Players with similar skillsets but opposite hockey IQs

[LaTenderness]

Shayne Corson J.J Daingneault

 

[redwings25]

fiala and kucherov.

 

[McDNicks17]

Malkin and Puljujarvi.

 

[JackSlater]

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

Martin Frk and Stamkos

 

[Nick Hansen]

Could a lazy hockey player play a 5 minute shift?

He was a tank physically, very strong and well-conditioned. I never heard a single complaint about his fitness during his career. His problem was that albeit not dumb, he wasn't quite elite in his vision/hockey IQ.

 

[Goose of Reason]

Daniel Sprong and Phil Kessel

 

[ProspectsSTC]

Couturier - Nugent-Hopkins

Nah Couturier's IQ is also very good

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

Jake Virtanen and Nathan Mackinnon.

Jake can't stick handle or pass like Nate. But they both have that size and speed combo and are unstoppable when they get up a head of steam.

Jake just does...nothing with it.

While Nathan Mackinnon also has a brilliant hockey mind.

 

[the_fan]

Gretzky and everyone else in NHL history..

Let's face it, Gretzky wasnt known as a fast skater that blew everyone away. He wasnt known to have the best shot. He wasnt deking players left and right.

What made Gretzky who he was as a player is his hockey IQ and vision.

 

[CanadianHawks]

Yakupov and Kessel, Victor Stalberg and Taylor Hall

 

[heartbreak]

matthews-semin

 

[mattihp]

Tuomo Ruutu and Jarome Iginla

 

[Offtheboard412]

Malkin and Puljujarvi.

Malkin's puck skills are in a completely different league than Puljujarvi.

 

[Kevs Security]

Crouse and prime Lucic. Pretty much any big guy drafted in the first round with limited skillset and prime Lucic, really.

 

[Nithoniniel]

The Nylander brothers maybe?

 

[Stubu]

Gr8 b8 m8, I r8 8 out of 8

great bait mate, i rate eight ouf of eight

In the early 90s when the Internet was still young, Gopher competed with Web for popularity, and AOL's tsunami wasn't yet felling trees everywhere, it became popular in the chatrooms -- and we all know our IRC, don't we children? -- to use funny typing styles. One was the simple omission of capitals to denote hurry. Then came the alternation of caps, and the substitution of numerals, but done elegantly. "eLiTe TyPinG" to denote online supremacy and debate ownage gave way to more cryptic (and phonetic) "31337" and soon "1337" parlance.

I for one miss those times. Now some millennials think aLt CaPsLoCk is sarcasm when they have no idea of the splendid, mind-invigorating differences between proper sarcasm, parody, irony, and sardony. Phsaw!

ph34r m3 4t 411 t1m3s [-19xx]

[EdT: I completely forgot irate pirates. Tortuga!]

 

[Creepingjeff]

Brendan Smith and Seth Jones.

 

[Hyack57]

Pavel and Valeri Bure.

 

[QuadrupleDeke]

Alex Semin and Pavel Datsyuk

 

[StoneHands]

Could a lazy hockey player play a 5 minute shift?

That's the only kind of player who can play a 5 minute shift. Everyone else is gassed after 2 minutes. He was gliding around for so long that he still had enough in the tank to score 5 minutes in.

 

[Mackinnonen]

Evander kane and Ovechkin.

 

[Iapyi]

Well, he did take some dumb penalties that cost his team. I remember him selling a slash against the Bruins and Murray sniping one in OT. Though, I guess that can be considered lazy too.

Who did he sell the fake slash to? No one I've ever known got sucked in.

 

[typicalsavage]

Skating isn't close enough. Gardiner can fly.

Barrie is a dar better skater than Gardiner. Gardiners skating is overrated, well at least he doesnt use it to excel at his game.

 

[Sheppy]

Who did he sell the fake slash to? No one I've ever known got sucked in.