Highest velocity wrist shot

[NYR94]

Who do you think has the fastest wrist shot in the NHL? I've heard people mention guys like Pettersson, Laine and Tarasenko. Bedard's looks lethal. Not talking about accuracy or quickness of release, just who gets the puck moving the fastest.

Edited for a little more clarity.

 

[Skiiiiiiinerrr]

Svechnikov comes to my mind.

 

[MMANumminen]

Laine.
Then Draisaitl, Petterson, Matthughes

 

[wintersej]

Hardest is Laine.

 

[Barry Amsterdam]

i’m sure semin could still wire it

 

[TLEH]

Probably Laine.

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

Laine

 

[Arthur Morgan]

Laine.
Then Draisaitl, Petterson, Matthughes

like a Matthews/Hughes hybrid?
or Matt Hughes came out of retirement to play hockey lol

 

[Hinterland]

Valtteri Filppula was the master of backhanders and wrist shots because he had such soft hands. Now that he's no longer in the league it's probably less clear. Lots of good ones. Personally I like Steven Stamkos' wristers a lot but I don't know if his are the hardest.

 

[AvroArrow]

Does accuracy count or just hardest ? Nick Robertson has one of the hardest shots I've ever witnessed.

 

[MMANumminen]

like a Matthews/Hughes hybrid?
or Matt Hughes came out of retirement to play hockey lol

That hybrid would be sick player. Then add the takedowns in front of the net

 

[Offtheboard412]

Laine, Ovechkin, Tarasenko, Matthews, Tage Thompson, Bedard.

 

[robsenz]

Mike Fisher had a 105mph wrister that always sailed over the crossbar and hit the glass.
Silfverberg had a wicked release back in the day too.

 

[DearDiary]

What do you mean by hard? How much strength they put into flexing their stick? Does how fast it comes off the stick matter? It will be the player using the stick with the highest flex (higher requires more weight) that bends the most, because they can release it with the most force.

I say that because someone mentioned Bedard who used a 70 flex, which can't take much strength to shoot. While he can more easily shoot without leaning over, that doesn't make his shot hard.

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Svechnikov comes to my mind.

Svechnikov looks terrifying to play against. Absolutely lethal shot and he can get it off from anywhere with almost no time.

 

[LemonSauceD]

Laine, Pettersson, Matthews, Bedard, Thompson

That Cooley kid can shoot too.

 

[blundluntman]

Probably Laine from what I've seen

 

[Avs2022]

I'll add Rantanen. Super fast shot, very accurate.

 

[PensandCaps]

McCann's wrister is wild.

 

[GrumpyKoala]

Does accuracy count or just hardest ? Nick Robertson has one of the hardest shots I've ever witnessed.

Haha quite true, he that guy in the mighty duck movie that is 6-7 year older.

 

[Mav3rick07]

Mackinnon, Draisaitl, Laine, Matthews, Ovechkin

 

[Machinehead]

It's still Ovechkin

 

[ScottyMascotty]

 

[stevo61]

Chinakhov has had wristers clocked over 90MPH. 93 I believe but I cant remember the specific game

 

[Goatlender]

Brock Boeser in his rookie year. Sad to see his shot decline so much