New-pad smell delights goaltender Price

Great story, Dave. I love finding out new facts about the players playing on the greatest sports franchise in the world. I also loved the gallery of Canadiens goaltenders. After the frustrating game tonight, it was a nice to look at all the great goalies of the past and hopefully another one (Price) for the future.

Thanks for the story Dave. For a Habs addict, any story outside of the normal day to day is refreshing. Carey Price is God! Start believing!

GO CAREY GO!!!

Not just Goalie equipment, but players go through gloves and pants on a regular basis...maybe a new set every week or month...and all that equipment ends up out the back door via the equipment managers friend.

A friend of mine ended up with some BullDog equipment that he wears to hockey, he thinks it was chipchuras hockey pants...

Can you imagine getting KOVY's used (worked in) gloves!

that would give you instant magic hands!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well, as an expert in goaltending equipment, I can tell you that Vaughn truly makes the best pads. Their durability, comfort, the break towards the middle (customizable) helps with how quickly your 5-hole is closed once you drop into a butterfly stance. Generally, a break in the middle automatically shuts your 5-hole the instant you drop.

I goaltend with reeboks myself and to be honest, different goalies use different sorts of pads for different reasons. I play more of a Dipietro style game (love to get outta the net and play the puck but i play butterfly as well) and so Itech's woulda been the ideal pads for me (they basically steal all the ideas from Vaughn lol the reps admit it) but if anybody is looking to buy new pads, do NOT buy reebok. Not only are they incredibly loose but their durability isn't fantastic. The screws at the bottom front of the pad tend to come out all the time and reeboks don't really break anywhere. Thus, as opposed to making a single motion as you drop, you have to drop and then spread your feet outwards in order to close the hole between the pads.

Reebok bought everyone out and thus, with all the money they make, they could afford to get big-name goalies to wear their gear free of charge.
It's all a matter of marketing. When Huet was in town, you guy wouldn't believe how many red white and blue premier series II pads i sold (replicas of huet's) whereas now, both our goalies wear Vaughn and you can be sure the guys over at Vaughn are smiling endlessly because come summertime, their sales will skyrocket for sure.

Itech, for example, has no real hot shot goalie except dipietro and (arguably) gerber to boost their sales but once somebody really gets to know a different company from reebok, they tend to convert right away.

Oh and don't even bother trying to get your kids to buy something other than Reeboks. It's out of the question. All their idols wear Reebok.

If anybody has any more specific questions don't be shy.

In Stubbs article on the Goalies equipment size discussion Carey prefers the larger pieces for obvious reasons and the league is going to be hard pressed to mandate protecting the goalies less. But there has to be common ground where the goalies are sufficiently protected without compromising the ability for teams to score.

The good modern goalie is a positional goalie which evolved from large pieces of equipment. "Be in the right place at the right time and the puck will hit you - control the rebound". Dryden was huge in his day but he was a reflex goalie. Esposito started the butterfly but he too was a reflex goalie. Then Roy perfected the Butterfly and began this new era using large equipment. Brodeur copied it but he is now a hybrid because he plays as a reflex goalie. The Positional goalie still must have quick relexes but the first priority is to get their torso behind the puck and be "BIG" using strong legs to move quickly horizontally.

A reduction in equipment hurts Positional Goalies so they will object. This is how they were trained to play. The arguement to maintain the equipment size to protect he goalies is valid which is why in my opinion we will see an increase in the size of the nets if the NHL still feels it needs to increase scoring - about an inch in all directions.

As much as I like Price, especially on our team, his style of play will be challenged by the NHL and the position may return back to a different, more traditional, athletic ability and reflexive type of a goalkeeper. I'm not saying Price of Lundvist in NYR are any less athletic than Roy or Brodeur but their athletic style of how there were trained to be successful is different in todays game.

I personally enjoyed watching goalies pre Roy and their unique, artistic-like movement in an attempt to stop a shot. It's not as effective as todays big goalies style but it added to the artistic aspects of the game.

i know how he feels

i love getting new pads/blocker/trapper

LOOK OUT NOW !!!!!!!!!

New/Bigger Pads (Actually same size but bigger than the old ones cause they are sagged)

Price looks like a Kid on Christmas morning. Good for him.

He is more excited over his new Pads then a shutout or a win.

"Carey's da Man" !!!!!!!!!!

When you are a Star everything is free.....

The "Chosen One" has cometh. His name is "CAREY PRICE".

Dave...I think only you could find a story in a goalie getting a new set of pads. Well done!

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I'd love to know what's so different about each piece of gear that causes some to stick to one brand and others to brand hop to whomever the "big player" is in the business. Lately it seems like RBK has just about everyone covered head to toe...Giguere, Luongo, even Brodeur. Brodeur used to swear by Heaton gear and even mentioned so in his book, but now he's using completely RBK gear.

KOHO used to be the number one, it would seem, but they were bought out by RBK. Perhaps the swing to RBK is more just former KOHO goalies wearing re-badged gear.

Look at Price, he's a bit of a rebel though - Itech helmet, Vaughn pads and gloves and an RBK stick.

I know I'm a nerd about this but anyone else's thoughts/ideas/insights would be great!

Doesn't the Vaughan rep have a very striking resemblance to the late John Candy? Back in the day, goalies used to put duct tape on the pads to keep them for another season.

It's his FIFTH pair of pads this season. Show these to all the football-playing woosies!

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