Signature Mouthguards Type 4 Mouthguard

Recently i was contacted by a director from Signature Mouthguards, and asked if i would review their top Tier Mouthguard, the Type 4.  To do a video and written review as follows.

Signature Mouthguards is a company based out of Australia.   You may not know this, but they’re the first and only recognized company to have created and credited with making the first ever Mouth Guard to protect people’s mouths, Since 1984 we have been blessed to have the original company, innovate and renovate the true process of protection.

In case you have not heard of this company, but you play hockey or other sports and buy RBK, or CCM and have seen “Smarthmouth” labels on those?  Guess who makes the mouth guards for those two under that label name?   You guessed it!  But the real deal here is the main Signature Mouthguards Label.   With their top flight protection model labeled Type 4. This is the Mouthguard before the extra gels added to them.

Fit – How do you grade the fit of a Mouth guard when it offers two fits to make it the most comfortable, protective fit ever?

Signature Mouthguards offer the most customizable and protective fit, I have ever seen in any mouth guard without getting into the dentist custom price.   I have used different brands and not a single one fits the right way. Anyone can shove hard gelatin inside of a shell made to fit over anyone’s teeth.  It takes real genius to actually make a Shell, make the shell with a little bit of gelatin to customize.  BUT, any mouth guard at that level will still fall out, they’re not protective if you see the players easily remove them and the “Horseshoe” just hangs out of everyone’s mouths?  How is it supposed to protect?   It doesn’t.

One thing that really stuck out to me is you have to fit the MG shell.  Depending on the fit you like of a MG shell, you trim it to the right fit.  By the way, so you’re aware the MG comes with lines etched out for you to cut the Height and the length going to the back of your mouth.  So Grab some good scissors and trim to your needs.  Once we finish cutting to fit, boil the mouth guard.  Then you’re going to fit it to form to your teeth and molars, you know, the normal way to suck and push the mouth guard to fit.

Then comes the SUPER DUPER cool part, I know that sounds off but it really is, that that cool!   The Mouth guard comes with two Gels, (latex free for those of you and I who are allergic to latex since many mouth guards are made with Latex) that you mix together, once mixed you’ll see them change color when mixed.   Pour the Gelatin into the mouth guard and make sure it’s all in it.   Next you shove that MG back in your mouth and you let it mold to your teeth.  Creating the ULTIMATE Customized fit from any mouth guard. 

Due to the fit of this mouth guard it has to be one of the best I have ever used out of all the kinds I have tried.

Score: Fit Score 9.5/10

Ventilation/Breathability  – There’s quite a few products out there that always preach how easy they make it to wear the Mouth guards, and how well you can breathe with them in.  5 out of 7 I have used makes me feel like I’m choking.  Seriously I feel like I have a fat tongue and oversized upper mouth and can’t breathe.   Granted I have the nose but sometimes you need that bigger hole in the face right?    Especially after those long hauling plays that you really need to just suck the oxygen when you hit the bench right?  My only Gripe about the mouth guard is the air bubbles up at the top of my mouth but that’s a minor annoyance that has bugged me with every mouth guard I’ve ever used.  Luckily because of the extra Gelatin insert it helps eliminate most of that annoyance

Sitting neutral on my mouth, not being able to even MOVE like a MG should, the ventilation is just how it should be with and without a mouth guard, which is EASILY.

Score: 10/10

Protection-

One big problem with every mouth guard is the player’s ability to remove it and it just drops out of the mouth.  You see it everywhere, the horseshoe hanging out of the mouth.   How is that even protective?

Like I stated with the other topics, this mouth guard is really hard to remove from your teeth, it really sticks to them.  Like a suction, which makes it fit...Like a Glove.

So how did we test for protection? I have a bad habit of punishing myself.  Pushing myself to do things that most normal people won’t do if it means any pain comes their way.  So I took the liberty.

