mxracer652
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How many people here have bought new skates, then had another $100 dollars of work done to the blades (re-grinding contour & matching the lengths) to get them right for your liking and skating style/ability?
How many people here have bought new skates, then had another $100 dollars of work done to the blades (re-grinding contour & matching the lengths) to get them right for your liking and skating style/ability?
How many people here have bought new skates, then had another $100 dollars of work done to the blades (re-grinding contour & matching the lengths) to get them right for your liking and skating style/ability?
How many people here have bought new skates, then had another $100 dollars of work done to the blades (re-grinding contour & matching the lengths) to get them right for your liking and skating style/ability?
paulster2626 said:Well, if you and I are playing hockey and I put these skates on, I would gain an advantage over you by being a tad faster - at least that's how it is supposed to work. But if you go and buy the same skates, then you're just as much faster as I am. Now we've just increased the price of playing hockey by $400. Sweet.
There's a good reason why this idea died 4 years ago.
passedpawn said:lightning (Tampa bay)...
Man, the Leafs just cannot beat the Bruins...Another dominate game for the B's. They've already won the season series with two games left. 14-0-1 in the last month..Nice run.
Am I reading this correctly? Boston plays Pittsburgh tonight? Should be a good tilt!
arturo7 said:Must read article about Boogaard in the NY Times.
NEW YORK -- Rangers enforcer Derek Boogaard suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain ailment related to Alzheimer's disease that is caused by repeated blows to the head, the New York Times reported.
The 28-year-old Boogaard, who died in May of an accidental overdose of alcohol and oxycodone, was found to have had CTE -- which can be diagnosed only after the death of the patient, according to the third story of an extensive three-part series on Boogaard posted on the newspaper's website Monday night.
Dr. Ann McKee, one of four co-directors of Boston University's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy and the director of the center's brain bank, saw signature brown spots near the outer surface of Boogaard's brain, which are revealing signs of CTE.
Such damage in someone as young as Boogaard was surprising. Symptoms of the condition include memory loss, impulsiveness, mood swings, and addiction.
"To see this amount? That's a 'wow' moment," McKee said of the damage to Boogaard's brain tissue. "This is all going bad."
The disease was more advanced in Boogaard than it was in famed enforcer Bob Probert, who died of heart failure in 2010 at 45. He played 16 seasons in the NHL and often struggled with alcohol and drug addiction.
Reggie Fleming, who was 73, and 59-year-old Rick Martin, were other hockey players who were found to have CTE.
CTE has also been found by researchers in the brains of numerous deceased former NFL players, including Dave Duerson, Chris Henry, Mike Webster, Cookie Gilchrist and Andre Waters.
Thanks for the link brah
What say you?
arturo7 said:I say it's bvllshvt. More favoritism toward the east coast teams.
Yet another reason to take Bettman out back...
Seriously? This was a move to appease the *WEST COAST* teams.
Edit: Oh. You're still going on about the 8 teams vs 7 teams, aren't you? It really doesn't confer any real advantage for anything that matters, which is exactly why you don't see any serious complaining about it - other than from some misguided fans, I suppose.
Edit: Oh. You're still going on about the 8 teams vs 7 teams, aren't you?
They just made room for 2 more expansion teams.
You know, when the Leafs' playoff runs always started with playing St. Louis and Detroit? Man, I hated St. Louis when I was a kid....
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