YOU CANNOT TEACH SPEED

It is a fact. You can train a player to play defense. You may be able to improve the shooting skill. It is also possible to teach a player how to train properly. But you cannot teach speed. No way , no how. Chris Kreider is the best and fastest skater in the 2009 NHL draft. A very smart pick by Glen Sather. Kreider is an entering college freshman at Boston College. Not a shabby place to play university hockey. Sather knows at the point the Rangers were drafting, the gems were gone. So he takes the kid with the fastest legs. Kreider is young. And will not make an impact immediately. But his pedigree is a given. Nice job Rangers.