Steve86
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- Dec 31, 2015
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New dad to 7 yr old that wants to try goalie. He just started this year, and they have let him play a couple times in just his regular hockey gear and has done great so they told us if he wants to play more he needs goalie leg pads to start. Not a great selection of used stuff around here and local shop has limited stock on hand. I ended up ordering a set of bauer prodigy 2 pads from inline warehouse for 112 bucks. I figured if nothing else I can just keep trying different pads this way with their return policy. Idealy I would like to go into a shop and have him try out 3-4 different brands to see what pads are most comfortable to him. I mean how do you know what pads are going to be best unless you take them out on the ice and see how they feel?? Its like they need to have a demo set in each brand to try out on the ice. Anyway these seem ok but hes having trouble dropping into the butterfly position, he kinda falls back when he brings them both together. will the feel just come with time or is it a equiptment limitation? Also does he need knee pads in addition to the leg pads, sees like double coverage?? Thanks for any help.