VegasHockey 1256 Report post Posted March 11, 2023 On 3/7/2023 at 11:30 PM, flip12 said: Silly but sadly probably true. Kaprizov’s history disproves the premise though. He skated just as powerfully, and elegantly for years in the KHL, with plenty of photo and video evidence on photo.khl.ru, GettyImages, and YouTube you can point them to (not that you want to spend your time on that necessarily). Reddit could have a bit that just posts that whenever someone asks. Maybe his new skates are too stiff and inhibit forward flex. He also doesn't lace the top eyelet. Also, looking at his KHL pictures, it seems he always used semi-small tongues. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caveman27 208 Report post Posted March 11, 2023 Interesting. Maybe it's just for looks.He wears his shin pads under the tongue, but maybe wants the shin pad over the tongue look. Here's an older picture with the tongue going above the top of the boot. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
flip12 699 Report post Posted March 12, 2023 13 hours ago, VegasHockey said: Maybe his new skates are too stiff and inhibit forward flex. He also doesn't lace the top eyelet. Also, looking at his KHL pictures, it seems he always used semi-small tongues. He’s been in Bauer and skipping the top eyelet for as long as I’ve seen and he was already modding the tongue like this with UltraSonics so it seems unlikely he’s suddenly in a boot that’s too stiff. He knows Bauer well and as one of their most prominent wearers today I’m sure they’d adjust his specs if necessary. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
