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@DerekLee27 thx, I live in Seattle. Been a big fan of ducks since Getzlaf Perry Ryan days

Whoops, you’re right. Initially I thought he did because the angle was somewhat blocked, thanks for the heads up 👍🏼

They arent supposed to take the puck? Its puck protection drill they just there to kinda irritate him thats the point of the drill.....

lol wtf

“10% forward stride”? Now that’s not even remotely true. And BTW this test quantifies the players lactic acid threshold. I.e. how long they can go at full capacity before lactic acid buildup insists that they stop immediately.

I work full time as a hockey skills and development coach up here in Alberta and do contracted scouting for 3 WHL teams and a boat load of Junior A teams. Your sentiment about change of direction and "first 3-4 steps" being important is correct but the numbers you are throwing out involving straight line skating are completely made up. You are right in saying that skating coaches typically focus too much on straight line skating and not enough on change or direction. I'm a skating coach myself I get what you are saying. Stride technique and edgework have been the bee's knee's for the last 10+ years. But your argument that players skate in forward lines for "10%" in game and that trainers spend "40-50%" time training straight line speed is not only wrong; you just blatantly made that up. I did testing on multiple NCAA college players where we tracked their skating patterns. We removed what we called "dead ice time" (gliding in the zones, skating to the bench, standing relatively still in space, etc). After collecting the data we found that most forwards spent roughly 30% of their time on the ice in a forward sprint that lasted LONGER than 15 feet, which is typically an average of 4+ strides. We saw that straight line sprints that lasted LESS than 15 feet was also 38% of their TOI. That means that 68% of the game is spent in a straight line. Of course, there is TONS of changes of direction in there too, so your sentiment about working on being explosive in the first 3-4 strides is absolutely correct. And I do agree with you that although first step explosiveness is a massive focus in the gym, on the ice not enough skating coaches train it with the volume it's needed. The other 3 areas of play we considered on top of "straight line > 15 ft" and "straight line <15 ft" was any movement less than 5 ft, any type of curved patterns, and of course and type of backwards or lateral movements. The numbers that you threw out are just blatantly made up. I understand your comments about being explosive for sure, but I feel like you were just saying those things to try and bring validity to your point. I agree that skating coaches focus too much on straight line technique (and a fuck ton of edgework) and not enough on acceleration. Every off-ice trainer and their dog makes explosiveness and stride frequency their number one concern but not enough on-ice trainers do. I get that. But I also just have to disagree with you entirely about what this specific test does. You claim that all it proves is V02 max and that nobody ever sprints the length of the ice 4x in a shift. Well here's a fact. More goals have been scored in transition per game in the last 4 years in the NHL than ever before, and as I already mentioned, 30% of the game is spent in sprint that last longer than 15ft. That number is only going to continue to go up as transition offense and defense gets more and more utilized. The game is becoming more and more transition focused and less and less zone focused. It would not shock me what-so-ever to see the numbers we found in our study increase within the next 10 years

@joellitt-jukes9715 I was quoting Darryl Belfry regarding the forward stride but OK, I guess he doesn't know what he's talking about either.

I know exactly who he is. He's a brilliant mind. Definitely been in the game longer than me. All I'm doing is I'm telling you the results to the tests we ran on 13 different NCAA college players. We tested their movement patterns over the course of 3 games per player. That's 39 games of college hockey. Those were the results. Now of course, we studied movement patterns not the isolated technique of each skater, but still, my point stands. You are greatly exaggerating the frequency in which players skate in straight lines, as proven by our study. To your point though, movement technique is different than movement pattern, we studied the movement patterns of each player.@@JNJ1014

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At drills. Carlsson outperformed him at both the WJC and WC.

Fantilli better at being overrated

no he wasnt. ima kings fan fantilli wasnt needed. Your head is incorrect think about it. You have trevor as your Center and a winger. NO DEFENSE. Poor gibson needed some defense. You can score but then you get outscored. Now you guys are able to compete for the cup this season. If Gibby stays your cup bound. Trevor top, Gib goalie, Gudas D and Leo and Killorn. YE ok buddy your set. Your done. Ducks will be top 5 in west calling it. IMA KINGS fan saying this.

​@@diegocouldcareless7858no one cares if you're a Kings fan bro.

​@@diegocouldcareless7858that isn't enough to make playoffs, the ducks will still suck

Italian born and raised, was picked up at an early age and not only trained in Italy he went to the Salzburg Red Bull Academy and then he went to Sweden for a bit He comes from a great family, very very good kid

Just get your core working please...I think Kakko could be a huge steal from NY this summer.

Just uploaded one!

He isnt lightning quick but he is deceptively fast, his large frame kinda makes it look worse than it is i can promise you. I live in Örebro where he plays in SHL and he doesnt seem to struggle with forechecking or backchecking speedwise. If i'd rate him i would give most of his attributes a 9/10 but skating a 7/10 which hopefully improves

I see what you are saying, but when you look at his highlights, Leo's skating actually quite closely, mimics Mario Lemieux's skating stride & style --long strides, with deceptive speed.

@@ChristianKrillz he has a huge powerful stride. Reminds me of Zibanejad

@@theharlequin2821 reminded me a bit of Zibanejad’s stride. Enormous and so powerful. Mackinnon couldn’t even catch Ziba on a breakaway

@@tens9100 ziba is fast when he wants to! Sadly doesnt use it that often... same with Nylander... he is RAPID but only turns the burners on when he sees a breakaway lol...