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Mar 7, 2022 18:01
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mattias norlinder and his big dick 1 1/4
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Mar 7, 2022 18:01
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Might as well skate on a flat piece of steel at that radius. I also love the 5/8 cut on my skates. Which looks to be extremely popular.
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Mar 7, 2022 18:23
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I like a 9/16" but some of those are wild, pro skating is a whole other level.
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Mar 7, 2022 20:15
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I do 5/8ths because it's fastest, the shop always has it on the wheel. But I could probably do fine on 1" because I only sharpen them when I find a huge nick in the blade and sometimes it's a year and a half later. Long as I'm not washing out in turns I'm happy.
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Mar 7, 2022 21:30
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I'm used to super dull blades because I learned how to skate on speed skates, and also mostly because my dad didn't know that skates needed sharpening when I was young. I love a fresh 3/4" but I usually get 11/16" if I can.
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Mar 7, 2022 22:18
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1 1/4" holy poo poo Connor McDavid uses a 1" IIRC I use 1/2" because I've never bothered to try anything else
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Mar 8, 2022 00:45
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I use a 1/2 because that is what Chemmy had written in sharpie at the bottom of the skates he sold me, and then the professional skate sharpener I go to knows me and just cuts it at 1/2 now even though I have new skates and don't have them written on the bottom anymore because "that's just what I get" and I don't know any better or why I would use anything different
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Mar 8, 2022 04:20
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lol I use 5/8s now because that’s the default at that place and I genuinely don’t care about my ROH. The only good sharpener is real particular here. He wants a number sharpied on there.
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Mar 8, 2022 05:28
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I switched to 5/8 because a woman who was the equipment manager for a really high level girls team here in Ontario came and gave a short talk about skate sharpening to one of my learn to play classes and said everyone should give 5/8 a try to see if they like it better. I always found 1/2 was way too bitey.
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Mar 8, 2022 06:47
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Paul Coffey was a 1”, wasnt he? One of the best skating strides ever
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Mar 8, 2022 07:52
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drat, I scored the OT-winner against the ringer team who has won like 8 of the past 12 championships in our league. That’s a first for me. Felt good. 95% of games that go into OT usually end in a stupid tie since it’s only 4 mins of running-clock.
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Mar 8, 2022 08:37
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sellouts posted:Paul Coffey was a 1”, wasnt he? I don't remember his hollow but I do remember hearing that he wore skates a size too small to give himself more control. He just loved super tight skates.
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Mar 8, 2022 15:53
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Ginette Reno posted:I don't remember his hollow but I do remember hearing that he wore skates a size too small to give himself more control. He just loved super tight skates. I don't know if it's true, but I've heard of older skaters stuffing their skates with newspaper and the like to get them to stiffen up in some areas
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Mar 8, 2022 19:44
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what's the best radius for an "old" guy with lovely skating mechanics, bad knees, who probably added a good covid-10 over the last 2 years, and wants the best glide-for-effort ratio thanks in advance i've been using 1/2 forever and I remember changing to something for about 1/4th a year and not liking it... might've been FBV 
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Mar 8, 2022 19:44
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Duke Chin posted:what's the best radius for an "old" guy with lovely skating mechanics, bad knees, who probably added a good covid-10 over the last 2 years, and wants the best glide-for-effort ratio thanks in advance I would start going shallower until you start slipping too much. If you have bad knees, I would also look into BladeTech. I haven't made the switch yet, but I've heard from guys that it really takes some of the brunt away from knees.
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Mar 8, 2022 19:46
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lol the first google result for "bladetech" was not at all what I was expecting  is this one of those floppy-blade like speed skater kinda deals?
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Mar 8, 2022 19:49
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It looks like the toe portion has some play. I'd be curious since this time of year my knee seems to always bother me. I will also say for our team if we have 8 guys vs their 12+ we always seem to play a ton better. We were just connecting really well tonight.
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Mar 9, 2022 05:44
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Duke Chin posted:is this one of those floppy-blade like speed skater kinda deals? calandryll posted:It looks like the toe portion has some play. I'd be curious since this time of year my knee seems to always bother me. Correct. https://bladetechhockey.com/ I'm eager to try them, but right now my StepSteel still has a lot of life left.
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Mar 10, 2022 20:55
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I don't understand some teams. Played again tonight against a team who is loving wild. In 20ish games one dude has 72 pims. I think their total is like 150. It's wild. Got slewfooted behind the net, he went knee to knee on me but no call. Like I'm in my 40s and need to work in the morning rear end in a top hat.
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Mar 11, 2022 06:20
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calandryll posted:I don't understand some teams. Played again tonight against a team who is loving wild. In 20ish games one dude has 72 pims. I think their total is like 150. It's wild. Got slewfooted behind the net, he went knee to knee on me but no call. Like I'm in my 40s and need to work in the morning rear end in a top hat. Sounds like your league is pretty poorly run. That type of player would get a ban from most adult leagues.
