Just to add another supreme specialist in one particular area of skating- FOOTSPEED - the mercurial Alex Mogilny (in his younger years) Best "Text Book" skater(all the way to the end of his career): Wayne Gretzky - everything about his skills was so pure, so "text book"... Best skater overall - has to be, must be, gotta be Fedorov (in his younger years too) Best skater with the puck(younger years OR now) - (local favourite;):) Mr Kovalev.