Cable ties: the new dangler tying method!

Something proving newly popular is using cable ties instead of skate lace for tying plastic danglers to masks. I'm not sure which equipment manager cottoned onto the idea first, but . I first noticed Sergei Bobrovsky (of Columbus Blue Jackets atm) using a set-up like this a while back and it looks like there a few goalies cottoning on to the idea. Robin Lehner has also made the change very recently amongst others.

They don't bounce around, unlike when using skate lace to tie the dangler in place and then material is strong and tensile/flexible enough to deal with impacts! With the security of having the dangler in a fixed position, it also means that the dangler will stay in a constant, fixed position; there will be no massive shifting up or down as you move your neck around to look for the puck whilst in your stance, given you more confidence in having it there to do its job - of protecting your exposed neck - in the first place.

Which means there's no excuse for saying they're too loud and noisy, banging around causing too much irritation as reasons to not wear a dangler, which is no now more, all thanks to: cable ties!!

Below you can see my own mask with cable ties wrapped round the central bar and the side gaps to fix the dangler in place:

The method is well recommended; it works and is a great alternative to using skate lace!