2017-18 New Goalie Equipment/Masks

[Jesus comma Brodin]

Flower's

 

[Stad]

That mask is so sick. He always had great masks.

 

[Uncle Dru]

Vasilevsky's new lid, apparently it has a gimmick that DaveArt hasn't thought of...a few of the designs only appear in cold temperatures.

Beautiful Mask...don't like the palm trees. Perfect otherwise

 

[jetsforever]

Flower's

That's awesome

 

[Jesus comma Brodin]

That mask is so sick. He always had great masks.

That's awesome

Can't agree more. He has really never failed in the gear department during his career. As a former tendy, can't help but be a fan

 

[Anglesmith]

 

[Hockeyfan2390]

Ok, that's a sick setup for Smith.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Luongo's. Idk if it's like Vasi's and the images show more clearly in more temperatures...

 

[Simpo]

Fleury w/Jersey

 

[McDrailers]

Fleury w/Jersey

Yeah that locks it for me, will be ordering a fleury jersey

 

[SUBdrewgANS]

Luongo's. Idk if it's like Vasi's and the images show more clearly in more temperatures...

They don't need to be shown more clearly. This mask is AMAZING as is. Best I've seen so far!

 

[pckstpr31]

Man these are beautiful. After years of some pretty boring setups Flames fans have been blessed with some amazing ones, from Hiller to Elliott and now Smith. Too bad that doesn't equate to good goaltending

Also Luongo's mask is very nice, but I don't understand why he refuses to incorporate all the team colours at one time.

 

[Atas2000]

Good idea...until you realize that NHL rinks aren't cold.

You don't get it. Spilling water(which goalies do a lot) over it will reveal the hidden designs.

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[Atas2000]

I hope one day every mask is done by him. Just to spite all the whiners.

Well, athletes aren't blessed with taste on the average, so it is possible. But what would it prove other than the first part?

 

[Soundgarden]

Wow, we got some good gear so far this year.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Flower's

Damn that's a beauty of a mask.

 

[Hockeyfan2390]

Damn that's a beauty of a mask.

Not sure, I don't see any Invisible Wizard Tech 2.0 Special XFX.

 

[GetFocht]

Luongo's mask is the best in the league.

 

[IamNotADancer]

Luongo's mask is the best in the league.

Take note of the elevated simplicity.

Details are only visible if you get closer and it doesn't distract from the overall mask design.

The lovefest over Vasilievsky's and Fleury's masks is foreign to me.

Sure, they look AAAAAMAAAAAAZING when you are about 6 feet from them. Once you are watching live or sit in front of the TV it's just another cluttered mess.

Even up close it takes a few moments to even decipher what's on their mask.

Truly despise the need to cramp in as much detail as possible into a tiny frame.
Might as well just wear as camo mask. Looks the same from afar.

 

[Bowski]

Flower's

Ottawa Spartan approves

 

[Billdo]

So much . Simply perfect.

 

[Oddbob]

Why do people like Luongo's, I don't get it? It will look like crap on ice, and is way too plain now.

 

[IamNotADancer]

Why do people like Luongo's, I don't get it? It will look like crap on ice, and is way too plain now.

As opposed to Fleury's mask which you can only make out what's going on when you get up close to it?

Luongo's mask might be "plain" by today's standards but you can at least recognize and discern it from other masks.

You can take almost every goalies mask that goes by the pattern of "the more crap I can wedge into the mask the better" and put it on a different goalie who goes by the same stylistic pattern and no one would ever even notice the difference.

Put Fleury's mask on Mike Smith or heck, even Pekka Rinne and you wouldn't notice it while you were watching the game.

I'll take simple and iconic over cartoony masks which try to tell the life story of the goalie's dog (Lalime's Marvin the Martian is the only cartoon mask that worked simply because it was easily recognizable).

 

[Lunatik]

Man these are beautiful. After years of some pretty boring setups Flames fans have been blessed with some amazing ones, from Hiller to Elliott and now Smith. Too bad that doesn't equate to good goaltending

Also Luongo's mask is very nice, but I don't understand why he refuses to incorporate all the team colours at one time.

I suspect we may see 2 different sets of gear from Smith. From looking at photos, it appears he had a home set (solid black) and an away set (solid white) last season.

 

[Billdo]

I suspect we may see 2 different sets of gear from Smith. From looking at photos, it appears he had a home set (solid black) and an away set (solid white) last season.

I love that Smith is one of the few goalies who tend to go with color over predominantly white pads.