1.  Punches: There was a poor on another team who I kept doing things on ice to really annoy him and make him mad on purpose.  At the peak of his anger, I explained the situation and said “I’ve angered you enough, I want you to do something about it” and shoved him.  He proceeded to punch me very hard with his glove on, to my mouth.   Did you know when you get punched the first thing you feel is your teeth getting rattled?  I felt nothing but my lip being torn on the inside.    I had my teammate punch me repeatedly at different angles with his glove on and with out his glove on and nothing but damage to the inside of my lip.  No tooth soreness either afterwards.

2.  Pucks to the mouth:  Thank the Upper Being I did not take a puck to the mouth, I’m actually well OVER that, thankfully.  Luckily, for your benefit, I took a wrist shot deflection off my mouth, right on the upper lip, and I felt nothing on the teeth, but yet again my inner lip felt the rest which wasn’t wonderful as I spat blood out on my skate over to the bench, but as the night went on and the next few days, No soreness to my teeth or anything.  Luckily I did not take another puck to the mouth, as I did manage to take a slap shot to the visor, breaking my visor, but I’ll take that over a destroyed face.

Score: 10/10

Shell- The shell of the mouth guard is quite similar to most that are out in the market, strong, single density, refusing to tear with impact and just being what it should be, an armour piece to the main protection.

Gels for impact- this gelatin as stated before is quite peculiar.  Latex free, Mixing two separate types that makes the Gel for the final step just adds so much to the protection, a better feel than the impact gels other companies use, and a true fit to your teeth and as I said before the most 100% Custom Fit.  Unlike most this mouth guard also doesn’t take to bad smells.  Bacteria build up is what gives off those bad smells.  The Gel is the best I’ve used in the aspects of protection and the ability to reject most bacteria and smell.  I still suggest dunking your mouth guard in Listerine, as I have to keep it clean.

Weight – Some mouth guards really weigh quite a bit especially those heavy with gel, this one does not have that problem.  You can easily have your baby flick it without an issue, and it doesn’t have that  “Heavy” feel that makes you see the mouth guard actually fall off the teeth. That will never happen, as I have to stick my fingers in my mouth just to remove it.

Score: 10/10

Durability – So far so good, I’ve used the mouth guard at least 14 times at this point of writing after squeezing my one game a week hockey into two games and one skate a week since and I can say there are no effects that affect the mouth guard negatively.  Everything so far has been great, and as I’m sure will continue to be great.  Normally when you take a hit, you have a tendency to clench your teeth; I have actually bitten through a mouth guard before.   So far with bites I have not had the issue. 

I have also stepped on the mouthguard on purpose with my skate and it didnt even cut it, i also chewed on it to see if it would break down and nothing.

Score: 10/10 (May change but I doubt this)

Conclusion – Overall this is the best mouth guard I have used for hockey or any sport.  The contact protection feels amazing, from direct contact or passive contact that can lead to the most random concussions.  Not one single issue.  No Taste, no smell, no miscues. 

Would I recommend this mouth guard?  Absolutely.  This is one of the most solid mouth guards as far as protection, durability, and safety.  You cannot go wrong.

Is this going to be the best money you ever spend to protect your teeth?  Yes, immediately will easily become one of your best investments.

Should you get this mouth guard if you play without face protection?   There should be no other option available in stores.

Score:  9.8/10

For the price, it's well worth it, this isn't a typical boil and bite, this is a really good one to have  If your kid loses mouthguards like crazy, i suggest making sure they use the carrying case and keep track of it, if its for you, you're an adult you can do take care of it.

Price: 65$ American, and well worth it.

*Editors Note, Mouth guard will go by MG at certain times.  So as you’re not confused.

By Humberto Yanez

Pierre Gauthier, Bob Gainey Fired!!!

In that broken sentence I Put those exclamation points.  In true excitement and joy to say:

 

"YES THANK YOU, OH MY GOODNESS ABOUT TIME!!!"

