from Luke Fox of Sportsnet,

One of the smoothest skaters to grace a sheet of ice was asked about Connor McDavid, 3-on-3 overtime, the return of the Canada World Cup, and, of course, those Blue Jays....

What do you think of McDavid’s skating?

Incredible. When he was a [major midget Toronto] Marlie—he is a couple years older than my [son] and the team that I coach—I used to tell our centreman: “Watch Connor McDavid. He’s always one step away from being full speed.” That’s hard to teach. Can’t teach it. One step, pew! Gone. His skating is probably the one thing that doesn’t get talked about. You just hear he’s a great player, but he can skate.

Besides Connor’s, whose skating in today’s game sticks out as exceptional?

I like the kid in Toronto, [Morgan] Rielly—a different kind of skater, but he can go. [Phil] Kessel could go when he was in Toronto. See, there’s good skaters with the puck and there’s good skaters without the puck. Anybody can skate without the puck. You want guys who get that puck on their stick and are going full speed and are able to make plays. To me, those are the really good skaters.

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