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About This Page: This is a discussion on Hockey Players Forum within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. I picked up a new set of goalie pads down at hockeymonkey the other day and I wanted to share them on here. I use to play roller hockey when
I picked up a new set of goalie pads down at hockeymonkey the other day and I wanted to share them on here. I use to play roller hockey when I was younger and I am wanting to get back into playing again just this time on ice. My old gear wasn't cutting it anymore and so I got myself a new set of TPS R5's. I haven't played on them yet but I think they look great and couldn't be happier from what I can tell about them so far. Originally I was going to get the RBK 6k combo but I have read a lot of bad reviews about their durability. Anyways here's a pic:
It's pretty much the ****tiest and most incomplete/uninformitive website ive ever seen. Can't view color options (as far as i can tell), very little information on anything-- unless youre looking at the R8's, and according to the site your pads dont even exist lol. They show R4's, 6's, and 8's; no 5's. Maybe discontinued or a HockeyMonkey exclusive series?
Anyway, you have fun with that POS Canadien site.
Also, i found it very odd that when doing a google/yahoo search the top thing that comes up is HockeyMonkey.
Hockey/Goalie Monkey is THEEE best place for goalies to get their gear.
Sure, Hockey Giant is impressive when you walk to the back and there is an entire wall of legpads, but the people there are less than informed, generally indifferent to the thought of acutal customer service, and the next time Im FORCED to go there and spy employees smokin doobs across the street during their breaks I'm callin SloMo to lay some APD smackdown.
The downside to GoalieMonkey is the wait. Their goalie warehouse is on site, so when you pick something it is brought over in the hands of a staffmember who had to open boxes and sort through brand new shipments. Dont know about you, but the wait is worth it to me to get something fresh out of the plastic instead of something thats dirty and been messed with off the rack.
GoalieMonkey > the Giant.
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Originally Posted by ianmonsta
Like i said he's slumped before, it appears from the past few days he's starting to come out of it. Kopi will finish with 85+ points this season, you can quote me on that.
Hockey/Goalie Monkey is THEEE best place for goalies to get their gear.
Sure, Hockey Giant is impressive when you walk to the back and there is an entire wall of legpads, but the people there are less than informed, generally indifferent to the thought of acutal customer service, and the next time Im FORCED to go there and spy employees smokin doobs across the street during their breaks I'm callin SloMo to lay some APD smackdown.
The downside to GoalieMonkey is the wait. Their goalie warehouse is on site, so when you pick something it is brought over in the hands of a staffmember who had to open boxes and sort through brand new shipments. Dont know about you, but the wait is worth it to me to get something fresh out of the plastic instead of something thats dirty and been messed with off the rack.
how about the fact that they are so generally oblivious to their jobs that a special order that is there in two weeks doesnt actually REACH the customer for a month and a half because they cant (read: dont) read tracking numbers?
how about the fact that unless youre one of their friends they rarely stop their internal conversations about "being soooo drunk the night before" to actually help when a customer has a question?
add to that that half the time when you call and ask if something is in stock then drive x miles to get there and *magically* they're sold out and have NO idea when it's coming in?
Nice pads...I too prefer the a simple black/white color scheme...goes with almost anything...
Thanks. I was thinking about getting the black/red/white ones but I figured I'd be happier with these ones.
Oh and I went down there again today and got some skates. Nothing fancy, just some entry level Nike/Bauer's that were on closeout. I think they are like XIV's or something.
Sure, Hockey Giant is impressive when you walk to the back and there is an entire wall of legpads, but the people there are less than informed, generally indifferent to the thought of acutal customer service, and the next time Im FORCED to go there and spy employees smokin doobs across the street during their breaks I'm callin SloMo to lay some APD smackdown.
I went to Giant and the customer service was garbage for me also, I just drove a couple more miles down to Hockey Monkey/Hawk/animal and it was totally worth it( Although I was there for non-goalie gear ).
My new gear! 
Watti