Don't get me wrong, I love our Canadiens, they do no wrong and yet do so much wrong.   Did that make sense for you?   Let me reiterate in this long process of a story.

The Canadiens have been struggling, I say since 1995 when Rejean Houle took over.   Yeah I went there, that’s the year Patrick Roy went to his new home in Colorado to win two more cups, that’s when the team started getting torn down and torn down when being brought halfway up.  Finally Ownership had enough of this guy.  A has been who was trying to make us believe he could produce like the teams He played for but failed on talent and nothing alone.  Save for a few bright sides that didn’t pan out too much, if at all!  The team went from winning to being a joke.  But they kept selling games, it's the Canadiens after all so what do you expect?  Look at Toronto, same issue.

Then the dark years continued to hit like a Hits CD. We all remember how bad those times were, no playoffs, losing streaks.  The bright spots however with Theodore starting to come up and show some quality goaltending and making the playoffs, beating the Bruins and being the little underdog team.

Seriously we went from being the top dog to now being the underdog team. 

Then came new ownership and a new regime, this time taken over by Bob Gainey.  Everyone loves and loved Bob Gainey, I didn’t (I live in the west so I saw the Stars games often), I saw the holes he left for Dallas that took them a while to shake out of, the shoddy drafting and trades, quick success now by brokering the future.   You can't win like that, I mean he got a cup, but once all those players got old and he was removed from the stars they struggled to get back up and finally have after all these years of mistakes.

So Gainey takes over the team and begins Drafting if you read my Article on the Gainey years of drafting, well read here (PLUG THE DRAFTING ARTICLE HERE).   Then begins trading and bringing in players.  Some draft picks were complete flops; some were steals like Plekanec and others.  But overall not too great here with the ability to draft great players like Getzlaf and Perry they drafted Kostitsyn, sweet. 

Gainey begins trading for players like Kovalev who brought some superstardom to Montreal when he wasn’t coasting.  There were a few good ones like Signing Gionta and Cammalleri but letting Koivu go?  Highly questionable!  Please don't try to say its their fault with the Gomez contract, Gomez was signed by Glen Sather with his shit history of bad contracts with the Rangers, he just found a sucker in Gainey to hustle him for some great prospects for two nothings.

Then of course Gainey decides he needs to step down which is fine because the team looked like it was built to overachieve in the 2010 playoff run and then falter after that which it has.  Gainey Hires Pierre Gauthier who did a shoddy job with the Nordiques and the Senators and apparently that qualified him for this job too.

Here is where the party began.  Signing Andrei Markov who had just checked in for surgery (Again!) on his knee to a two year 5+ million dollar contract.  Year one? WASTED SALARY.  Year two, "complications" up until a few weeks ago and we have now an aging defenseman who is talented but not a game breaker and is much slower than before.  The Cammalleri trade who was traded for telling the truth, the team is/was/has been playing like losers and losing, morale is low.   So you trade him in the middle of a game. PULL him from the game in the second period throw him in a cab and tell him to wait in his hotel room until you decide to tell him where he is going to now.   

THIS IS NOT ETHICAL, even when it comes to millionaire players who are fan favorites this is not the way to treat someone for speaking the truth.  Absolutely shameful. The return in the trade, Rene Bourque who is a sizeable forward that can hit and shoot but isn’t a natural sniper like Cammalleri.  The prospects in return, that’s still up in the air for anyone to judge.  Acquiring Tomas Kaberle, the ultimate Albatross contract.  We won't touch this one.  The return in many trades has been an utter joke.

So far the only good acquisition by this guy was the Erik Cole signing.

Hanging a noose on a team you're supposed to be the Brain to the operation for is a terrible thing to do.  Wasting the Cap space to sign better quality players or giving a raise to those already in the system who have earned it is like slapping someone in the face for their hard work.  "I know you've done some great work, worked really hard to get this far and get this good, but we're going to award a better contract to someone else that has played less than you."

