BraveCanadian
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It sure was.. wow
Gretzky had the deadliest slapshot in the game during his prime.
Pinpoint accurate along the ice or top shelf. Ridiculous release coming out of a turn or deke. It allowed him to fake out goalies using his slapshot then deke around and slide it in the empty net.
I'm talking about in the NHL, and the players in their primes.
The subject doesn't state "NHL", and what, Malone and Lalonde weren't in their prime?
But I was talking about the NHL, you had the career goals per game for Gretzky and Lemieux, not the GPG numbers from Gretzky's and Lemieux's prime.
My question is why do you drop Lalonde and Malone from the NHL conversation if you're using the methods you are. (let alone Bossy)
I didn't drop them, I just forgot about them. They also played in the infancy stages of the NHL, when scoring was higher than it was in the 80's.
Not quite -- he averaged 56 goals per season over the five years after 1984 (59 per 80 games).whats clear to me is that wayne didnt care about scoring after the 84 season
Not quite -- he averaged 56 goals per season over the five years after 1984 (59 per 80 games).
No he didn't HaHa
Accurate yes, but I recall he was actually thought of as having a very weak slapshot (like they say McDavid's shot is weak)
Deadliest slapshot in the game during Gretzky's prime...probably Al MacInnis...Doug Wilson's was pretty good...and there are many others that would have been considered above Gretzky (probably a couple/few players on most teams had a better slapshot than Gretzky)
Wrong. Brett Hull had the deadliest slapshot in his prime.
In those days MacInnis and Iafrate were the most feared slap shots.
The stick technology has a lot to do with the speed of the slapshot.I would say
Beginning of the 80's was Doug Wilson, Gaston Gingras, Bossy, Potvin
Mid 80's Macinnis, Iafrate, Hull, Richer, Manson
Good one but not on top Kurri, Glenn Anderson, Bourque(when he was using it), Coffey, Reed Larson, Robinson, Park, Chelios, Steve Thomas, Wendel Clark, Yzerman
Slap shots improved like crazy, alot of guys in 80-90's were under 80 mph and now alot are beetween 90-100+ but they cant rarely score with it if the goalie have no traffic at all.....
The stick technology has a lot to do with the speed of the slapshot.
Interestingly, I looked around now, and found out that Alexander Riazantsev of the KHL recorded a 114mph slapshot in the KHL. He's only 6'0", albeit with 209lbs, almost identical to PK Subban's stats. Kuteikin scored 3 goals from the red line in the last KHL playoffs and is nicknamed the "Tsar-Cannon"Obviously helped increase mph average but not by much...strenght improved, technique too, speed too. Average weight in 80's was 190 lbs and it went to 206 lbs at the lock out. Now 201 lbs(after lock out when goons and big guys there only because they are big were replaced by more skilled players). If weight increase, average mph in shooting will also increase.
When they do skill contest in each team its rarely the guy that we expect who wins but some big guy(most of the time), Brashear, Kilger, Cowen, Claesson, Pedan
These guys did 102-107 mph. We know about Weber, Chara coz the medias keep saying it but there is alot of guys that can shoot this now. Only in the AHL skills contest you see lots of guys like Mark Mancari 103, Kurtis Foster 101, Colin Miller 106, Ryan Graves 103, Hunt 101, Petrovic 101, Mcnabb 103, Nygren 105 they all beat most of the nhl all star contest shooters.
I'm pretty sure its the same in the 80's and some less expecting guys had hardest slapshot.
Interestingly, I looked around now, and found out that Alexander Riazantsev of the KHL recorded a 114mph slapshot in the KHL. He's only 6'0", albeit with 209lbs, almost identical to PK Subban's stats. Kuteikin scored 3 goals from the red line in the last KHL playoffs and is nicknamed the "Tsar-Cannon"