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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
"I skate to where the puck is going, not to where the puck has been"
Hockey IQ often trumps all other skills. Jason Allison made a modest career out of it despite having cinder blocks for skates.
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IQ is definitely important, but also it's the body type of the "slow" players. Allison was as slow as a brick, especially in his last season, but he had a crazy reach and could hold the puck well. Smaller players who aren't great skaters don't have the advantage of reach which in today's league you're probably not going to have a long career.