If this sounds familiar I’m talking about the Gorges extension he deserved after seeing them give an extension to Markov instead.  Shameful.   Glad they righted that but 1.5 years too late.

Is there a big upside?  ABSOLUTELY, But Please, Please be aware as any Montreal Fan that you are just like me a well aware of what’s going on and down to earth about it, not you delusional ones.   It will take a while, at least 5 years, there’s a reason GM’s have a 5-year plan.   Be patient everyone!!!

                               Be Patient.

The Most Terrible Trade Since the Gomez trade in Montreal

Michael Cammalleri.

One of my favorite players in a Montreal Canadiens Uniform this side of Tomas Plekanec, Carey Price, P.K. Subban, and of course Mighty Munchkin Captain: Brian Gionta.

That was my top 5.

Unlike you, I dislike Andrei Markov, cannot stand that they keep paying him for nothing. Three Seasons basically lost in injury?  Is this a sick joke?  Let’s pay a man, MILLIONS, 5.75 Million Dollars to be exact.  TO SIT OUT.

If I wanted that I would have signed Eric Lindros and sent him home.  If I wanted that I would have signed…6-7 different minor leaguers and stockpiled them into the Hamilton bulldogs and just brought someone up from the team to play Defense…. oh wait the prospects got traded for Gomez, Valentenko, and McDonagh.

Lets…Marinate on that for a second.  But we’re not here to pick apart the Gomez trade again, everyone else already has.  I was excited to be honest.  I mean, I’m Mexican, Gomez is half Mexican, and half what fuck else other Latino descent.  So we’re both brown skins.  So I was excited, I mean I loved him in jersey; I looked up to him since we’re very alike.    But that’s as far as the pleasantries go.  My man is too overpaid, and too inconsistent, flimsy, and although I love his skating which is kind of cool, because we both kinda jump when taking off like that, not even I dump the puck five feet into the zone and take to the bench.  For fucks sake man, do work like a Mexican does, when everyone is complaining, “Mexican stole my job” 

Bob Gainey said this about that trade

"We are extremely pleased to have acquired an impact centre man in Scott Gomez. He is an outstanding playmaker and an excellent skater. Having won the Stanley Cup twice with the New Jersey Devils, he brings to tour team a lot of playoff experience. Scott is an elite player who will certainly contribute to the success of our team for years to come."

I wonder if he ate his words ten minutes into the next season?

Back to Markov, this guy, why is.. Oh wait, Pierre Gauthier.   I forgot…this guy destroyed the other teams he ran, INTO THE GROUND.  Then was fired and now apparently an incumbent fool such as Bob Gainey replaces himself with an equally less competent buffoon.

 

Oh the sad part about being a Montreal fan right?  It’s like the Gretzky Coaching/Barnett GM era of Phoenix.  We’re in for some dark ages Lads, brace your selves because I think this might hurt a little more than the 90s-2001 eras.  So grip that beer a little tighter.

So, the team has not been hot.  Let’s face it, they suck, win one, lose three, win three lose five.  It’s not even the same team from last year where Price broke out and held down the fort for the entire terrible defense in front of him.  The players finally stopped listening to the coach and it showed beyond recognition.  You had to be blind to see they didn’t care at this point.  

Hear that?  You had to be blind, please try to catch up.

So the team starts bad, fire the assistant coach who all the players loved (Pearn).  After letting go the assistant coach everyone really loved (Muller) that should have taken over, but no, he went to Carolina.  So what do they do after firing Martin, who was not a good coach, see my previous post on coaches HERE!!

So!! MARTIN IS GONE!!!

WHO IS IN?

Randy Cunneyworth, Randy Freaking Cunneyworth.

Do you remember Cunneyworth as a player?  In that Sabres team that went to the cup finals, yeah that was him running rampant in those 3 games he played, the guy who would fight anyone if he could and just try to break people in half?  He used to be the Senators captain too, remember him?  He was the one they stripped off in order to make Yashin the captain.  Remember who the GM of those teams was, Pierre Gauthier.  Let that settle in.  Let’s marinate on that for a bit.

