Top 10 Fastest Skaters in NHL

[QuietContrarian]

Ehlers is an awesome player but in pure speed I don't think he's up among the very top names.

I beg to differ.

I think he is up among the fastest.
Not sure how high, but by eyetest imo, he is faster and better at top flight than Larkin.

I am biased ofc, so my opinion is close to moot.

 

[End of Line]

HM: Bryan Rust

 

[Index]

Does no one here watch the Hurricanes??

 

[HanSolo]

Have people just forgotten who Cogliano is?

 

[triggrman]

If I'm recalling correctly didn't Brandon Saad beat Duchene in the speed skating at the all star game?




At the 130 mark

Josi finished 2nd overall.

 

[caymanmew]

Does no one here watch the Hurricanes??

Who?

 

[Kale Makar]

*insert my teams fast guy* is top ten

It's one thing the can actually be top 10 in though!

 

[KlefDown]

Does no one here watch the Hurricanes??

Never heard of her

 

[MessierII]

Andrew cogliano is up there. Probably top 10. Tough to call a top 10 lots of guys are about the same. I'd say Mcdavid is the fastest in the league. Fastest player I've personally ever watched going back to the early 90's.

 

[Geoist]

Vinnie Hinostroza, maybe?

Came here to say this. It seems every time Vinnie is on the ice everyone else is trying to keep up with him.

 

[Flair Hay]

McDavid
Crosby
Larkin
Kessel
Hall
Kane
Ehlers
Keith
MacKinnon
Grabner
Cogliano
Karlsson

These guys are the best of the best as best I could remember

 

[monsieurthibz]

From almost standing still to.. rocket mode. lol

 

[ZiGOODejad]

Grabner and Kreider definitely in there

 

[MuckOG]

Jason Zucker should be on this list.

 

[Paralyzer]

My list:

1. Connor McDavid
2. Michael Grabner
3. Miles Wood
4. Andreas Athanasiou
5. Dylan Larkin
6. Erik Karlsson
7. Carl Hagelin
8. Taylor Hall
9. Matt Duchene
10. Nathan MacKinnon


Fixed for you. McDavid is just flat out faster than anyone I've ever seen. And the fact he can control the puck at that speed makes him #1 favorite IMO.

 

[SnoopDogg]

Eichel deserves a mention

 

[Royale With Cheese]

These things are always tough to rank as a casual observer. Does the NHL accumulate team testing and keep it somewhere?

As a Jets fan, I will say that Nikolaj Ehlers is probably the fastest Jet. Blake Wheeler is also very fast, especially for a guy his size.

 

[VoluntaryDom]

I like Wood being high up on it.

Shoutout to Brayden Point.

 

[ThatGuy22]

Jason Zucker should be on this list.

Zucker to me seems more of an acceleration thing. He's definitely fast, but if you give him and inch. He can take a mile. Just seems to explode.

 

[Aladyyn]

There are so many blazing fast guys and the differences between them are so small that making a top 10 list is basically impossible.

 

[Jeti]

There are so many blazing fast guys and the differences between them are so small that making a top 10 list is basically impossible.

There's also the matter of being able to make plays at that speed - i.e. effective speed. Agility, acceleration and puck control all come in at that point, not just top end speed. For the Jets, it's why Ehlers seems so much faster than Wheeler. Both have great top end speed, but Ehlers can change directions and make plays with the puck going full speed.

 

[Thordic]

As most other Rangers fans have stated, Kreider is faster than Hagelin. Hagelin has much better agility, but in a race, Kreider will beat Hagelin down the ice 9 times out of 10.

 

[Sensin5]

From almost standing still to.. rocket mode. lol

Always thought Byron fast, but in this clip it looks like Preds D Irwin keeps up and pretty much catches him by the end (though he misplays it), so not a great illustration.

 

[Loffer]

MacK is faster than the Flying Dutchman.

Mac didn't impress me much in Allstars skill comp against McJesus Slow as a sloth.

 

[NoMessi]

How is Crosby mentioned. He might be one of the best skaters, since his balance is top notch, but he are not close the fastest.