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Originally Posted by 1qqaaz
I'm starting to put more value on the importance of skating.
If you saw the recent Colorado vs. Vegas game, you could see how much of a difference good skating could make.
It's early in the series, but Vegas just couldn't keep up. Similar to when Colorado beat Calgary a few years ago.
Good coaches can translate strong skating into smart defensive play.
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I've been on the skating thing for a while now. I'm tired of "he can't skate that well, but is smart, has great hands and positions well, etc". The problem is that, IMO, skating is the thing that stops a lot of great juniors from being great NHLers. You can stickhandle through a team of junior guys, most of whom will never even be pros, let alone NHLers. But in the show, you have to be able to skate, with very few exceptions.