The man who took the draft picks the sens accumulated from sucking, hired Martin, and then left the team two years to be part of the ducks, AFTER QUITTING SAYING HE HAD FAMILY ISSUES ONLY TO BE HIRED BY THE DUCKS TWO WEEKS LATER, who he then tore into the ground, traded everything away like Tverdovski a favorite to the fans and huge prospect to the ducks to the Coyotes FOR NOTHING!!!! 

HE, Traded Selanne…. seriously that’s the motherfucker who did that.  He regressed both teams; luckily Disney smartened up on their cash cow and fired him before he traded away all the draft picks for someone like Krivokrasov.  What a fucking joke.

If you can’t tell by my cursing, which I try not to do, I’m pretty angry.  Here is why:

Michael Cammalleri, goaltending prospect Karri Ramo and a 2012 fifth-round draft pick had been sent to the Flames for Bourque, prospect Patrick Holland and a 2013 second-round pick. Cammalleri, goaltending prospect Karri Ramo and a 2012 fifth-round draft pick had been sent to the Flames for Bourque, prospect Patrick Holland and a 2013 second-round pick.

Let’s start here first though, before I go into breaking down the trade by that transient idiot.

Cammalleri said the team is playing like losers, (why? Because they’re losing!)  They prepare like losers therefore they lose.  This because they’re phoning it in and he’s one of the more competitive guys on the team and expects games to be won, like we expect them to, not fucking give up on plays and let the players score!!!  (Looking at every player except Plekanec and Gorges, and Price does his best, but no one seems to help.  Would have been nice with McDonagh in D!

So a guy calls it like it is, tells the truth in frustration and of course the Montreal Media and everyone and their mom in TSN decides. “Oh god he’s a problem he needs to go” Get the heck over yourselves.  Of course the stupid ignorance of the French media bitching and moaning along with the government, who should never be involved in sports yet makes its way into it, pushing for everything French on the team, just makes this an even bigger mess.  What a complete joke.

First of all, Cammy is a fan favorite, he’s the type of guy if you make the playoffs that you NEED IN THOSE GAMES, remember how he tore up Pittsburgh and Washington?   Remember how he brings a will to win attitude?  Now we have a ridiculous amount of  “Fans” claiming he was the problem.  Do you seriously want a scapegoat?  If you do lets talk about those idiots protesting the team for a French coach.  And lets also consider the team has won 22 cups with coaches who could barely say ‘Bonjour’

Ramo, who cares!  He’s never leaving the KHL.  But tossing in a draft pick?  What is the purpose there?   True story, there was a NHL GM who said “I wish I knew Cammalleri was being shopped I would have done anything to bring him into the team”

ARE YOU SERIOUS?  So with that impression in mind, what did Montreal get in return besides mocking?

Rene Bourque, a bad penalty taker, but cheaper, and younger and a little bigger, but not talented like Cammy (they could have asked for Glencross at least) He’s a grinder not a sniper, so…. that makes way too many grinders on the team, Moen needs to go then, since he’s basically useless on this team now it seems.  Patrick Holland is a seventh rounder, and doesn’t look like a steal.  Maybe he’ll turn into a good fourth liner…someday.  I’m not writing the guy off, yet, but in return for Cammalleri? Lars Eller was a steal, not Holland.   At least he speaks French so the ignorant fools can slow down a bit.   At least the Habs also got a return draft pick…. for another year.

I can’t even keep writing I don’t want this to get out of hand.  Only time will tell, but this team, this year is a joke, a mess, and a very bad regressing pun.

I said it best on facebook when I posted

Friday 13th January 2012

“This Morning Montreal Canadiens Management advised the players they were safe from being dealt. This is, because it wasn't a game day.”