Fastest and slowest NHL forwards and defensemen

[Kshahdoo]

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[Albatros]

Interesting stats, but I'm not sure how relevant that method is especially regarding the "slowest" players.

 

[JoVel]

Maroon being the slowest forward is the least surprising stat I've seen.

 

[JeffP]

Jason Robertson isnt a burner, but hes on par w Pat Maroon? jeezis waddawerld

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Ekblad not being last in everything makes me question this

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

I came flying in to say Savard as I didn't know there would be charts.

He looks like he's skating in sand with skiies with a fridge on his back.

Like I feel I could beat him in a race. I'd probably die afterwards, but at least I'd die knowing I beat an NHLer in a race.

 

[ijuka]

Stamkos pre-injury was known as a speedster and his skating was his strongest attribute, but post-Titanium rod Stamkos at the age of 34 being #2 in NHL?

This mainly makes me question the validity of these measurements.

MacKinnon being at the top for most frequent speed bursts does make perfect sense, though. It's his trademark. And in general, the lists for those two attributes look more sensible than the ones for max speed. Hintz being near the top, and probably the best pound-for-pound skater for his size, also matches the eye test.

I wonder what the error margin is on these. The top speed ones likely are wacky, but the burst ones probably cancel out via sample size.

 

[DearDiary]

Stamkos pre-injury was known as a speedster and his skating was his strongest attribute, but post-Titanium rod Stamkos at the age of 34 being #2 in NHL?

This mainly makes me question the validity of these measurements.

MacKinnon being at the top for most frequent speed bursts does make perfect sense, though. It's his trademark. And in general, the lists for those two attributes look more sensible than the ones for max speed. Hintz being near the top, and probably the best pound-for-pound skater for his size, also matches the eye test.

I wonder what the error margin is on these. The top speed ones likely are wacky, but the burst ones probably cancel out via sample size.

They're tracked via chips on jerseys. I'm sure they've done data analysis to remove short sample sizes from taking hits or falling down.

 

[Rydan]

some really big players on that speed burst above 20 MPH per 60. Edstrom being second when he is 6.7 240 is really surprising.

Did not even see he had the 10 highest top speed LMFAO thats insane.

 

[ijuka]

They're tracked via chips on jerseys. I'm sure they've done data analysis to remove short sample sizes from taking hits or falling down.

Tracker chips have error margins to them. That's what I was talking about.

 

[ViD]

It has been confirmed McDavid is not the fastest even on his own team

 

[JoVel]

Stamkos pre-injury was known as a speedster and his skating was his strongest attribute, but post-Titanium rod Stamkos at the age of 34 being #2 in NHL?

This mainly makes me question the validity of these measurements.

Top speed is probably the least relevant stat from the three. The other two are much better indicators of how players use their speed in games, and Stamkos isn't on the top 20 in either of them.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Top speed is probably the least relevant stat from the three. The other two are much better indicators of how players use their speed in games, and Stamkos isn't on the top 20 in either of them.

I like to think that for one shift Stamkos f***in flew, just Mike Modano laps for no reason, and that’s it so far.

But ya, I guess that makes me feel better about seeing my boy Benson on the slow list- don’t really care if his top speed ain’t it, that’s not his game anyways.

 

[olli]

Stamkos pre-injury was known as a speedster and his skating was his strongest attribute, but post-Titanium rod Stamkos at the age of 34 being #2 in NHL?

This mainly makes me question the validity of these measurements.

MacKinnon being at the top for most frequent speed bursts does make perfect sense, though. It's his trademark. And in general, the lists for those two attributes look more sensible than the ones for max speed. Hintz being near the top, and probably the best pound-for-pound skater for his size, also matches the eye test.

I wonder what the error margin is on these. The top speed ones likely are wacky, but the burst ones probably cancel out via sample size.

He’s number 2 in terms of one time max speed, but he’s not on either of the lists for highest amount of speed bursts above 20 mph and 22 mph. This means his max speed is still very fast but his acceleration isn’t very good so he can rarely utilize his speed in an actual game.


Wasn’t Zach Bogosian number 1 in this stat last year?

 

[Miro4Norris]

So that Hawks team seems kinda slow

 

[The Gr8 Dane]

Speed bursts > top speed

 

[Ace Card Bedard]

Maroon being the slowest forward is the least surprising stat I've seen.

Yep, not at all surprising but he continues to do what he does best, be a big body in front of the net freeing up space for his linemates.

Maroon, Reichel, Smith has been the Blackhawks best line over the last few weeks in my opinion.

 

[missionAvs]

Now start tracking falls per 60 and everyone can finally understand that Mikko Rantanen spends more time flailing on the ice than actually skating.

 

[Non Player Canadiens]

huh, i expected Slowest NHL Forwards to be the entire Habs Top 12. nice

 

[Agent Zuuuub]

Pretty surprising Karlsson is still so high, his skating is a shadow of what it used to be.

But I guess the bigger issue is that he gets gassed going fast now.

 

[Romang67]

Now start tracking falls per 60 and everyone can finally understand that Mikko Rantanen spends more time flailing on the ice than actually skating.

Should be doable. The tracking chips operate in an x,y,z space.

Should also be a very funny article.

 

[The Nuge]

Maroon being the slowest forward is the least surprising stat I've seen.

Yep. I’m a huge fan of Maroon, but I thought he was the worst skater in the league a full decade ago, let alone now

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Jacob Trouba, speed demon

 

[HockeyVirus]

Given his reputation, funny Tavares is not found on the slowest. Folks talk like he is the slowest in the league. A lot of false narratives with him

 

[Porter Stoutheart]

Looks like the first column could always be discounted. There might be measurement/calibration issues with some of the one-off peak numbers. The rest looks ok/informative.