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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
I think he'll need to adapt his game a bit. On that one he has to see the Russian might get the puck and break out and has to start going backwards sooner. It wasn't like the guy just blasted by him, got a step and then out muscled him to the net. You see that same thing happen to Brodie a fair bit in the NHL (the guys getting a step and then out-muscling him).
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You're right. It's just that I've seen it on several occasions this tournament with him. This is the first time it really cost the team an important goal. I worry about it, but I also know it's something he can work on if he starts now. I'd spend the next off-season or two working with a power skating instructor and making sure his legs are super strong so he doesn't get knocked off the puck. He's low enough to the ground that if his legs are strong enough, he'll be hard to beat.
But yeah...the speed thing worries me some. Luckily he's got time.
