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Originally Posted by Red Slinger
What do you consider "talent"? I've always thought that skating ability (including speed) was under the talent umbrella.
Either way, things like hockey intelligence can go a long way to overcome slowrt footspeed. Conversely, a burner that's dumb isn't much good (eg. Fata). Although, at 4th overall you'd like to see a guy that has both speed and IQ.
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It's a bit subjective, but I've always thought of it as hockey IQ and the ability to maintain possession.