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Mar 11, 2022 07:09
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We scored 2 late goals last night (to make it a 6-4 win, it was a very close game) and after the 6th goal with 0.8s left on the clock the other team's goalie and 3 other skaters all left the ice before the horn and handshakes. Some people are just garbage.
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Mar 11, 2022 07:16
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Pleads posted:We scored 2 late goals last night (to make it a 6-4 win, it was a very close game) and after the 6th goal with 0.8s left on the clock the other team's goalie and 3 other skaters all left the ice before the horn and handshakes. 6-4 is a close rear end game in beer league. People like that blow my mind. I'm always fascinated/disgusted by people who take the game too seriously.
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Mar 11, 2022 09:14
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Ginette Reno posted:Sounds like your league is pretty poorly run. That type of player would get a ban from most adult leagues. That is a complete understatement. We've bitched about it for years and nothing gets done. But being the only beer league under an hour it sucks. I just looked it up that team has a total of 193 PIMS in 20 games. I can't fathom how you get that many in such a short amount of time.
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Mar 11, 2022 13:22
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Being in a popular beer league vs an unpopular one is a huge difference. My old D-league was so desperate for players that they never kicked out ringers, not even the guy who literally played in Juniors. In my new beer league at a different rink, the longest ringers ever stay is one season because they get forced to move up.
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Mar 11, 2022 14:27
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calandryll posted:I don't understand some teams. Played again tonight against a team who is loving wild. In 20ish games one dude has 72 pims. I think their total is like 150. It's wild. Got slewfooted behind the net, he went knee to knee on me but no call. Like I'm in my 40s and need to work in the morning rear end in a top hat. I run a private pickup now for this exact reason. Almost everyone who's played in leagues before and now refuge in my group has this exact story.
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Mar 11, 2022 15:22
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I have no problem with people who leave before handshakes. If you’ve got whatever poo poo going on in your life that makes this game and a loss/thing that happened in a beer league game that upsetting for you, you should leave before you do something more stupid. Best of luck with your life, hope you find your dad, etc.
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Mar 11, 2022 15:27
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My team left before handshakes once but it's because the other team was up like 14-3 and took a clapper from in close at our goalie's head. I also only play in private shinnies now and life is much happier.
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Mar 11, 2022 15:37
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its been forever since I actually looked at hockey gear, I thought it was interesting that the newest vapors basically look like direct ripoffs of True skates, and are also several hundred dollars cheaper than they used to be competition is good folks
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Mar 11, 2022 16:15
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bewbies posted:its been forever since I actually looked at hockey gear, I thought it was interesting that the newest vapors basically look like direct ripoffs of True skates, and are also several hundred dollars cheaper than they used to be I've never tried True Skates. I hope the Vapor line isn't radically changing because I've been wearing Vapors for years and they fit me perfectly.
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Mar 11, 2022 16:22
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Me, over here, still fussy CCM killed off the jofa style shin guards and only make their stupid two strap design now, making me That Guy that buys used gear because he's too resistant to change.
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Mar 11, 2022 16:38
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LowOnCyan posted:I run a private pickup now for this exact reason. I also do a private pickup and they don't have guys like that and it's great. And really it's just that team, who are made up of dudes who started playing about 5 years ago and think Slapshot is the proper way to play. There are a few guys on there that are pretty decent dudes but the rest are just assholes. The dude who has 72 PIMS had his girlfriend there, for a 10 pm game, cheering him on as he's trying to take on my teammate who is 6'3" 280.
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Mar 11, 2022 16:45
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Private pickup is always a fun and good skate, but I do end up missing refs calling a proper game. It just feels like a more complete experience when it's an actual contest.
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Mar 11, 2022 16:48
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The guy who runs our pickup has had too many concussions, but he still wants to skate, so he refs for us. It's nice getting faceoffs, etc.
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Mar 11, 2022 17:07
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Our pickups are pretty competitive but we only get 50 minutes of ice time so I prefer not having whistles and face offs since they just eat up time.
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Mar 11, 2022 17:31
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bewbies posted:are also several hundred dollars cheaper than they used to be Uh, what?
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Mar 11, 2022 18:28
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xzzy posted:Private pickup is always a fun and good skate, but I do end up missing refs calling a proper game. It just feels like a more complete experience when it's an actual contest. We have a ref that skates with us sometimes for the pickup, but yeah having a set team that plays together is nice. I'm thinking of adding scorekeeping and music sometime soon
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Mar 11, 2022 19:58
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Greetings from the ER after being tripped into the boards. No diagnosis yet, but I'd bet my shoulder is broken. The worst part was they didn't even call a penalty.
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Mar 13, 2022 06:20
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Greetings from the ER after being tripped into the boards. No diagnosis yet, but I'd bet my shoulder is broken. Fuuuuck. Hope you heal up quick
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Mar 13, 2022 06:32
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Recover swiftly and return with a vengeance, sweet goon.
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Mar 13, 2022 07:39
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