Jean-Sebastien Giguere's New Pads, Catcher, and Blocker
by PPP on Feb 5, 2010 11:09 AM EST
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PrintA loyal reader passed along some pictures of Jean-Sebastien Giguere's recently finished pads, catcher, and blocker. He even passed along this blurb:
"Puppets, when was the last time we had a goalkeeper that was notable enough to talk goalkeeper equipment? Possibly never, heck maybe we still don't care. But damn it a scoop is a scoop, so here they are straight from the factory floor at Reebok, Jiggy's new Toronto Maple Leaf Pads. The pads rolled off the line Thursday morning and are undoubtedly in Jiggy's hands by now. Look for them to debut in practice sometime over the next few days with a game debut within the next week. Somewhere Vesa Toskala is crying..."
I agree. Scoops are great. Why aren't all of you e-mailing me scoops? I love you all but you're all also on notice. Start snooping!
After the jump, check out the new hotness!
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Good Point
Someone find me the mask please!
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DONE.
That’s right; Jiggy’s goin’ OLD SKOOL!!!1
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
by jrwendelman on Feb 5, 2010 11:56 AM EST up reply actions 9 recs
How can you go wrong with a mask that gives you two extra glove hands?
jrwendelman
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"But if someone so eager to engage into fist talk, we can always meet after season end in Minsk." (Mikhail Grabovski and a well-meaning but not particularly skillful translator)
So that’s what happened to Bernie Parent’s mask after it went into the stands at MSG.
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ooooo, pretty
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by JaredFromLondon on Feb 5, 2010 11:13 AM EST reply actions
Yeah
I like it. Very clean, crisp, Leaf-like. Can’t wait to see them in action.
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That’s exactly how I’d describe them. Not too complicated. Looks good.
leaf fan stuck in ottawa, a localized black hole that will suck everything in that area to oblivion.
i’d love to see all blues with the white flame/teeth at the bottom.. cat style. these are nice too though
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Welcome Dion, Giggy, Freddy.. don't get too attached to Lee or Alexei or Tomas
by AkiSchennberg on Feb 5, 2010 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah
No joke. He’ll have to work them in at practice probably for a few days at least.
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I know people hate NHL10 talk
But these pads are available in the game, which I am happy about, as I like as much realism as possible.
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Still hurt that they didn’t release it for PC.
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They abused that game on PC for years. They’d release all the half-done and buggy-ass features and patches that would show up polished and new on the next year’s console game.
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except for the godamn goalie masks, in my ‘be a gm’ my new goalies have two masks to choose from (or like they default to, one with a big dallas star logo despite playing for the leafs)
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BASEMENT DWELLER DEALS EVERYTHING MUST GO!
Welcome Dion, Giggy, Freddy.. don't get too attached to Lee or Alexei or Tomas
by AkiSchennberg on Feb 5, 2010 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
You should be able to change it to a Leafs one. There are two for each team and then the retro masks and cage-style masks.
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Except the masks you “unlock” in Be a Pro mode SUCK. And are weird colors that don’t go with any team.
by theothervatican on Feb 5, 2010 4:23 PM EST up reply actions
Oh yeah, I hate that part. The players helmets look stupid too. I honestly think they should just let you unlock extra stats and stuff without making you wear a Camo Helmet.
Phaneuf Phever, an upgrade in skill and alliteration!
about the mask...
…who pays for that? The team, or JSG?
Also, what about sticks? If players pay for them, you would think they would shy away from those really expensive (read: weak) sticks, as I remember a year or two ago when Antropov broke five in one game.
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I think the team pays for all of that.
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I hear teams spend about a half million on equipment alone.
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by blindfolded tank driver on Feb 5, 2010 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
I would assume that the team or sponsor would pay for the mask, and Giggy would pay for the paint job.
Phaneuf Phever, an upgrade in skill and alliteration!
I believe the team does
when players kept breaking the expensive composite sticks, I remember someone saying that some teams were putting max stick budgets on players to stop them burning through endless money on them.
I doubt they cost the team very much, probably get them at cost (since they are promoting their use), which is probably like $10.
On the Sportscentre right before the cancuks trip, they said they were bringing 300 sticks.
Phaneuf Phever, an upgrade in skill and alliteration!
I saw a spot on TV sometime last year (maybe on SportsCentre) that the average player goes through game 80-100 sticks per year. Absolutely ridiculous.
by CanadianMaple09 on Feb 6, 2010 6:22 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah, definitely an upgrade over the boresville he’s had all year.
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:(
I liked his mask…
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by Karina on Feb 5, 2010 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
That must have been the first thing Giguere mentored him on: proper mask graphic selection.
by CanadianMaple09 on Feb 5, 2010 2:06 PM EST up reply actions
i hope not
Giguere’s Ducks masks have been atrocious. Just ask the BoC gang…
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by blurr1974 on Feb 5, 2010 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
I don't mind his masks
Its hard to have a nice looking mask when your team has boring colours and no logo.
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Unlike our last few goalies
He will actually use that glove to stop pucks.
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Albert Einstein
by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Feb 5, 2010 3:51 PM EST reply actions
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