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Originally Posted by transplant99
Actually, yes you can.
The thing at the NHL level however is that most guys are already at optimum speed through their own/team conditioning programs.
So many things go into increasing speed though that its a real intense commitment and time consuming thing to improve noticeably.
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I have to admit Draisaitl is night and day faster than he was in his rookie season. Went from below average skater so IMO pretty quick. Maybe some of that was due to him not being in as good of shape as he could have been in junior and his rookie season but whatever they did worked for him. Tavares is another case of a player improving his skating as a pro. It's very doable but as you say it takes a big offseason commitment and maybe some players just don't have that motivation or dedication.