Top prospects Tyler Seguin and Taylor Hall make their first visit to the Philadelphia Flyers locker room and talk sticks with forward Danny Briere.
Highlights Include:
- Briere prefers a whippier, more flexible stick shaft (77 flex) and a softer stick blade
- Briere compares his stick to that of teammate Simon Gagne, who prefers a stiffer stick shaft (102 flex) and a harder, more rigid stick blade
- Briere notes that he begins the season with a stiffer flex (87 to 90 flex) because he is much stronger from off-season strength training but that he intentionally decreases the flex on his sticks (75 to 77 flex) mid-season to account for wear and tear on the body and slightly reduced strength levels
- Briere keeps track of the total number of sticks he uses throughout the course of the season by marking the top of the butt ends of his sticks. At the time of this taping, he was up to 111 sticks for the season!
- Pay special attention to the end of the taping and observe, first-hand, the height difference between Briere and Chris Pronger, standing side by side!
Video courtesy of NHL.com and the NHL VideoCenter’s “DRAFT Channel”
