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Cut The Flaps
by Paul on 02/19/08 at 07:40 AM ET
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from the Vancouver Province,
The NHL has changed its tune with regard to Roberto Luongo’s pads, singling out the Canucks’ star netminder by asking him to chop off his controversial flaps even though other goalies in the league still wear them.
Just two months after Marty Turco and Mike Smith created the so-called “pad flap,” the NHL seems to have reversed its opinion. In response to Turco’s mock protest in December, Kay Whitmore, one of the NHL “goalie police,” said there was nothing wrong with Luongo’s knee flaps, two pieces of equipment that jet out from his leg pads.
Before the Feb. 5 game in Dallas, Luongo was asked by Whitmore to cut them off and he did.
Update 6:00pm ET: From Scott Morrison at CBC,
There has been a flap over the flaps on Vancouver Canucks goalie Roberto Luongo’s pads. It was first reported that the NHL told him to remove the flaps. Actually, he was told to properly fasten them down, the way they were intended to be worn.
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thanks, paul. hmmm. i guess any individual advantage is an unfair one, but those don’t seem as bad as i thought they would be. i was half expecting little wings running the length of the pads. i say there’s a compromise in there somewhere ... you can have your little puck stoppin’ nubbins, and we’ll just put you in front of a net that is a tad bigger?
Posted by ColdWar on 02/19/08 at 10:22 AM ET
Those have to go. Next thing he’ll do is add them at the ankles for better “protection”. Then at the calves, and finally at the thighs. If he wants more knee protection he can add pads on the side of the knee, just like they are on the inside of the pads.
Posted by OlderThanChelios from Grand Rapids on 02/19/08 at 10:40 AM ET
Holy. In that picture they look huge. I’ve seen other pics and didn’t think they were a big deal.
Turco’s sidekick, SMITH is still wearing them. Go figure. Lalime and Giguere are still wearing them as well.
Why single out Luongo?
Posted by Laker from dapuddle on 02/19/08 at 12:37 PM ET
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this sounds a bit double sided ... does anyone have a link to a good picture of the offensive flaps?
Posted by ColdWar on 02/19/08 at 10:06 AM ET