SliceAndDice
OnSloppyIceVille
The other night I noticed it while watching Ryan Kesler closely to see if he really is injured.
And while I couldn't tell if there is something actually wrong with either the major or the minor of one of his adductors I did notice the flip-flopping of the boot.
His skate boot that is.
And then I had a look at a whole lotta players, that behemoth Chara included.
And it turns out almost all of them have the flipping and the flopping going on all over the place - especially when they're into that damnable stop-and-start-back-and-forth-fake-soccer-style cycle game.
Heckfire.
I dunno if I could even begin to play hockey without about 236 feet of white, 1.5 inch wide surgical tape wrapped around each of my ankles.
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Don 'Beaver Cleaver' Lever, with full orthopaedic assists, above....And that's only because I couldn't find a good picture of Bob Manno's uber-casts.
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2 comments:
Technological change, Ross. The skate boots are more rigid, which means they don't need the tape you might have needed with those old leather boots. And blades hold a sharpening better, which means skates don't need to be as up-and-down as in the old days. Don't listen to Don Cherry: better equipment has made the game better.
Thanks Tim.
Technology.... I suppose in this case you may be right...Does that mean I should get rid of the cable-based bindings on my skis too?
But then again....All those new-fangled composite sticks that keep blowing up...I presume they're way better too?
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