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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
He's one of the best skaters but I don't know about the best. He is very fluid and smooth with no wasted motions but there are faster top end skaters and skaters with better acceleration. He's in the Bouwmeester, Brian Campbell group of very natural, smooth striders.
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Very difficult in recalling Bouwmeester committing to an offensive rush to the opposition goal line and being back in the play going the other way.
Bouwmeester looked effortless as he doesn't put the effort in or put himself in a position where he has to rely on his skating to bail himself out.
When Brodie is winding up in his own zone his skating creates room by throwing off the expected angles of the defenders. The opposition gives up the neutral zone and is scrambling to get back into their zone.
In the last 2 games of the Ducks series he is stopping the Ducks from smashing the Flames in the Neutral zone.