Regressing to the mean since 2015, it's the Hockey PEDEOCast with your host, Dmitri

Filipovich.

Welcome to the Hockey PEDEO cast. My name is Ditra Filipovich and Jordan Amy is my good buddy, Mitch Brown. Mitch, what's going on, man?

I am so excited to be back. It feels great. Yeah, there we go. Well, you already got the first

PDCast appearance under your belt. So, um, it was a great one. So a high standard you set for yourself. People really enjoy it.

I got a ton of great feedback on it. But hopefully we're going to be able to have some even more

fun this time. We decided to get some mailback questions from the listeners about prospects,

scouting, development, all that good stuff. And I think we got plenty of rich material here to

work with. So let's

try to have some fun with it. So let's let's start it off with with this one here from Sam.

Sam asked how much is skating valued compared to skill, whether it be hands, playmaking, shot,

etc. And what would you prefer a prospect to have? Now of course, I think we'd prefer that,

you know, have a well-rounded

prospect that can do everything. But let's just say in this kind of scenario where it's like one

elite skill or tool that a prospect has that you see on tape from them. And then kind of what do you

find yourself gravitating towards or what do you think provides more runaway for growth and

improvement or even functionality?

Out of tools, skating provides the most room for growth by a huge margin. Skating controls everything.

If your depth is consistent, you have consistent lower body flexion, your edges are more developed,

it's easier to handle the puck, it's easier to shoot, it's easier to pass, it's easier to protect the puck, it's easier to hit people, it's easier to defend, it's easier to handle the puck. It's easier to shoot. It's easier to pass. It's easier to protect the puck.

It's easier to hit people.

It's easier to defend.

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