AMMOnation Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 For those that are intrigued by goalie gear ect. Here is Emery in his 2014 gear. Very nice. http://www.goaliestore.com/board/attachments/equipment-forum/41856d1377776614-official-2013-2014-gear-sitings-thread-bsytrmbcqaagqk7.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted August 29, 2013 Share Posted August 29, 2013 @AMMOnation I wonder if those are the legal size pads? I'd assume so, because they don't take up 90% of the pic...lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMOnation Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 @AMMOnation I wonder if those are the legal size pads? I'd assume so, because they don't take up 90% of the pic...lol.Pretty sure they are, those are the new Bauer pads the king (lundquist) has Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NRH Posted August 30, 2013 Share Posted August 30, 2013 You never realize how big a player is until you stick him next to ordinary sized humans. Or Martin St.Louis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aziz Posted September 1, 2013 Share Posted September 1, 2013 Pretty sure they are, those are the new Bauer pads the king (lundquist) hasthink they probably brians pads. what with the brians logo and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
murraycraven Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Not Bauer... Brians Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMOnation Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Not Bauer... Brians My mistake, was referencing the guy next time him in the new Bauers. Emery wears custom Brians pads, that entire design is made for just him. Halak has his own design as well. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedZep Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 So when are goalies going to start wearing "stealth" pads, with divergent lines and patterns that make it difficult for a shooter to concentrate, let alone aim at the 5 hole? Or is such chicanery not allowed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doom88 Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aziz Posted September 5, 2013 Share Posted September 5, 2013 So when are goalies going to start wearing "stealth" pads, with divergent lines and patterns that make it difficult for a shooter to concentrate, let alone aim at the 5 hole? Or is such chicanery not allowed?it's been tried, remember Trevor Kidd's pads? it just doesn't make much of a difference. the one thing a goalie can do that has any real effect is black gloves and pads, potentially hiding otherwise uncovered pucks. plus, black glove with black lacing makes overhead puck-over-the-line reviews harder. then again, black pads are ugly, so.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMOnation Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 They already use them.. This is why almost every goalie is going to all-white pads. There have even been grumblings the NHL would set standards for pad colors, which IMO would suck. In fact, the movement really started when Fleury was told to get rid of his all yellow pads, and go with white. Yellow is the first color that the eye picks up, white obviously blends in with the ice. This is why the call Fleury the flower. To top it off it sure looks like Vaughn stole the camo pads from this guy: http://boston.barstoolsports.com/random-thoughts/reader-email-did-vaughn-hockey-steal-this-unh-bros-hockey-pad-design-the-answer-is-yes/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aziz Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 they don't call fleury "the flower" because his name means "the flower"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AMMOnation Posted September 6, 2013 Share Posted September 6, 2013 they don't call fleury "the flower" because his name means "the flower"?Story I understood, maybe it was from HBO road to the winter classic (whatever they call it) was they started calling him the flower after one of his first few seasons where he had struggled. Came to camp the next year with white pads, versus his notorious yellow. Coaching staff dubbed him the flower who was ready to bloom with his new white pads. White is the first color most flowers show as they bloom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 Video of Kay Whitmore, he explains the new pad rules, how they came to that conclusion and the difference between the old and new ones. http://video.nhl.com/videocenter/console?id=77280 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TedZep Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 Tthe one thing a goalie can do that has any real effect is black gloves and pads, potentially hiding otherwise uncovered pucks. plus, black glove with black lacing makes overhead puck-over-the-line reviews harder. I imagine one day GPS units or similar electronics will be built into the pucks & nets to make such visual identification moot. If the NHL is willing to put "frickin' laser beams" in the pucks, that's just the next step. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aziz Posted September 9, 2013 Share Posted September 9, 2013 @TedZep true, but at the moment they don't have that stuff. plus, wouldn't change a skater not seeing a loose puck or a ref blowing play dead early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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