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Originally Posted by shadowlord
Isn't the Royal Road basically the same as the slot? Why do we have to give new names to the same thing?
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Yeah. Especially for this example. We are talking about shooting percentages going up from certain spots on the ice. It's not as though shooting from the "Royal Road" at centre ice is going to give you some great shooting chance.
Even then, I don't know if this stuff is entirely true. Many players, for example, Ovechkin, purposely position themselves so that they shoot from an angle, as it forces the goalie to turn their body, leaving the far side of the net potentially exposed. Maybe for less skilled shooters, the slot is the best place to score from?