Except most of our other forwards are faster than Turris. And those who are slower than Turris are stronger than him. I feel like right now, Turris has just enough speed to make up for his low strength. If he loses a step, which he most likely will near the end of his 6 year deal, it could affect his game dramatically.
Are “Most of our other forwards” faster than Turris?
Faster: Dzingel, Hoffman
About the same: Brassard, Pageau, Pyatt,
Slower: Ryan, Stone, Smith, Thompson, Burrows, Didomenico,
I think Turris is weak in the sense that he is not a physical forward who forechecks with hits or backchecking with hits. I like Turris and wanted to keep him as I don’t expect all forwards to hit hard like Neil, but I do prefer forwards who do body check.
Gretzky was weak too and did not hit. However he excelled at play-making and shooting. He was abysmal as a defence man though because he could not skate backward.