question about visors / 1/2 shields

[rokkinman139]

I recently just switched over from a cage to a visor. The first visor I had was a major junior type visor and it was the most annoying thing to play with. It was hot, foggy, and was so big that I might as well have been wearing a fishbowl. I recently just bought an Oakley and it's the best. Doesn't fog, it's cold, and it's adjustable. Just my personal experience with those sorts of visors

 

[Guffaw]

The culture has changed for some reason and it shouldn't have. Guys didn't tolerate high sticks and shots before. If a shot happens to get deflected and comes high it's a different situation and I think everyone would realize it was an accident. However letting lose a slap shot from the point that goes way over the cross bar because you can't control your shot or randomly swinging your stick around at head level are unacceptable at any level, regardless of the equipment worn.

As for your example, they aren't comparable. It's like me trying to relate sexual assaults... blaming it on the victim because of their clothing choice doesn't make any sense I think everyone would agree but it's completely unrelated to the topic.

We can go back and forth for days. Culture, attitude, etc none of it matters because its out of your control. You can't control what others do, when a puck or stick gets deflected, a skate blade coming up, etc. Your taking on the risk, accept what goes along with that. I don't wish anyone to get hurt, but when I see the blood, the hunching over, etc i don't feel bad. They made the choice. I have to say the majority of the facial injuries I've seen have not been from malicious intent or from anyone being careless.

 

[TieClark]

We can go back and forth for days. Culture, attitude, etc none of it matters because its out of your control. You can't control what others do, when a puck or stick gets deflected, a skate blade coming up, etc. Your taking on the risk, accept what goes along with that. I don't wish anyone to get hurt, but when I see the blood, the hunching over, etc i don't feel bad. They made the choice. I have to say the majority of the facial injuries I've seen have not been from malicious intent or from anyone being careless.

Almost every single facial injury is carelessness or negligence. Your stick should not be high... period. There's no reason for it to be high every. You don't swat pucks at head level and the odd jumping around a guy wouldn't result in serious injuries if you're controlling your stick while doing it. You can argue players should be using full cages and you may be right.... but that doesn't excuse carelessness. There are very few situations where you can say it was a legitimate accident (ie. deflection off a stick). Almost all of them though are people who don't control their stick and for whatever reason swing it around at head level and then apologize profusely afterwards.

 

[lokomotiv15]

Almost every single facial injury is carelessness or negligence. Your stick should not be high... period. There's no reason for it to be high every. You don't swat pucks at head level and the odd jumping around a guy wouldn't result in serious injuries if you're controlling your stick while doing it. You can argue players should be using full cages and you may be right.... but that doesn't excuse carelessness. There are very few situations where you can say it was a legitimate accident (ie. deflection off a stick). Almost all of them though are people who don't control their stick and for whatever reason swing it around at head level and then apologize profusely afterwards.

This man is correct.