pi314
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David Steckel would take face offs on our pp and then literally head to the bench.
And cheap shot Crosby on the way.
David Steckel would take face offs on our pp and then literally head to the bench.
He had crazy straight-line speed. Great on ice awareness...Phil Kessel can be a good playmaker at times, but his snap/wrist shot is really his his one trick. I'd love to see the percentage of his career goals that were scored that way.
The fact that a player can carve out a career just by skating fast makes me angry whenever the Rangers draft a player who "needs to work on his skating" or "is a below average skater."Erik Christensen and shootouts.
Christensen was hand-tailored for the shootout. He legit had world-class skill with the puck on his stick, in a vacuum.
He wasn't a good player in-game, because he wasn't a great skater, didn't process the game well, and didn't have the strength to handle any of the physical aspect of the game, but if you just put the puck on his stick with nothing around him, he was Patrick Kane.
Carl Hagelin also wasn't really good at anything, to be honest. He actually was a very good player in his day because he was faster than everyone else and played with a ton of grit, but literally all he could do was skate fast.
Eh, personally I think any player who makes it to the NHL should have good "straight-line speed".He had crazy straight-line speed. Great on ice awareness...
I dunno Kessel was far from a 1 trick guy. He was an exceptional hockey player.
And cheap shot Crosby on the way.
There's 'good straight line speed'Eh, personally I think any player who makes it to the NHL should have good "straight-line speed".
Kessel was known as a goal-scorer, and his one trick in scoring goals was a wrist/snap shot. He had some moments of being a great playmaker, but over the course of his career his legacy was as a goal scorer.