Confirmed with Link: Miller's (and maybe Lack's) pads next season
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VanillaCoke
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Atleast Lacks pads are interesting.
I wish more goalies would get better pads
Think all of these are rad
I wish more goalies would get better pads
Think all of these are rad
If you think about it. When Eddie stands up that logo is going to look like a craked open egg (with the canucks logo on it). Now all he has to do is pull a Lou vs. Anaheim.
Those brown ones are soooo sweet!Atleast Lacks pads are interesting.
I wish more goalies would get better pads
Think all of these are rad
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I don't know how much stock I put into that. I've never noticed a difference and nhl shooters being a million times better than me I'm not sure they care what colour pads are.
However it would be VERY interesting to see some numbers on it.
Compare % of 5 hole goals on the top 30 nhl goalies, then see which ones used white vs other colours....
Be cool to see if there's a discernible statistical advantage
Maybe it depends on the shooter? I know where the net is... I'm looking to see where the goalie is. The white pads make it harder at a glance... and that's about all you get nowadays.
Doesn't make a difference to me either, but that's mostly because I'm watching the puck to make sure I hit it
Miller has settled with Vaughn Pads, Vaughn Glove, and CCM Blocker the last few years if I remember correctly. I love Brian's pads and the cool customizations they do. Hopefully Lack changes his design a bit since he had that Canucks logo late last year.
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Absolutely not. Miller has worn an old school pad, often completely custom, with a modern 'skin' for a long time now. Note that the pads all look the same and have rolls on both the knee and shin. The difference in graphics is for marketing purposes.
I haven't heard if his current Vaughn pads are stock, but I highly doubt it considering his past pad preferences.
Cory if I recall correctly is using the stock Vaughn pad with 2 thighrise breaks (the vertical gaps on the edge of the pad) and a Velocity 2 inner channel.
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Or you could take it a step further with the optical illusion:
Doesn't surprise me... you know how I feel about goalie pads
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mossey3535
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Doesn't surprise me... you know how I feel about goalie pads
Wait I forgot...remind me.
biturbo19
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Absolutely not. Miller has worn an old school pad, often completely custom, with a modern 'skin' for a long time now. Note that the pads all look the same and have rolls on both the knee and shin. The difference in graphics is for marketing purposes.
I haven't heard if his current Vaughn pads are stock, but I highly doubt it considering his past pad preferences.
Cory if I recall correctly is using the stock Vaughn pad with 2 thighrise breaks (the vertical gaps on the edge of the pad) and a Velocity 2 inner channel.
Yeah. That's why i'm kind of curious about the alleged Miller pads. They don't really fit the profile of the kind of thing he's worn previously.
mossey3535
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Hahaha well big cheesy graphics is what Brian's does best. You have to give them credit for the amount of customization they're willing to do but unfortunately there is no filter on the style (or lack thereof) of what their customers ask for.
Felix Potvin Cat Pads
Dollar Bills Y'all!!!!
Trevor Kidd, he rocked this checker thing his whole career
Or maybe Blackjack?
That's just off the top of my head. Anyways, I like Lack's pad with the logo on them, for Brian's it's downright subdued lol.
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Ohhhh yeah. We are. I even broke down and got a huge thigh rise on my latest set. My butterfly isn't what it used to be. Also, it's almost impossible to get one WITHOUT a huge thigh rise.
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Yeah, I don't like the tribal obsession in the goalie pad world, but it has reigned supreme for a decade now. For a long time there you couldn't even buy gear that didn't have some sort of tribal-type graphics on them. It was like people were trying to catch up with the tattoo trend .... without realizing it wasn't cool.
Luckily last year people seem to be getting back to simpler geometric patterns. Unless they're Brian's or Vaughn.
The Stig
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Vaughn has always been very simple with their designs. It's usually Brian's that are the more interesting ones (aka Lack's brand).
The Stig
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I can't wait until the discussion about what colour of sport drink Miller has. My guess is it'll be a stupid one that causes cancer in kittens.
