NHL goalie boss Kay Whitmore, the former Canuck goalie, has told Vancouver goalie Roberto Luongo to ditch those side flaps on his pads (see Canucks News: The Roberto Luongo Controversy).

"For those of you who haven't heard, the Dallas Stars allegedly complained to the NHL before the start of last year's playoffs that the Canucks goalie's knee flaps—which stuck out of his pads—gave him an unfair advantage.

Those flaps were supposedly helping Luongo make more saves.Then in December, Stars goalies Marty Turco and Mike Smith jokingly put on home-made mock flaps during a morning skate to perhaps seemingly further insinuate that Luongo's pads had been illegal.

In reality, the knee flaps worn by Luongo supposedly are for protective purposes and nothing more, and some other goalies in the league use them too, most notably Stanley Cup champion Jean-Sebastien Giguere of the Anaheim Ducks.

A couple months ago, when the complaints by the Stars surfaced, the NHL had allowed Luongo to continue using the pads after checking the equipment. And that was also okayed during the Stars-Canucks first-round playoff series last spring too.

The reason that this is now an issue is that the league has apparently reversed its ruling, and has asked Luongo to remove the flaps."

Read the full story Canucks News: The Roberto Luongo Controversy.