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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Forget what Pettersson chooses to do or not do in this regard for a moment. He is far and away already the Canucks's best player and is a front runner for the Calder Trophy. He is not just good enough to play NHL hockey, he is good enough to excel at it.
Shouldn't this be enough?
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Yeah that's the key question for me too.
Hockey right now is still part skill and part strength, IMO. Does a player need both to survive in the league, or should just skill be enough.........?
I don't know what the answer is, but I agree with you that this is the key question.
My opinion is that strength seems to still matter a lot right now, that it's still a full-contact, physical game. It seems to me like both skill and strength are requisite for success.
Now whether or not that's how it should be is another question entirely. I think the game is slowly evolving to less overall physicality - but it's not all the way there yet. And until it is.............