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Originally Posted by pepper24
You can counter that with composite sticks have really improved players shots in today's NHL. Imagine Mike Bossy or Al MacInnis with a composite stick.
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They make a difference, but it's nowhere near the difference between 80s goalies and today's.
Today's shots are improved because of training and practice. In the good ol days, players came to camp to get in shape. These days, if you come to camp out of shape, you get sent to the minors. Players have all sorts of skills coaches, including in the off-season, not least of which are shooting coaches. Training is the difference in today's players shot vs in the 80s.
I doubt even the great Al MacInnes gets an extra mile or two per hour on his clapper with a $300 composite.
Wooden sticks had flex too, people seem to forget.