How are Ben Bishop's pads legal?

[SwaggySpungo]

His leg pads go right up to his waist. It's absurd.

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[VoluntaryDom]

hes like 6 foot 7 bro

 

[Lainehasaweirdface]

His leg pads go right up to his waist. It's absurd.

Lol he just sits deep in his stance.

 

[SwaggySpungo]

Lol he just sits deep in his stance.

He was standing upright when I noticed. The league needs to get a lot more strict with enforcement, or if they are legal they need to re-work the percentage above the knee that's allowable.

 

[Ctrain2k]

Probably has an exception or something, Chara’s sticks like 5 inches longer than the legal limit but he has an exception.

 

[LeProspector]

not related to the thread however.... ben bishop is 6’7”... plays hockey professionally, plays the guitar and was a QB in HS.
homie is the perfect man

 

[SaintMorose]

It's getting ridiculous they come past his nipples

 

[JoVel]

It's getting ridiculous they come past his nipples

Free the nipple.

 

[serp]

Koskinens pads who is the same size are pretty much the same. I'm fairly certain the league approves every goalies eqiument he plans to use before the season so yes those pads are legal.

 

[Master P]

It's getting ridiculous they come past his nipples

He's hunched over below the cross bar dude. He's 6'7 and the cross bar is only 4 feet tall.

 

[serp]

He's hunched over below the cross bar dude. He's 6'7 and the cross bar is only 4 feet tall.

I think that was a joke .

 

[njdevils1982]

Probably has an exception or something, Chara’s sticks like 5 inches longer than the legal limit but he has an exception.

it's only 2" longer than the regular 63"

 

[MikeyMike01]

Look at the equipment a baseball catcher wears vs a hockey goalie. It’s not about safety, it’s about taking up the entire net. It’s absurd and it’s suffocating the game.

 

[Claypool]

The top of goalie pads should hug around the thigh rather than sticking up like that. If they did, though, the butterfly style would go extinct in a hurry.

 

[serp]

Look at the equipment a baseball catcher wears vs a hockey goalie. It’s not about safety, it’s about taking up the entire net. It’s absurd and it’s suffocating the game.

You should look at Gigueres from back in the day or how ridiculous Roy looked in his last few years and compare it to todays pads and notice some very big differences. Scoring is up i don't know exactly that the problem is here. One of the two talest goalies who has ever played in the league has the biggest pads in the league. Whoop dee freakin doo

 

[Craig Button]

It's getting ridiculous they come past his nipples

Lol
That pic reminds me of this

 

[Lainehasaweirdface]

Look at the equipment a baseball catcher wears vs a hockey goalie. It’s not about safety, it’s about taking up the entire net. It’s absurd and it’s suffocating the game.

Baseball catchers get nailed by foul balls in places where there's no equipment literally all the time. There have been tons of broken bones, ruptured testicles, contusions, etc over the years.

 

[Lainehasaweirdface]

He was standing upright when I noticed. The league needs to get a lot more strict with enforcement, or if they are legal they need to re-work the percentage above the knee that's allowable.

Go look at pics of him standing, then compare them to pics of any other goalie standing.

 

[cowboy82nd]

Look at the equipment a baseball catcher wears vs a hockey goalie. It’s not about safety, it’s about taking up the entire net. It’s absurd and it’s suffocating the game.

Have you ever played goalie? Ask Kevin Weeks about safety.

 

[OKR]

Go look at pics of him standing, then compare them to pics of any other goalie standing.

Compare him to Rinne, they have 5cm length difference, i have no idea if his pads are legal but they are for sure bigger in proportion.

 

[The S5]

Look at the equipment a baseball catcher wears vs a hockey goalie. It’s not about safety, it’s about taking up the entire net. It’s absurd and it’s suffocating the game.

That is just dumb. Does a baseball catcher face a one-time from 35 feet coming in at 100+? No, a catcher knows what pitch is coming. It's always from the same distance. The only thing they have to worry about is a tip and the equipment is sufficient to absorb it if it happens.

 

[Vladys Gumption]

The top of goalie pads should hug around the thigh rather than sticking up like that. If they did, though, the butterfly style would go extinct in a hurry.

You really want to go back to the day’s of dinky wristers going in from the blue line? Hockey has never been more exciting and the game is fine the way it is.

 

[KevinRedkey]

They are normal when he stands

 

[Primary Assist]

He looks like a somewhat tall man. If only they mentioned his height once or twice every period, then we could actually know how tall he is.

 

[StoneHands]

Look at the equipment a baseball catcher wears vs a hockey goalie. It’s not about safety, it’s about taking up the entire net. It’s absurd and it’s suffocating the game.

This has to be a joke, right?