The Future of Goalie masks

I just thought of a combination of the two as a clear cage

Originally Posted by ItechWarrior

certified cats eye would be allowed in your rink.

I would rather wear a full cage then a certified cat eye

there would a lot of problems with the clear sheild instead of a cage. fog would be huge issue i always dump a ton of water on my face during the game which along with sweat would get all over the visor(on the inside) and impair vision.

Thats why I came up with the clear cage lol

and heres the big one that nobody mentioned, what happens when a skated sprays you with ice? your vision is then practically gone

Originally Posted by RJattack19

and heres the big one that nobody mentioned, what happens when a skated sprays you with ice? your vision is then practically gone

you are totally right! the visor would just never work for a goalie mask.

every disagreement about this makes me think more of the clear cage thing.... somebody get the president of bauer on the phone

I don't think a clear cage would work very well. Due to various refractions of the light, the mask would always be visible to the goalie, would never disappear like a clean/clear visor would. Plus, there is no way a plastic cage would resist the forces like the typical metal cages, not to mention, if it did break, it would likely shatter. I doubt even carbon fibre would work well in a cage application.
Simply put, the cateye cages are the best for unobstructed vision and safety. The only thing is to find ways to make the cage lighter - ie. titanium? other alloys?

Originally Posted by ItechWarrior

It just won't work.

I'm pretty sure the same thing was said about cars, airplanes, ships made of metal etc etc.

I don't doubt that it'd work, but like that hexagonal cut cage we saw a while back, it's far to aesthetically displeasing for me to ever wear one.

Yeah I did expect some skepticism to something like this but its good to have this kind of discussion