Can anyone currently playing break Chara's slap shot speed record?

[Conbon]

I'm sure there has to be someone, maybe in the minors somewhere.

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[DearDiary]

Austin Matthews has the best shot I've ever seen, just give him a chance to do it

 

[Riseonfire]

Pulock hits high on the radar gun. The big booming snapshot has kind of lost favor in terms of actual shot selection.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

Austin Matthews has the best shot I've ever seen, just give him a chance to do it

He doesn't have much of a slap shot tho which is what is being discussed here. Wrist /snap absolutely elite. Maybe Laine if/when he fills out?

 

[Shark Finn]

Weber?

 

[Ctrain2k]

Austin Matthews has the best shot I've ever seen, just give him a chance to do it

He doesn’t have a exceptionally hard shot and his slap shot isn’t good.

 

[KevinRedkey]

Done under the same rules, the answer is no.
Given KHL skill comp rules, then maybe.

 

[howkie]

Chariot is close, he is in the Weber Tier IF not better

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Seth Jones? Not sure what he tops out at, just know I saw his slapper rebound over the blue line last night.. thing sounded like a cannon clapping off the goalie's blocker.

 

[TT1]

There's definitely harder shooters but they need to get to the All Star game first..

 

[Plural]

Maybe Laine if he fills out bit more.

 

[ijuka]

Austin Matthews has the best shot I've ever seen, just give him a chance to do it

Best wrist / snap shot release? Sure, but this is about velocity of the slap shot.

 

[torniojaws]

Laine and Weber probably could.

 

[Took a pill in Sbisa]

Considering Weber's not getting any stronger, probably not Weber.

 

[Blanick]

Apparently Parayko was clocked shooting a 104mph slapshot before the Winter Classic in St. Louis a few years back. He has an absolute bomb of shot when he gets it off clean. It is honestly the most frustrating thing about him as a player. He doesn't shoot enough and often when he does he flubs it or breaks his stick.

 

[brokeu91]

Parayko

 

[danpantz]

I'd say Parayko.

Gotta be someone tall with a long stick for scientific purposes.

 

[oil4life97]

Zdeno Chara could

 

[triggrman]

I still say "in game" Weber's was harder. The dude put holes in boards and ripped it through the net.

 

[BostonBruins11]

108.8 mph will be hard to beat.

Also the shot that set the record definitely wasn't Chara's hardest shot.(recorded yes, but i've seen harder shots in game)

 

[ESH]

Done under the same rules, the answer is no.
Given KHL skill comp rules, then maybe.

What’s different about the KHL rules?

 

[57special]

Dumba has a laser, but I don't think he has the length to compete with Weber and Chara. Parayko isn't a bad name... Eriksson-Ek blocked 3 of Weber's shots on one shift recently, and had to miss games because of it. Cue to the "Stop! He's already dead!"

 

[tarheelhockey]

I'm no physicist, but it seems to me that a guy using a 65-inch stick will inherently have an advantage when it comes to exerting force onto the puck. 108.8mph seems to be getting to the upper end of what a human body can do, unless you start changing the conditions of the shot like the KHL did in order to get a higher result.

 

[KevinRedkey]

What’s different about the KHL rules?

The puck is placed closer to the net, and they skate up to it more. Basically more momentum and less distance = higher MPH.

 

[MetM]

There's definitely harder shooters but they need to get to the All Star game first..

Exactly.
Chara could have himself but he didn't make it to the ASG for a while.