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Originally Posted by Commandant
Oh you mean short burst acceleration? Yeah..... those are great and all.
In most cases, Highlights show you acceleration. They don't show you top end speed... racing down the ice on a backcheck when you are caught, chasing down an icing, getting in on the forecheck. These are Top end speed.
Going on a rush and suddenly changing speeds as you go around the defender? acceleration. Catching a guy flat footed and cutting hard to the net? acceleration. Making a quick move to get away from a defender and open for the pass? acceleration.
You can have one without the other. But the second is more important anyway.
Quick and Fast are two different things in sports... it may not make sense to some, but it is true.
This is also one of many reasons why youtube scouting is B.S..... you can see acceleration, but you rarely if ever get top end speed in highlights. You also are only seeing any players absolute best plays, and not what he looks like over the course of several games.
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Some of us have seen him play live, dude does not slow down. He is just plain fast.