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Originally Posted by heep223
Russell has his warts but skating is not one of them. His first three steps are elite, his quickness and pivots are excellent. That said he only has above average top speed. He also has pretty good stick and body positioning.
Kind of weird that you don't notice his skating tbh, watch his first three steps to get to loose pucks
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I just don't remember him ever really using skating to an advantage, if anything it masked his other deficiencies imo more than really benefitted the team. He just always seemed to be barely treading water and one mistake from catastrophe.