Article on D by Shattenkirk

[briererocks]

Sorry if this already out there. But thought this might be worth of its own thread. Very interesting article by Shattenkirk on what makes various defenseman elite. Two part article.

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/elite-defensemen-101-kevin-shattenkirk-nhl/

Click to read more...

 

[sobrien]

I posted the Clune story the other day, The Player's Tribune has some really good stuff if you want to read stuff written by the athletes.

Shattenkirk's write-up is the same thing Couture did for top forward/centers. All of them are pretty good reads

 

[briererocks]

thanks. found the link

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/rich-clune-hockey-nhl/

also, this article someone else posted led me to the shatternik article. This link is also interesting:

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/30-thoughts-players-like-kessel-tough-to-find/

 

[Jray42]

Yeah, the players tribune is pretty awesome. That article is old, though.

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/sports/hockey/

http://www.theplayerstribune.com/nhl-daniel-carcillo-steve-montador-video/ (Carcillo)
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/not-done/ (Scott Gomez)
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/why-we-fight/ (Prust)
http://www.theplayerstribune.com/rich-clune-hockey-nhl/ (Rich Clune)

 

[pinedak]

What's interesting to meis that all of the things mentioned relate is some way to skating and smarts/ hockey IQ. Size rarely matters if those two qualities are off the charts.