End of an Era

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End of an Era

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canucks79
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End of an Era

Marc-Andre Fleury is now going to wear White Pads
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White is in, yellow out
Shortly after he went down with a high ankle sprain in early December, Fleury got a letter from an eye doctor in Ottawa with charts and an explanation of why Fleury's signature yellow pads gave shooters an advantage.

Fleury listened.

Yesterday, before and during the morning skate, gleaming white new leg pads, blocker and glove made their debut.

"It's a big different look," coach Michel Therrien said. "I was wondering if we have a new goalie."

Fleury asked around and came to believe the theory that pads in white have the illusion of looking bigger than pads of the same size in darker colors.

"There's more and more goalies wearing white these days," Fleury said. "The guys tell me it makes it look a little bigger.

"It's weird, but it's not too much different."

Fleury said it takes "maybe two weeks if I practice every day" to break in a new set of pads.

Therrien hinted that Fleury might be ready to return before the white pads are broken in.

"He's getting closer and closer. We'll see after the weekend," he said.

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02-10-2008 01:09 AM

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RE: End of an Era

Good news that Fleury is set to return soon. I hope all goes well for him since he had a rough start of the season. He's a really talented goalie and the Pens need him to be sharp if they want to make the playoffs.

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02-10-2008 01:38 AM

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RE: End of an Era

I've heard other goalies talk about using certain colours or patterns on pads to make it tougher on shooters. I remember hearing Brett Hull talk about this and he said it is ridiculous. He said it doesn't matter what the pads look like because he usually shoots before he even looks at the net.

02-10-2008 11:07 AM

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RE: End of an Era

ive heard of teams wearing dark sox and pants to hide the puck and confuse a goalie but never this

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02-10-2008 11:54 AM

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RE: End of an Era

I was watching Hockey Night In Canada a few months back, and the game was between Vancouver and Phoenix. And I remember the commentators, commenting on Bryzgalov's Black pads. And they where saying that, with Bryzgalov wearing the black pads, it is harder for the video goal judge to make his call, because the puck is black too, and the pads can hid the puck.

Lol im not that good at explaining stories. That might not make any sence Big Grin