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Don't Expect Many Changes To The Goalie Gear This Season

08/30/2016 at 12:59pm EDT

from Jonas Siegel of the CP at the Winniepeg Free Press,

Now it's appearing likely that only some pieces of new gear will be ready for the upcoming season. A complete overhaul isn't expected to be finished until the 2017-18 campaign.

"I wish no one said that we were going to have this ready for this season because I think that was an aggressive timeline to say that we would have that done," Mathieu Schneider of the Players' Association said in an interview with the Canadian Press. "Given where we are now and given some of the challenges we've had to face, I'm 100 per cent confident that we're going to achieve our goal, but I'm not sure if and what parts we're going to be able to try to implement this year."

"It's been a real battle to get this change put in," Colin Campbell, senior vice-president and director of hockey operations with the NHL, added in a separate interview. "And hopefully we'll get it done."

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