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Here's how worthless those stats are.The league’s own tracking data backs this up. He’s 78th percentile in top speed and 80th percentile in speed bursts over 20mph this season.
NHL EDGE Puck and Player Tracking Statistics - Skaters
If you can go from being average in those measures to well above average a year later, those measures aren't measuring what you think they are. Ferraro didn't magically get faster in the offseason, nor did the rest of the league's defensemen get slower. He's not Matt Benning or Jan Rutta out there, but he is no way shape or form "extremely fast."
BTW, speaking of Rutta, here's his stats from last season:
NHL EDGE Puck and Player Tracking Statistics - Skaters
NHL EDGE Puck and Player Tracking Statistics for skaters including skating speed, skating distance, shot speed, shot location, and zone time.
edge.nhl.com
If Ferraro is extremely fast, then last year, Rutta was Usain Bolt on skates. Oh that top speed!