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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
As good as Fox is mentally and offensively, he will have to fix his skating before he has a shot at the NHL. Players are far too quick these days. He'd be exposed nightly.
He has a short stride, so he'll have to work on foot speed or power in each stride. As it stands right now, he'd probably be just OK in the AHL with that speed.
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I think he'll need to adapt his game a bit. On that one he has to see the Russian might get the puck and break out and has to start going backwards sooner. It wasn't like the guy just blasted by him, got a step and then out muscled him to the net. You see that same thing happen to Brodie a fair bit in the NHL (the guys getting a step and then out-muscling him).
I do agree with your assessment on his skating just think that play was more a bad read at the offensive blueline rather than a skating issue.