Confirmed with Link: Anderson's New Pads!

[PeterSidorkiewicz]

Brians, my favorite big name goalie pad company so I'm a fan.

 

[Back in Black]

This

I love those camo net pads!

 

[BonkTastic]

They look great, except that it kind of looks like arrows pointing inward to where the shooter needs to go in order to score. Maybe that is just me.

They might give the illusion that there's more open 5-hole space than there actually is.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

If he lost the black stripe halfway down (like underneath the E-shape), they would be just about perfect.

Although, I can see where shooters would think the black stripe at the bottom was the inside edge of the pads. Would have to see it in a game situation to see see how deceiving it is to the eye.

 

[ATdaisuki]

They might give the illusion that there's more open 5-hole space than there actually is.

probably this. the arrows are also pretty high up. when he goes into butterfly, his body will be where the arrows were pointing. right in the breadbasket, no rebound.

 

[Laminator]

Couldn't find a better picture showing Elliot's mask and pads but this combo was the best

 

[Quo]

My favourite part of any offseason. They look purdy. Sleek, scientific and Brians. Great stuff.

 

[King EK65]

Always one in the bunch.

Edit - It must be such a pain the break in new pads every year, like all the goalies seem to be doing these days. What's wrong with wearing the same pads for a decade or two?

If Anderson keeping the same pads for a decade or two would mean he'd play like Arturs Irbe in his prime, I'd be down.

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[Caeldan]

Looks sick but definitely screaming "shoot here"

 

[Cosmix]

When do we get to see his new helmet?

 

[SilverSeven]

I think people put way too much stock into the psychology behind pad design.

 

[L'Aveuglette]

If Anderson keeping the same pads for a decade or two would mean he'd play like Arturs Irbe in his prime, I'd be down.

Edit:

So. Bland.

We either need to switch to the heritage full-time or re-design that jersey.

 

[BonkTastic]

I think people put way too much stock into the psychology behind pad design.

I'd actually love to do some research and take a look at all the goalies who have switched from coloured pads to white ones, and see if their numbers get a bump in their first season in the whites.

Start with Patrick Roy's V2's, and go from there.

 

[StefanW]

I'd actually love to do some research and take a look at all the goalies who have switched from coloured pads to white ones, and see if their numbers get a bump in their first season in the whites.

Start with Patrick Roy's V2's, and go from there.

When the white pads first started showing up, players would say that they make it tougher to spot an opening due to less contrast with the ice and boards. Now that players are used to them I'm sure there is still an effect but probably less than it used to be. It would be hard to quantify with all the moving pieces involved.

 

[BonkTastic]

When the white pads first started showing up, players would say that they make it tougher to spot an opening due to less contrast with the ice and boards. Now that players are used to them I'm sure there is still an effect but probably less than it used to be. It would be hard to quantify with all the moving pieces involved.

Yeah, now that it's become de rigueur in the NHL to wear white pads, there's probably been some conditioning on the part of the shooters to expect them.

AFAIK, the phenomenon is two-fold:
1) avoiding certain colours: red, yellow, orange. Bright colours that force the eye to notice them and make it easy for shooters to avoid them.
2) not necessarily white in itself, but using white in the design to create an illusion of space. Roy's V2s are a good example of this. It's not white pads on their own that necessarily make a huge difference, but it's using the white creatively to make false holes appear in a shooter's split-second view of the net.

In case anyone forgets Roy's pads, they looked like this:

 

[Rolie]

Real nice.