Fastest players with the puck on their sticks

[NeverBeNormal]

MacKinnon is second only to McJesus here

Probably. I want to see the MacKinnon from his rookie year playoffs against Minnesota, every time he touched it he flew by everyone.

 

[Riseonfire]

McDavid
McKinnon
Barzal
Ehlers
Point
Hall (everyone forget about this guy??)

Plus a few more but those are the top guys IMO.

 

[compan]

He's so dangerous with the puck. I almost have a heart attack whenever the Leafs and Avs play and Mackinnon flies through the neutral zone.

1. McDavid
2. Mackinnon

What impresses me with Mackinnon when watching him is his hands at that speed. It's hard to describe, but there is this quickness and true elite level handling of the puck when he is reaching those speeds. When he has the puck and is working through the neutral zone...you just know the likelihood of it ending well for your team isn't high

 

[McFlash97]

Have a sample where he goes faster than that? Use the lines as measurement and have them side-by-side.

I have dozens of McDavid samples, none are this fast. Or are you just saying?

This is "fastest skater", not "most agile skater" or "best stickhandler".

That's, 1.55 seconds blue to blue. McDavid's never hit 1.6 in my samples, maybe 1.67.

Bla bla bla....

Take these samples and throw it in the trash.

They are your samples and the equipment u use for these samples have error rates through the roof and have no validity.

McDavid would eat Byron alive with the puck.

A simple eye test would be enough to determine that. Thanks for trying.

 

[JianYang]

On Montreal, its Paul Byron and Max Domi. Those are two guys that seem to be able to carry pucks at their top speeds.

 

[Heart of Vukota]

I remember seeing Paul Kariya skate down the ice like he was shot out of cannon and stop on a dime all while handing the puck.

 

[Sky04]

Kovalchuk used to be in this category

 

[Bouboumaster]

I remember seeing Paul Kariya skate down the ice like he was shot out of cannon and stop on a dime all while handing the puck.

He was incredible

 

[Bouboumaster]

And also, I want to nominate Paul Byron too.
One of the fastest hockey player I have seen.

 

[Slitty]

Historically - Bure would explode toward the opposing net when he got the puck and just kept on building distance between himself and all the players attempting to chase him. I'm surprised that he wasn't among the first retired players mentioned.

 

[ItWasJustified]

Viktor Arvidsson.

 

[Petrus]

McDavid can create separation in his first 2-3 strides with the puck. It’s incredible how fast he is.

 

[AvsFan29]

Consistently?

McDavid
MacKinnon

 

[hector morrison]

Historically - Bure would explode toward the opposing net when he got the puck and just kept on building distance between himself and all the players attempting to chase him. I'm surprised that he wasn't among the first retired players mentioned.

bure didn't skate...he ran!

 

[Ctrain2k]

Have a sample where he goes faster than that? Use the lines as measurement and have them side-by-side.

I have dozens of McDavid samples, none are this fast. Or are you just saying?

This is "fastest skater", not "most agile skater" or "best stickhandler".

That's, 1.55 seconds blue to blue. McDavid's never hit 1.6 in my samples, maybe 1.67.

I mean he started full speed from behind his net and had a straight line path with nobody in his way. He couldn’t even beat Martinook, McDavid could’ve in 2 strides.

 

[Golden Puppers]

What impresses me with Mackinnon when watching him is his hands at that speed. It's hard to describe, but there is this quickness and true elite level handling of the puck when he is reaching those speeds. When he has the puck and is working through the neutral zone...you just know the likelihood of it ending well for your team isn't high

What's funny is, I feel like he overhandles the puck sometimes though, when carrying it through the neutral zone and even when he's surveying things from the wall on the PP. He will cradle the puck and get his hands going 100 MPH even when he's not really making a move or deceiving a defender.

A bum like me probably isn't one to critique one of the best players in the league but I've always thought he could clean some of that up from his game.

 

[authentic]

The fastest sample I have of a player with the puck is Paul Byron from last night. Outperforming Miles Wood's samples, and faster than any sample of McDavid's.

This sample.

Uhh, no.

 

[GellMann]

Uhh, no.

The guy might not have the best data, but he's literally just telling you the results of a concerted effort to collect data on exactly this, who are you to tell him he's wrong? Or have you hacked his computer and found a mistake in whatever spreadsheet this information exists?

 

[jbobell98]

In this video Sportsnet clocks Mcdavid at over 40kmh. If your blueline to blueline time of 1.55 is correct, Byron reaches a max speed of 35.4 km/h (15.24m/1.55s = 9.83m/s). Which is slower than Mcdavid.[/QUOTE]

 

[JJ68]

Carl Hagelin just seems fast whenever I watch him.

 

[LuckyPierre]

Pre-Cooke EK65 was flat out more explosive than his peers with the puck.

I recall a few games in 2013 post Norris win and pre Cooke that were just unfair the way he'd slice through entire defenses like they were standing still.

 

[jvcjdudu jcycyxjene]

Lucic has some great separation ability.

 

[authentic]

Pre-Cooke EK65 was flat out more explosive than his peers with the puck.

I recall a few games in 2013 post Norris win and pre Cooke that were just unfair the way he'd slice through entire defenses like they were standing still.

I think he was the best skater with the puck besides McDavid.

 

[avsfan09]

Athanasiou was burning guys all night.

 

[FDBluth]

In this video Sportsnet clocks Mcdavid at over 40kmh. If your blueline to blueline time of 1.55 is correct, Byron reaches a max speed of 35.4 km/h (15.24m/1.55s = 9.83m/s). Which is slower than Mcdavid.

That's not his max speed, that's his average speed. But I think it's still safe to assume that his max speed is nowhere close to 40 km/h in that clip.