Sometime in the last year or two I stopped trying to deke guys and started trying to go around them. It works really well if you're actually faster than them.
For me now the deking is much more in the neutral and defensive zone when you are just touching the puck or skating for a loose puck. A lot of times there will be a loose puck and the other team is skating to get it, I'm thinking about where I will go with it. When we get there, I'll try and poke it or grab it and then deke and around and I've got speed.
This past game I felt like I did a solid job of reading the defense and goaltending. I noticed that they kept swatting rebounds into the boards straight across the goal line, so I would hover over there and wait. Got a goal and a few more great looks.
Otherwise the only decent thing I do is get into passing lanes. I'm teaching our new player who's very physically talented but still learning to watch those passing lanes and we are getting lots of turnovers and spending less time in our end.
Good stuff.
Also, practice and play as much as you can. You want to react to situations, not think about them while you're on the ice. You can work on your hands, your shot, and your skating all on your own, then get into shinny or drop-in to learn more of the game itself.