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Originally Posted by Ronin
I see people talking about goalie pads all the time and I don't get it. It's not like they're covered in art like masks. They're just a generic design and they're the same for everyone that buys those other than color.
As long as they stop pucks, I don't even notice when those guys change their pads.
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What's there not to talk about for pads? They are not covered in art like masks so they are not worth discussing? Only topics pertaining to art are worthy of discussion? How about different performance for different pads?
If anything, masks are more of a generic design than pads, since across all manufacturers their purpose and goal is to deflect pucks and disperse the impact and pressure. As long as they keep the goalie's brains intact, the art is only secondary.. Pads on the other hand are tuned and modified to reflect each player's style. There are lots to talk about.
Different pads definitely function and perform differently from each other. You have modern flat-faced butterfly style pads (Luongo, Lundqvist) that kick rebounds out, or more traditional hybrid pads with knee rolls or shin rolls (Brodeur, Miller) that help dampen pucks and produce less lively rebounds.
I heard Kiprusoff and most Calgary Flames goalies use Always pads, because they have wings. Apparently they have this "sea of red" there in Calgary, sounds like a heavy flow.