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mnhockeyguy
Minnesota Wild
Location: Frostbite Falls, MN
Joined: 10.23.2014

Aug 2 @ 3:39 PM ET
Cool. I watched both of them play so my opinion is just as valid. You are still wrong.
- Feds91Stammer

And you're an idiot, wow I can say random things too. I've watchted em both play from their rookie seasons onwards. Crosby is a fine skater but no one would rate him as one of the fastest players in todays NHL.
Feds91Stammer
Detroit Red Wings
Location: "China was as proactive as possible" - Rinosaur, SC
Joined: 02.01.2012

Aug 2 @ 3:42 PM ET
And you're an idiot, wow I can say random things too. I've watchted em both play from their rookie seasons onwards. Crosby is a fine skater but no one would rate him as one of the fastest players in todays NHL.
- mnhockeyguy

I would. Checkmate.
mnhockeyguy
Minnesota Wild
Location: Frostbite Falls, MN
Joined: 10.23.2014

Aug 2 @ 3:43 PM ET
Of course a coach is going to reference a player he coached for 6-7 years. Those are the most vivid memories. I'm sure if you ask Disco Dan, he would compare him to Crosby in his early years. Cognitive Bias.
- j.boyd919

And a Penguins blog writer saying Crosby is as good at stick handling at high speeds as McDavid, isn't biased how? Crosby is a good skater but he's not as at McDavid's level speed wise. Few players have ever been.
mnhockeyguy
Minnesota Wild
Location: Frostbite Falls, MN
Joined: 10.23.2014

Aug 2 @ 3:43 PM ET
I would. Checkmate.
- Feds91Stammer

And you call yourself a Redwings fan...
Feds91Stammer
Detroit Red Wings
Location: "China was as proactive as possible" - Rinosaur, SC
Joined: 02.01.2012

Aug 2 @ 3:45 PM ET
And you call yourself a Redwings fan...
- mnhockeyguy

Well at least MI can sell out an outdoor game and doesn't claim to be the "state of hockey"
mnhockeyguy
Minnesota Wild
Location: Frostbite Falls, MN
Joined: 10.23.2014

Aug 2 @ 3:47 PM ET
Well at least MI can sell out an outdoor game and doesn't claim to be the "state of hockey"
- Feds91Stammer

Well they do claim to be "Hockeytown" so there's that. The whole state of hockey thing has more to do with the number of NHLers that come from Minnesota vs the rest of the US, but yes we are in agreement for once, its a bad marketing gimmick.
Victoro311
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: San Diego, CA
Joined: 06.17.2014

Aug 2 @ 3:50 PM ET
And you're an idiot, wow I can say random things too. I've watchted em both play from their rookie seasons onwards. Crosby is a fine skater but no one would rate him as one of the fastest players in todays NHL.
- mnhockeyguy

A lot of people would rate him as one of the fastest. This is an absurd take.
mnhockeyguy
Minnesota Wild
Location: Frostbite Falls, MN
Joined: 10.23.2014

Aug 2 @ 3:50 PM ET
A lot of people would rate him as one of the fastest. This is an absurd take.
- Victoro311

He's not even the fastest on his own team! Hagelin and Kessel are both faster skaters. And no one would say he's McDavid's speed.
j.boyd919
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Aug 2 @ 3:52 PM ET
And a Penguins blog writer saying Crosby is as good at stick handling at high speeds as McDavid, isn't biased how? Crosby is a good skater but he's not as at McDavid's level speed wise. Few players have ever been.
- mnhockeyguy


Sid will also be 30 in 5 days, so of course he isn't as fast as he once was. When he came into the league at 18, he was pretty (frank)ing fast. Also, Crosby probably has the best edgework in the NHL, and some of the best hands. Right now? McDavid is definitely faster, no doubt. But Sid was no slouch in his younger days.
Victoro311
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: San Diego, CA
Joined: 06.17.2014

Aug 2 @ 3:53 PM ET
He's not even the fastest on his own team! Hagelin and Kessel are both faster skaters.
- mnhockeyguy

He actually has the wheels to compete with those guys, it's just that his game usually involves him having to do thing so that are flying up and down the ice all the time like Hagelin and Kessel who are almost purely north-south players.

Also just because we have three of the fastest players in the league doesn't mean that any one of them have less elite speed.
mnhockeyguy
Minnesota Wild
Location: Frostbite Falls, MN
Joined: 10.23.2014

Aug 2 @ 3:59 PM ET
Sid will also be 30 in 5 days, so of course he isn't as fast as he once was. When he came into the league at 18, he was pretty (frank)ing fast. Also, Crosby probably has the best edgework in the NHL, and some of the best hands. Right now? McDavid is definitely faster, no doubt. But Sid was no slouch in his younger days.
- j.boyd919

Of course he wasn't and isnt! But there are very few that could be comparable to McDavid in terms of stick handling at that high of speed, because very few can reach that speed and still handle the puck effectively. Modano and Federov and Bure could do what McDavid does now at around the same speed. Maybe Paul Coffey? Id say Ovi and Sid both were very fast and could handle the puck at high speeds but not at the same speed as McDavid.
Feds91Stammer
Detroit Red Wings
Location: "China was as proactive as possible" - Rinosaur, SC
Joined: 02.01.2012

Aug 2 @ 3:59 PM ET
He's not even the fastest on his own team! Hagelin and Kessel are both faster skaters. And no one would say he's McDavid's speed.
- mnhockeyguy

Can you not differentiate straight line speed and game play speed?
j.boyd919
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Aug 2 @ 3:59 PM ET
He actually has the wheels to compete with those guys, it's just that his game usually involves him having to do thing so that are flying up and down the ice all the time like Hagelin and Kessel who are almost purely north-south players.

