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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
Did a bit of looking.
2005 post lockout - pad width 12 to 11 inches
2011 - pad height up thigh to 55 percent (so basically extra height covering 5 hole when you butterfly)
2013 - pad height to 45% (knee to hip)
2017 Feb - Pants
2018 season - chest protectors
So nothing lower body this year as far as I can tell
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One of the bigger differences in chest protectors this year is the change in padding to accommodate the size change. It makes certain spots more painful to stop a puck. Appears some goalies are having a harder time adjusting to it than others.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...tors/38257331/
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Philadelphia's Brian Elliott complained of bruises early in the season in an interview with the Courier-Post, and two-time Vezina Trophy winner Sergei Bobrovsky of the Blue Jackets last week told the Columbus Dispatch he fears getting hit by pucks and called the equipment change "terrible." Coming off winning the Stanley Cup with Washington, Braden Holtby is less concerned about bruising and more worried about a significant injury.
"Sooner or later someone's going to get hurt pretty bad," Holtby said after feeling the sting of a few shots at a morning skate. "You can deal with bumps and bruises and stuff. It's when you hope someone doesn't get a broken bone or some sort out of it. If they keep making things like that, they're going to have to start monitoring the stick technology because guys shoot so hard right now we'll have no choice but to be bigger."
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