Hardest shot composition
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Hardest shot composition
Do they make everyone use the same length stick when they have the skills competition?
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No they use their own stick. Parayko can't swing one of those munchkin canes Krug plays with.
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Harry York 37
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I think it was Danny O'Shea who used a munchkin cane as a Center Iceman for the Note in the early 70s. Wingers can use longer shafts , but the center needs that stickhandling ease. It helps when Draws get low down and dirty as well.
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If you give Parayko one of those lil sticks he won't be able to skate with the puck. He'd be tripping over his blade.Harry York 37 wrote: ↑23 Jan 2026 19:07 pmI think it was Danny O'Shea who used a munchkin cane as a Center Iceman for the Note in the early 70s. Wingers can use longer shafts , but the center needs that stickhandling ease. It helps when Draws get low down and dirty as well.
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Harry York 37
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Awesome that you mentioned that. Remember last week when he had to avoid that very problem, as he protected a cracked shaft to make a smart play?HighStick wrote: ↑23 Jan 2026 19:17 pmIf you give Parayko one of those lil sticks he won't be able to skate with the puck. He'd be tripping over his blade.Harry York 37 wrote: ↑23 Jan 2026 19:07 pmI think it was Danny O'Shea who used a munchkin cane as a Center Iceman for the Note in the early 70s. Wingers can use longer shafts , but the center needs that stickhandling ease. It helps when Draws get low down and dirty as well.
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Going the other direction(and back in time a bit).
Zdeno Chara's stick was an inch taller than Marty St. Louis. There's no way Marty could have swung that beast for any kind of power.
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Craig Janney had a very short stick. I think that's why his old lady hooked up with Shanahan.
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Hazelwood72
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Last Blues center with a 100 point season (106 in 92-93) Shanny was the last player to do it (102 in 93-94), but Janney's was bigger. Maybe Shanny was more attentive in other areas.