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Originally Posted by PlayfulGenius
When is the last time you've seen a D score 30+ goals without taking a single slapshot ... is that not extraordinary? ... and so many goals below the top of the circle... many in the slot or even below the hashmarks
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It's the modern style for offensive defencemen. A slap shot, especially from the blue line, gives the goalie time to get in position. Parekh seems to have a great wrister – hard, quick, and accurate. He doesn't telegraph his shot, so he can fool the goalie more often.
He also seems to have a real knack for knowing when to come in deep. From the clips I saw, he's not cheating out of position; he's closing in to make the active area of the ice smaller. When he's below the circle, he knows nobody is getting in behind him.
Pardon an old chess fan, but the way he closes in on the attack reminds me of how Petrosian used his rooks. They're nowhere, doing nothing, seemingly harmless enough, and then BOOM, right in the king's grill and it's checkmate in two.