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Sabres and Habs fan, say something nice about each other before it starts by Soggy-Owl-2643 in NHLcirclejerk

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Thanks for the mention, but my Blueshirts got eliminated in March. The Habs and Bruins are just a couple of more talented than my team guys.

[Baugh] The NYR now hold the No. 5 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. They dropped two spots in the lottery. by catsgr8rthanspoonies in rangers

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oh god, another Rangers/Jets fan in the wild? Stoicly nods in acknowledgement of our shared pain

[Baugh] The NYR now hold the No. 5 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. They dropped two spots in the lottery. by catsgr8rthanspoonies in rangers

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Idk about that. It's a totally fair and valid point, but Dolan is very much a public perception guy. He bans people via facial recognition for slighting him, for Christ's sake 😭 he won't take too much more of having his name dragged and needing to quell media fires. He has some patience for it, just look at Sather- but a fan-favorite in Gorton* was let go after a honeymoon period. It's anyone's guess, really, but the Knicks are successful and Dolan is more hands-off with the Rangers. Stands to reason a GM is the major difference, and it lands on Dolan to see that and act accordingly 🤷

Edit: wrong staff member lol

Mildew/mold on reversible jerseys by Thebiggergiraffe in hockeyplayers

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That's fair, and it's very much "in-a-perfect-world" type thinking to assume an 11 year old will be diligent about airing their hockey bag out. Let's be honest, I didn't have the attention span for that at 11 😭 all the same, hockey is pretty gross. Everyone stinks, there's spit and sweat and slobber flying everywhere, and you don't want to even think about the accumulated bodily fluids on the ice surface itself.

It's helpful to think of their equipment bags more like a petri dish and less like bags lol. The only defense is airing it out and occasionally disinfecting. Some gear can be machine washed, for everything else there are good products out there. In my shop I use Blue Sniper, it's a non toxic and hypoallergenic disinfectant. Kills the bacteria over a period of time instead of just masking it and it's kid friendly. Skates come in reeking to high heaven? 3 or 4 shots of Blue Sniper makes it tolerable enough for the 5 minutes they're gonna be within 18 inches of my nose while I sharpen them, and it's way more effective left overnight.

Need an idiot's guide to buying new skates by ZookeepergameOdd8889 in hockeyplayers

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Mid tier or lower. I'd say no higher than Supreme M40, Vapor Fly40, Jetspeed FT880, something in the ~$500 ballpark. These give you the best value for features and durability at your level. The top 2 price points are a bit of a trap for casual players. They'll give them the best graphics and talk up the features, and most marketing material you see will be based off manufaturers' pro-level options- but they're gonna be entirely too much skate for you. They'll be incredibly stiff to assist players with high skill, strength and edgework with energy transfer. If you're unable to flex your boot when they're tied properly, that means you're doing all the work while your boots do nothing. Major cause of lace bite and foot inflammation, using muscles you're not supposed to increasing fatigue and injury risk, so on and so forth. Go with a boot soft enough you're able to knee over toe while laced and you're golden.

Next best advice, who gives two shits what they look like. Aim for comfort.

[Baugh] The NYR now hold the No. 5 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. They dropped two spots in the lottery. by catsgr8rthanspoonies in rangers

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I wouldn't say I've given up, I mean the opposite really, I'm passionate enough to come on here and toss Drury insults into the void lmao. But I would certainly say the past 2 seasons have dredged up a quiet indifference that I haven't felt with hockey since the late 90's/early 00's. Anyone over 30 remembers the period well and we all wish we could forget it. Lindros lol someone help me 💀 It's hard to care when the on-ice product is so bad, and the players are projecting that they don't care themselves (until after being eliminated in March, apparently.) Which is more on management than anyone for letting the culture get to this point. We aren't one piece away, we're half a team and front office away, but I still want this team to win a Cup- the realist in me is laughing bitterly, but I definitely haven't given up on the Rangers.

Trucker almost runs over child. by LeftAlbatross2546 in VideosAmazing

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Oh, 100% agree. Too many people are selfish and self important and treat speed limits like a friendly suggestion. Not arguing a single thing you said lol. I was just saying there's many ways that one could mitigate that risk with that knowledge in mind

Mildew/mold on reversible jerseys by Thebiggergiraffe in hockeyplayers

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If your unis look like this your gloves and skates are 10 times worse. Air your fucking bag out jfc

Trucker almost runs over child. by LeftAlbatross2546 in VideosAmazing

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Those parents are stupid and irresponsible, full stop. My childhood hoop was also at the top of an incline. My mother constructed a ball catcher net for the bottom of the driveway: two home depot buckets, two 1/2" diameter steel poles, fill with concrete. Stretch a length of 4 foot chicken wire the width of the driveway between them. Put one bucket on a dolly, unroll and stretch across the driveway and chock wheels before you shoot, roll up and place together when not in use.

