04-07-2014, 12:43 PM
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Ass Handler
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: Okotoks, AB
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Something needs to be done about today's goalie equipment
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04-07-2014, 12:48 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Panger is also a legitimate midget.
Most goalies these days are 6 feet tall minimum.
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04-07-2014, 12:58 PM
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The pads need to just cover the knee, and not the majority of the thigh. Padding in the thigh should be the shell stuff under the pants. Those pads are ridiculous.
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04-07-2014, 12:59 PM
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One of the Nine
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Space Sector 2814
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Are those soccer shin pads regulation?
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04-07-2014, 01:10 PM
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Franchise Player
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That is why the big shots from the point were feared.
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04-07-2014, 01:11 PM
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Lifetime Suspension
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Lol Darren Pang is like 5'3 140 pounds.
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04-07-2014, 01:25 PM
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Calgary
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nik-
The pads need to just cover the knee, and not the majority of the thigh. Padding in the thigh should be the shell stuff under the pants. Those pads are ridiculous.
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Ya, I agree with this. No way they should be going that high on these guys, they are already big enough.
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04-07-2014, 01:27 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: San Fernando Valley
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Even Vernon was pretty small. Heck Freddie Brathwaite looked pretty tiny and that wasn't really that long ago. Wasn't the origin of pads for goaltender protection? Somehow things changed where the padding is all about how much space can be taken away. I look at my brother's trapper today and compare it to what we used as kids it doesn't protect any better but it's massive in size. The equipment is so much bigger everywhere. Not sure why professional hockey bodies don't look into reducing the size of the equipment to it's original intention which was protection. Somewhere in the 90's the equipment started growing substantially. It's only going to get worse as athletes get bigger and better coaching.
Last edited by Erick Estrada; 04-07-2014 at 01:29 PM.
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04-07-2014, 01:53 PM
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Calgary
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Man alive. When Bishop is in position you must not be able to see even a square cm of net behind him. Crazy.
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04-07-2014, 02:06 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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Why?
Is there really an appetite to bring back the old 9-7 80's-style hockey game with awful goaltending and terrible D?
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04-07-2014, 02:20 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Originally Posted by sketchyt
Here's what it looks like without the jerseys and gear reversed:
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oh my god, the equipment of a 5' 5" goalie looks small on a 6'7" goalie....
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04-07-2014, 02:22 PM
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Next to My Neighbour
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Pang should've become a jockey after hockey was over.......
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04-07-2014, 02:23 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Ontario
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Quote:
Originally Posted by nik-
The pads need to just cover the knee, and not the majority of the thigh. Padding in the thigh should be the shell stuff under the pants. Those pads are ridiculous.
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Doesn't there have to be overlap or else there would be a gap when the knee is bent?
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04-07-2014, 02:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Tyler
Why?
Is there really an appetite to bring back the old 9-7 80's-style hockey game with awful goaltending and terrible D?
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Bring back? The Oilers never left.
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04-07-2014, 02:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tyler
Why?
Is there really an appetite to bring back the old 9-7 80's-style hockey game with awful goaltending and terrible D?
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Smaller pads will result in terrible D?
What smaller pads would do is make a little more of the net available to shooters - I would welcome that.
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04-07-2014, 02:59 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Vancouver
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I'm all for cutting that thigh part down and having it replaced with a smaller, harder thigh pad that covers the top of the knee when bent. Also ok with cutting the extra pieces off the gloves that aren't provided protection, just covering more space.
Other than that though, something I think people don't consider is there is more than just a need to protect the goalie from the puck now. Players drive the net and crash into the goalie way harder/more often than they every used to before, so the protection has to take that into account too. I'm actually always surprised by the lack of protection on a goalies back. If they ever got turned around and took a slap shot off the back, it could do some serious damage.
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04-07-2014, 03:16 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: sector 7G
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Ken Dryden with Bishop's pads in the 70's would have had a 0.50 GAA
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04-07-2014, 03:18 PM
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2012
Location: Sylvan Lake
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Quote:
Originally Posted by habernac
Ken Dryden with Bishop's pads in the 70's would have had a 0.50 GAA
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Bishop with Dryden's team would have a 0.50 GAA......
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