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Originally Posted by Joborule
I've always wonder how come more hockey players in the younger levels don't do more figure skating lessons/practice to work on their skating ability to make them more agile and balanced? Don't have to necessarily learn how to do triple axels, but adopting their skills that makes them glide around the ice effortlessly would benefit them considerably. Aside from stick skills, skating is the more important skill a player can have. It's what make players like Crosby, McDavid, and McKinnon so damn dangerous.
I hope the new generation of players coming are much stronger skaters as a result of the top players in the game being fast. Making the game increase it's pace due to faster play, and more displays of skating abilities would make it even better to watch.
EDIT: Mangiapane needs to watch this video.
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Kids do a lot of edge work now. Coaches refer to that heel to toe skating move as Crosbys and they practice them around pylons