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Old 02-01-2016, 12:01 AM   #904
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Originally Posted by MarkGio View Post
In comparison to the times of the NHL skills competition, Grant is only faster than Erik Karlsson. Every other NHL time was better.

https://www.nhl.com/news/2016-honda-...sults/c-800324

http://theahl.com/2016-skills-competition-p200959
The time's aren't directly comparable because they were different routes.

Grant did the full lap of the ice. The head-to-head races in the NHL skills were a much shorter race (blue line to faceoff dot, down to the opposite faceoff dot and back to the original blue line).

In the NHL skills, only Larkin did a full lap, and they gave him a head start from the blue line (with the clock starting when he crossed centre) and had the nets sitting at the top of the crease. Grant started from a full stop at centre ice and the nets were positioned on the goal line.
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