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This quote just gets funnier an funnier.Originally Posted by MT319
From the Copper and Blue blog. Hardcore Oilers fans.
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Magnus Paajarvi is fast, really fast. Taylor Chorney won the fastest skater at the Oilers' skills competition only because Magnus didn't find much use in exerting himself in such a situation. Or maybe he has an unreported broken leg, no one is really sure. Paajarvi is the fastest skater in Edmonton since the bucolic days of Todd Marchant and Jason Chimera and by my eye, Paajarvi is faster, especially with the puck. Paajarvi is one of the fastest men in the league while carrying the puck, and when he's on his game, as he has been from time-to-time since Linus Omark was moved to his wing he's impossible for defenders to mark. His skating style is so very reminiscent of Mike Modano - head up and still, efficient movements with all parts of his body and, of course, his shirt flapping in his wake. His speed is such that we witnessed Paajarvi coast by a vigorously striding Ales Hemsky in pre-season and we know he must routinely hesitate to allow linemates to catch up with him. When Paajarvi skates through the neutral zone with speed, defenders don't just back up to give him space, they are thrown backwards as if hit by a massive burst of solar wind.
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