Also just because we have three of the fastest players in the league doesn't mean that any one of them have less elite speed.

- Victoro311


Not to mention all 3 don't have equivalent hands. Which is also part of the argument.
Feds91Stammer
Detroit Red Wings
Location: "China was as proactive as possible" - Rinosaur, SC
Joined: 02.01.2012

Aug 2 @ 4:00 PM ET
Of course he wasn't and isnt! But there are very few that could be comparable to McDavid in terms of stick handling at that high of speed, because very few can reach that speed and still handle the puck effectively. Modano and Federov and Bure could do what McDavid does now at around the same speed. Maybe Paul Coffey? Id say Ovi and Sid both were very fast and could handle the puck at high speeds but not at the same speed as McDavid.
- mnhockeyguy

Can't even spell Fedorov right. Are you a millennial?
mnhockeyguy
Minnesota Wild
Location: Frostbite Falls, MN
Joined: 10.23.2014

Aug 2 @ 4:01 PM ET
He actually has the wheels to compete with those guys, it's just that his game usually involves him having to do thing so that are flying up and down the ice all the time like Hagelin and Kessel who are almost purely north-south players.

Also just because we have three of the fastest players in the league doesn't mean that any one of them have less elite speed.

- Victoro311

The point is comparing any of them with McDavid's speed and how they stick handle at said speed. No one is saying they aren't fast. But none of them were at McDavids level for sheer speed and stick handling while at full speed. It's not a knock on any of them.
Feds91Stammer
Detroit Red Wings
Location: "China was as proactive as possible" - Rinosaur, SC
Joined: 02.01.2012

Aug 2 @ 4:01 PM ET
Sid will also be 30 in 5 days, so of course he isn't as fast as he once was. When he came into the league at 18, he was pretty (frank)ing fast. Also, Crosby probably has the best edgework in the NHL, and some of the best hands. Right now? McDavid is definitely faster, no doubt. But Sid was no slouch in his younger days.
- j.boyd919

Sid is possibly the best skater in the entire league. Just his overall power, speed, and agility. Nobody mohawks as much as he does.
mnhockeyguy
Minnesota Wild
Location: Frostbite Falls, MN
Joined: 10.23.2014

Aug 2 @ 4:02 PM ET
Can you not differentiate straight line speed and game play speed?
- Feds91Stammer

But the question was fastest player and stick handling at high speeds. That involves straight line speed...
mnhockeyguy
Minnesota Wild
Location: Frostbite Falls, MN
Joined: 10.23.2014

Aug 2 @ 4:03 PM ET
Sid is possibly the best skater in the entire league. Just his overall power, speed, and agility. Nobody mohawks as much as he does.
- Feds91Stammer

No.
Feds91Stammer
Detroit Red Wings
Location: "China was as proactive as possible" - Rinosaur, SC
Joined: 02.01.2012

Aug 2 @ 4:07 PM ET
But the question was fastest player and stick handling at high speeds. That involves straight line speed...
- mnhockeyguy

You can't skate fast and stick handle while turning or pivoting?
Feds91Stammer
Detroit Red Wings
Location: "China was as proactive as possible" - Rinosaur, SC
Joined: 02.01.2012

Aug 2 @ 4:07 PM ET
No.
- mnhockeyguy

Name 3 better overall skaters...
mnhockeyguy
Minnesota Wild
Location: Frostbite Falls, MN
Joined: 10.23.2014

Aug 2 @ 4:08 PM ET
You can't skate fast and stick handle while turning or pivoting?
- Feds91Stammer

Sure you can, but it doesn't mean you're the fastest skater in the NHL.
j.boyd919
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Aug 2 @ 4:08 PM ET
No.
- mnhockeyguy


Riiiiiight.
j.boyd919
Pittsburgh Penguins
Location: Tampa, FL
Joined: 06.14.2011

Aug 2 @ 4:09 PM ET
Sure you can, but it doesn't mean you're the fastest skater in the NHL.
- mnhockeyguy


That's not the argument dum dum.
T-Train
Joined: 06.20.2016

Aug 2 @ 4:10 PM ET
Ugh, another thread hijacked by the rabbit hole. Just agree to disagree and move on. Nobody really cares.
mnhockeyguy
Minnesota Wild
Location: Frostbite Falls, MN
Joined: 10.23.2014

Aug 2 @ 4:11 PM ET
Name 3 better overall skaters...
- Feds91Stammer

MacKinnon, McDavid, Tavares, Tarasenko, and possibly Eichel.
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