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Relative to era, it has to be McDavid. The average 4th liner/bottom pairing D nowadays are faster than Bure's era and McDavid blows by them without even trying and WITH the puck.
Relative to era couldn't you make a case for Bure though since half the league was still full of really slow players?
Isn't that against your argument, that he played against slower players? The only D that have consistently kept up with McDavid in a foot race have been Karlsson and maybe Rielly/Subban when they play and even then, only Karlsson was effective at neutralizing his speed entirely. So it's not just a bottom pairing thing. He does it against everyone.
Voted McD but I think they probably had the same tools just one is better trained. Isn't there hard data for this answer? Would be curious to know their top clocked speeds because going by memory is tough on these things.
They are about the same relative to their leagues I'd guess. Totally different players otherwise. Bure was not nearly as well rounded a player. Doubt Bure even knew what his goalies were in net on a given night. Fun to watch though.
Virtanen can flat out fly and might be the second fastest skater in the NHL but just no.McDavid
But Jake Virtanen may be faster than both
It’s insane how fast he is at his size, within like 0.001 of a second or something behind McDavid, while wearing a cape. If he lost weight I bet he’d be faster than McDavidVirtanen can flat out fly and might be the second fastest skater in the NHL but just no.