BlindWillyMcHurt
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- May 31, 2004
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No offense but I wonder if I'm watching the same Malkin that you are. Dude is flying out there. His skating looks terrific.
He's not what he once was speed-wise but it's far from a concern for me.
You aren't wrong. His skating is much more "crisp." Way better on his edges... better start/stop... can switch directions much faster. I guess I just meant he doesn't have that "burst" he used to back when he could switch to that last gear and blow past guys. But it's no big... like I said his game isn't completely fed by skating fast anyway and for a guy his size the fact that he had that extra gear at all most of his career was a nice bonus.