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Who are the slowest (or otherwise poor skaters) players still very useful to their teams? Everyone talks about the fastest skaters, and that speed is the name of the game these days, but I know there’s been a relatively slow players in the NHL now and recently who’ve found some success.
Think post-2004
Who are those players? How do they adjust their game? Or do you think they have loads of talent but are held back by their poor skating? Can be any skating position.
Biggest I can think of in Caps history is Mike Ribeiro. Super slow player, yet still found much success as a playmaking center, and was a decent goal scorer getting almost 30 goals one season, and at or a couple below 20 in seven seasons. Great stickhandler (one of the best?), he couldn’t play fast but he could make everyone else play slow. Precision passing as well. Drew players towards himself and passed through them.
Mike Knuble is another guy. Several seasons at 20-30 goals, and at least as a Capital I remember him being one of the run and gun team’s slowest players. Made his living in front of the opponents net.
Backstrom isn’t the slowest guy out there, but he’s not zooming around the ice, he just knows where to skate
Jeff Schultz had a good season.
Who else? Current?
Think post-2004
Who are those players? How do they adjust their game? Or do you think they have loads of talent but are held back by their poor skating? Can be any skating position.
Biggest I can think of in Caps history is Mike Ribeiro. Super slow player, yet still found much success as a playmaking center, and was a decent goal scorer getting almost 30 goals one season, and at or a couple below 20 in seven seasons. Great stickhandler (one of the best?), he couldn’t play fast but he could make everyone else play slow. Precision passing as well. Drew players towards himself and passed through them.
Mike Knuble is another guy. Several seasons at 20-30 goals, and at least as a Capital I remember him being one of the run and gun team’s slowest players. Made his living in front of the opponents net.
Backstrom isn’t the slowest guy out there, but he’s not zooming around the ice, he just knows where to skate
Jeff Schultz had a good season.
Who else? Current?
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