from Jeff Svoboda of BlueJackets.com,
This week, BlueJackets.com is taking a look at a few ways in which the game of hockey is changing right before our eyes. From a game that's getting faster by the second to one increasingly impacted by analytics off the ice, the NHL and the Blue Jackets are in the midst of an age of rapid transition. This week's stories will take a look at those trends across the league and how the Blue Jackets are staying at the forefront of all that is going on.
Josh Anderson is one of the fastest players in the NHL, possessing a speed burst that can make the big winger appear like a freight train trucking over the ice.
And yet, when asked in May how he wants to improve upon his game this summer, the Blue Jackets winger had a quick answer.
"Skating," he said. "I think you can get faster. You see how fast the game is now today."
For Markus Nutivaara, a puck-moving defenseman with the ability to glide across the ice with the best of them, the answer was the same.
"Work on my skating," he said. "The game is going so fast. I want to get faster and strong legs, be a good and fast skater."
They're certainly not wrong. What was once billed as the coolest game on earth now might very well be the fastest.
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