

Scanning jerseys? Is this a new thing?