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Originally Posted by Flames1217
Team speed can be heavily impacted by the system said team plays.
No player can skate faster than the puck, a team with good structure and quick passes beats any team filled with burners and a bad system.
Yes fast players help with team speed when break downs occur but for the most part team speed is dictating by how fast a team is passing vs just skating.
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Yup, look at those old Red Wings teams. Not super fast on paper but excellent puck movement made them very fast. Same with a player like Huberdeau, average skater but if he clicks with the guys he's playing with, his line will be very fast also.
Overall our team speed not factoring puck movement definitely increased. Sharangovich in for Toffoli. Coronato, Pelletier and Duehr all hopefully regulars next season, is a pretty good boost.