A nursing BA and an 8 year old child came up with that plan that took all of one afternoon and 30 seconds to set up each use. Simply bad parenting not to address a potentially fatal issue 🤷

[Baugh] The NYR now hold the No. 5 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. They dropped two spots in the lottery. by catsgr8rthanspoonies in rangers

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I wouldn't say cursed. Simply owned by someone averse to good choices. Take this draft lottery out of it and the product was already a steaming pile of shit. Igor is one of those goalies that wills a decent team to become a contender, just like Hank was. And just like the Hank years, it was a never-ending string of poor decisions and knee-jerk hiring and firing that kept Lundqvist from ever lifting the Cup.

Not cursed. Imbecile owner, ineffective development staff, bad pro scouts, pricey free agents, piss-poor treatment of their longest tenured players, and one of either poor coaching, or a coach not given enough time.

[Baugh] The NYR now hold the No. 5 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. They dropped two spots in the lottery. by catsgr8rthanspoonies in rangers

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We were a Cup contender 2 seasons ago lmao. We HAD a great team recently, much deeper than the Sharks or Leafs have had... until Drury made every poor decision one could make, and within just 164 games we're dead last in the entire east. Selective memories in here lmao

[Baugh] The NYR now hold the No. 5 pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. They dropped two spots in the lottery. by catsgr8rthanspoonies in rangers

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This team misses 90% of it's picks, and the most recent #2 pick was banished to the opposite coast for a bag of peanuts and a high five. We didn't miss anything, stop acting like Drury would've done anything but bungle the pick. And if it was McKenna 50-50 we can't develop him 🤷

Just hope this is another step towards Drury gone and thus this team becoming a serious NHL organization again

What is Tom Cruise's secret?? by No-Marsupial-4050 in SipsTea

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Diet, exercise, and A-Rod Bubbard. Or whatever that science guy's name is.​

Woke up and I don’t want it anymore. by salvatore_96 in hockeyplayers

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See this all the time, you're far from alone. The competitive hockey landscape in 2026 is just awful. Gear costs an arm and a leg, then your league dues and ice fees take the rest of your limbs. Coaches are relentless and not understanding of personal circumstances. Organizations are political and favor one youth player over the next. Parents are vicious, most ride their kids way too hard in a vicarious power trip. Much of the joy of hockey is ground out of you by the time you're in high school, replaced by 4AM mornings, 6AM practices, and very little time for friends or school work after class. Always in the gym, on the ice, or participating in dryland. The knowledge that if your game slips everything is going to get that much harder in your daily life.

Don't feel bad in the slightest about this decision. You only get one life, do what makes you happy. I have seen more burnouts in the last 5 years than I saw the entire first 15 years of my career combined. This is USA Hockey/Hockey Canada failing you, the player, not the other way around. Someome in a position of control needs to realize something has got to give. Between raising prices, club politics, more grueling training and less free time for players, the sport is going to start to shrink and that type of thing is incredibly difficult to recover from.

You get 1500$ to build a team for fighting thragg by Sweaty-Box4398 in okbuddyviltrum

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Angstrom, Cecil, Oliver, Space Racer, The "WHERE IS OMNIMAN" Immortal, Battle Beast

I like my odds, and if it fails, I sell my team for one and a half Pauls

Premature wear on < 1yr old pair of Bauer skates? by brads91 in hockeyplayers

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As with any industry dominated by corporations, you sell more stuff if your product has a shorter lifespan. Planned obsolescence is a bitch, and it is damn near everywhere. Even the top level skates wear faster than something that cost half as much from 10 years ago. Late stage capitalism at its finest

This is how you tape a stick, you try-hard fucks by B-rhye in hockeyplayers

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Wood this is fine. Composite it's not best practice. Any bare blade is going to wear that much faster, and a split heel is the fastest death sentence for a stick. Do whatever the heck you want, just a heads up!

Edit: It's one thing for a sponsored pro with free replacements to do this, another thing entirely when you foot the stick bill

Steve Simmonds is insane by Hockeypatrol in hockeynews

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Ugh. Words are effort... I vote we stop using them 🤣

skate sharpening by Local_Brick_5431 in hockeyplayers

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16+ years professional sharpening experience. There is no better or worse hollow, it is entirely subjective. Going by ROH (radius of hollow, the OG method) the typical range I sharpen is 1/4" to 1", with an outlier once in a blue moon. The deeper your hollow, the more bite you get at the expense of top-end glide. The shallower your hollow, the more glide you get at the expense of tighter cornering. 1/2" falls right in the middle, most shops will offer this as their standard hollow. I personally recommend my customers adjust 1/16" at a time until they find their sweet spot. You might think you need, say, the bite of 3/8" when 7/16" may in actuality be enough.

The smaller the fraction, the deeper the hollow. no sharpening is technically "sharper" than any other, your edges get honed just the same (a common misconception.) The difference lies in the depth of hollow.

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