from Kevin Woodley at NHL.com,

Forget about learning a new system or getting to know teammates, sometimes the first priority for a newly traded NHL goalie is making sure his equipment matches.

Thankfully, they have a lot of help in that department. Whether it's graphic designers coming up with a new look within hours of a trade, equipment company reps starting the process of manufacturing the gear the same day, or NHL equipment managers finding ways to temporarily cover up old gear, a lot goes into helping them fit in.

Make no mistake, it matters to most goalies that they look the part.

"Just to look like you belong," said Louis Domingue, who was traded by the New Jersey Devils to the Vancouver Canucks prior to the 2020 NHL Trade Deadline on Monday, and worried how his existing red-and-black gear would fit with his new team's blue-and-green color scheme. "It would have been like going out to dinner and looking like a Christmas tree if you had green, red and black on. You'd look a little bit like you don't know what you're doing."

Fortunately for Domingue, there was a nearby alternative because he joined the Canucks in Montreal, where he lives in the offseason and was storing white-and-blue gear from playing for the Tampa Bay Lightning last season. He asked his dad to bring it to the hotel before his first morning skate.

"You could call it a match made in heaven," Domingue said, adding that matching gear wouldn't have been possible if he joined the Canucks in any other city. "I was lucky."

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