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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I always feel you need to watch a game live to truly gauge the skating ability and I have to say I am really surprised how poor his skating is. I guess I didn't see him live enough over the years to know if he's always been this poor of a skater but he certainly seemed more dynamic with the Canucks and Habs last season.
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With the Habs his deal was to find quiet places and get the puck off his stick in a hurry (not unlike Monahan in his prime). He was often the trailer on a play, floating into the high slot for a good shot. I never understood why he was deployed as the low man on the power play.
He may also have been out of shape with no time to get into altitude shape.