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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Top speed is overrated. Burst speed and agility are important. A lot of offensive players don't have high end top speed. Gaudreau was one. Fir centres, Matthews, Scheifele and Crosby don't have elite speed. They have OK speed combined with high IQ and stick.
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Gaudreau was in the 85th and 82nd percentile for top speed and 22+ mph speed burts the last season he played. Matthews and Scheifele also have size, so they can get away with not having top end speed, and well Crosby is Crosby. Zary is a good middle 6 player but he isn’t that same category.
Zary is a good player so I don’t want to come off as being overly critical I just don’t see him as a center.