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Old 01-05-2026, 03:23 PM   #1157
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I think McKenna can play faster though, he chooses to slow the game down I think, it's not that he can't play quick.

When he came out the penalty box last night he was flying, and he would show his speed in junior too, he skates really well he just doesn't rely only on speed to generate.

I also don't think he shied away from the middle of the ice at all when I watched him in Junior, he wasn't a perimeter player, he would attack the d-men in transition.

He might not be elite yet, but to me he has the best chance of being elite in this draft.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9xmherzLRg

What I saw in this tournament was a guy who was deferring too much, wasn't using his feet to attack the defense, and probably need to play a bit more selfish (honestly something that tends to happen when you build these canadian teams with so much skill in these tournaments).

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