Matthew Tkachuk is the 2nd slowest forward in the league

Based on the burst of speed meter, is Connor Bedard a waste of a draft pick?

Also based on the 9 MPH Burst per 60, Jason Allison is the greatest of all time.
 
This is all about how you play the game and how your team is structured.

You don't need that many speed bursts if you're a net front guy who doesn't have to work too hard to back check because your defensemen take care of it or your center is always defensively repsonsible.

There is an element of quickness, but I doubt for a second that Matthew Tkachuk is the second slowest NHL'er.
Matthew Tkachuk has been one of the slowest skaters in the league since he joined the league. If you’ve ever seen him skate with space you would know it.

This is coming from a Flames fan who watched him for years. He is genuinely just slow. Strong on his skates, and can turn quickly, but he has no burst.
 
Marner being one of the fastest players when he’s undoubtedly slower than Mcmann and Nylander already just makes me not care about this list
 
Because he'll get slower? Kind of confused if it's a trait he's already not relying on, it's not like it's something he'll need to reinvent his game to adjust for if he did have elite skating
Which is why guys who weren't fast to begin with can have long careers and still be useful because speed was never part of their game (Perry, Jagr, Andreychuk)
 
This is all about how you play the game and how your team is structured.

You don't need that many speed bursts if you're a net front guy who doesn't have to work too hard to back check because your defensemen take care of it or your center is always defensively repsonsible.

There is an element of quickness, but I doubt for a second that Matthew Tkachuk is the second slowest NHL'er.

1) It's for forwards who played 500 > minutes. So it's excluding a lot of plugs and all Defensemen.

2) You're right that there is an element of how he plays, but he's also not very fast in straight line speed. If you were to put him in race blue line to blue line against all these qualified skaters, I doubt he'd end up as low as he is but he'd still be below average for sure.
 
Corey Perry is playing great but how is it possible that he is not dominating this, the human eye can barely detect when he is moving.
I don't know I just find it hilarious that one of the reasons Anaheim traded Perry was he was getting too slow. And now they have Ryan Strome who is just as slow as 39 year old Corey Perry.
 
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Just shows how there’s skating fast and playing fast and effective. Matt Tkatchuk plays fast and is extremely effective. Leading his team to a Cup testifies to that.
 
Some of the highest IQ players in the league have been slow as f***. Tkachuk, Pavelski, Perry, Robertson, Pronger, etc.
 
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I would have thought Brady was slower and what happened to Robertson? Must have improved a lot during the season as he was near the top of the slow lists early on
 
Tkachuk is still a superstar.

The real loser here is Rasmus Kupari. Imagine being faster than Mackinnon and McDavid and having 8 points.
 
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