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Originally Posted by Henry Fool
It's not so much skating as situational explosiveness that is Barkov's current weakness. Like when you're standing still and need to get 16 feet ahead of you as fast as possible. He doesn't have the thighs to move 210 pounds like that yet. Perhaps he doesn't suffer from it as much in Finland as he would in NA.
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I noticed speed is less of a factor on international ice because there is less emphasis on grabbing loose pucks and supporting the puck. That big ice surface makes it harder to exploit loose pucks with speed.