Overdrive=Mobility+Safety

All I hear now from goalies who haven't used Overdrive is that if you wear the new no-cowling skates you don't need it. When I launched Overdrive, everyone who hadn't tried the blade was telling me you didn't need it. They were guessing. They were wrong then. They're wrong now.
You will always need Overdrive because you can never have enough angle of attack. The new skates removed the cowling and raised the blade, improving the angle of attack from 45° down to about 30°, which is nice but not enough. You can easily reach that angle by:

—widening out to 30°,
—rolling your ankle down to 30°,
—angling your leg down to 30°,
—or by a combination of all 3, which is what usually happens, leaving you out of edge and needing more. You'll either have to stop the move or boot out and possibly strain something.

With Overdrive, you get edge down to about 10° for solid pushes on every move you make, on your feet or while down. For decades now, Overdrive has been used by thousands of goalies at all levels, from beginners needing help with their edges right up to pros with extremely demanding moves. Today, goaltending has never been so intense, and with forwards always innovating, you can't just game up, you have to get ahead. Be there with Overdrive to make the move.

Goaltending is bad for your body. The widening-out moves inevitably cause injury because the legs and hips are built to swing forward and back. Goaltending moves go against this natural motion to stress body parts not built for heavy action. For example, the groin muscles are made to be stabilizers that keep the legs in line, but goaltending forces them to become load-bearing and endure constant use. Breakdown anywhere from the hips to the knees will happen because goalies widen out explosively, thousands of times a year. In addition, goalie skates do not offer secure footing on these moves. As you widen out, the ball of the foot is driven into the ice and can lever the blade up, causing a bootout, a sudden slipping of the foot that widens you even more.

To the right is a good example of a bootout. It's Quick's injury on Oct. 13/16, with his right leg booting out as he tries to push off while down. The injury ruined his season, and he has not been the same since, with only occasional flashes of his all-star form. Goalie injuries often result from an accumulation of minor strains, ending with a full-scale injury on a seemingly simple move. Here, the bootout isn't bad because not a lot of weight is on his right leg when it slides out - he's on his knees and the left knee is taking most of his weight. Injuries like this are the result of a long process, with the damage having developed through constant widening out. Get a grip.

Overdrive gives you rock-solid safety by securing your footing to reduce or even eliminate bootouts. It also allows you to control your widening out and even not to use it by keeping you on your feet, thereby limiting the cumulative wear and tear that leads to injury from your core down to your knees. Only Overdrive protects you as you widen out.

0verdrive is still outlawed in the pros, so franchise goalies are still going down, still having their careers shortened by the same old injuries.