Best hockey skaters?

[Hockeyman9621 0]

Weren't his spin-O-Ramas brilliant?

I've never seen anyone do it better. :)

[ktang 34]

Well if your just gonna start comparing players to Gaborik I don't really see the point. Walz is one of the top 10 skaters in the league in my opinion so Gaborik wouldn't seem like that great a skater compared to him

I see Gaborik as a quick but not super-fast skater who is an offensive threat because of his quickness (his skating strength).

[ktang 34]

Weren't his spin-O-Ramas brilliant?

I've never seen anyone do it better. :)

When he was a Black Hawk he did one over the defenseman's back; he was going down the RW boards, the defenseman turned to go with him and bent forward / reached to poke the puck, Savard put the puck between the defenseman's stick and skates to the other side, and then he rolled over the defenseman's back (back-to-back).

OK, maybe it wasn't a spin-o-rama, but still...

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

lol, don't mention kovalev and fedorov in the same sentence on here, you will be killed. joke. I agree with coffey and your two other choices as well.

[ktang 34]

Yeah, I have to agree with Coffey's being one of the smoothest-ever skaters, and one of the most mobile. However, I think he needed some space (e.g. rounding the net) to build up his speed; he didn't have the 2- or 3-step acceleration that Bure / Kariya had.

I think Niedermayer is the same kind of skater as Coffey.

[Kovy_Ribs_Fedo 3]

Yeah, I have to agree with Coffey's being one of the smoothest-ever skaters, and one of the most mobile. However, I think he needed some space (e.g. rounding the net) to build up his speed; he didn't have the 2- or 3-step acceleration that Bure / Kariya had.

I think Niedermayer is the same kind of skater as Coffey.

or Mister Samsonov footspeed is unbeleivable.

[Stampede 0]

I always find the stories of Coffey's boots funny.

Some thing like he was a 9 but wore 6 & 3/4 boots. Some times he had to be helped to the ice because of the pain but as soon as he got out there it went away.

I think I read he played with a 2 inch grind on his skates too, so he could glide on the ice rather than cut deep into it.

Sorry if this is old stories....but what is hockey with out the same old stories over and over

[#94 3]

Didn't anyone mention Modano? He's tops in the show...

[Gongshow11 1]

at 1" ur cutting into the ice no matter what. im cutting into it at a 1/2"

[Hockeyman9621 0]

Didn't anyone mention Modano? He's tops in the show...

2 people actually, and I wouldn't say he tops it, but he is elite. :)

[tburk32 0]

for the flow one i cant believe people left out michal handzus. his hair is TERRIBLE! it looks like he has a poodle coming out of his helmet

[#96 0]

For finesse and beauty: Paul Coffey and Brett Hedican. Soo damn smooth. With little effort, they just glide over the ice.

For speed: Bure, Gaborik, Modano (up to a few years ago), even Marty Straka.

For strength: Guerin, Thornton, Murray, Jags. All those guys are strong MoFos, hard to knock off, while still getting a good skate. Even Lindros is pretty quick for a big guy. Kovale is pretty strong on the ice too.

Overal: Fedorov. Fantastic skater.

Honorable mention: Marty Rucinsky, he's really smooth out there. Very skilled skater.

Old Timers (haven't seen too many old timers actually play, so they are recent old timers): Gartner, Russ Courtnall.

[Borsch 0]

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.