What Position Do You Play?

What position do you play?

  • Wing

  • Center

  • Defense

  • Goalie


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tarheelhockey

Offside Review Specialist
Feb 12, 2010
84,981
137,353
Bojangles Parking Lot
Primarily center, which is where I feel most comfortable. I'm fine shifting over to either wing, but I tend to think like a center and end up either behind the play, or completely burnt out from over-skating.

I have played D in the past and enjoy it from the mental standpoint, but my skating is such that I would need to play down a level in order to be a net-positive at that position.
 

Porter Stoutheart

We Got Wood
Jun 14, 2017
14,876
11,256
I model my game after this 80s NHL player, and identify very comfortably with this actual published Scouting Report on said player (anybody know who this is?):

"X is not a good skater. He has little speed and almost no lateral movement. What he does have is inertia...once he gets going toward the opposition net, nothing is going to stop him...his lack of skating is one reason why X can be a minus player. If he had to make the NHL on his defensive abilities, X wouldn't make the American league... trapped deep in the offensive zone, he is unable to get back in time to minister to his defensive duties. He also has no clue what to do behind his own blueline. He is not in position enough and doesn't know how to use his body... X does not stickhandle well and does not move with the puck well. He does not use his teammates well either, but in all fairness, he's in better position to score than they are... on the powerplay is where X shines...impossible to move from the front of the net... the Team would like to see X do a little more of his scoring during even-strength situations, adding a little balance to his game, so to speak... he should tighten up defensively. a 58-goal scorer who is a minus player is a little ridiculous."

Well, except we don't usually manage to run a PP as efficiently as real teams do, so maybe take away the part about the PP... and a proportionate number of the goals. But the rest is pretty much bang-on. :sarcasm:
 

tarheelhockey

Offside Review Specialist
Feb 12, 2010
84,981
137,353
Bojangles Parking Lot
I model my game after this 80s NHL player, and identify very comfortably with this actual published Scouting Report on said player (anybody know who this is?):

"X is not a good skater. He has little speed and almost no lateral movement. What he does have is inertia...once he gets going toward the opposition net, nothing is going to stop him...his lack of skating is one reason why X can be a minus player. If he had to make the NHL on his defensive abilities, X wouldn't make the American league... trapped deep in the offensive zone, he is unable to get back in time to minister to his defensive duties. He also has no clue what to do behind his own blueline. He is not in position enough and doesn't know how to use his body... X does not stickhandle well and does not move with the puck well. He does not use his teammates well either, but in all fairness, he's in better position to score than they are... on the powerplay is where X shines...impossible to move from the front of the net... the Team would like to see X do a little more of his scoring during even-strength situations, adding a little balance to his game, so to speak... he should tighten up defensively. a 58-goal scorer who is a minus player is a little ridiculous."

Well, except we don't usually manage to run a PP as efficiently as real teams do, so maybe take away the part about the PP... and a proportionate number of the goals. But the rest is pretty much bang-on. :sarcasm:

That last line narrows it down a bit... even in the 80s not a lot of guys hit 58, and most of them weren't power forwards or anywhere near a minus season. I'm thinking Tim Kerr?
 
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Habsrule

Registered User
Jun 13, 2004
3,475
2,332
Right wing. I am a left handed shot and much prefer to play my off wing. It leaves me open for one timers and back door passes.
 

expy

Registered User
Nov 2, 2010
15,309
16,382
Goalie.

But I sometimes swap in as a forward or defence during the year with my buddies.
 

Alexander the Gr8

Registered User
May 2, 2013
31,595
12,658
Toronto
LW mainly, that’s where I’m at my best offensively and I score a lot of goals.

I can play C too, I am good in my own end as a center and I can win face offs, but I have trouble producing offensively from the middle as I’m not that great of a playmaker.

I can play D occasionally but I don’t do so well against bigger forwards.
 

ilyazhito

Registered User
May 15, 2013
43
6
I'm a goalie. I've been one ever since I started ball hockey 5 years ago. I can't imagine playing any other position.
 

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