Elite Centers and Defenders

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By Logan Couture: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/best-centers-in-the-nhl/

I get the question all the time: Do hockey players watch film? Of course we do. We watch hours and hours of it every week. My job is to figure out how to make life tough for the opposing center, so a lot of film study is about trying to figure out how to take away space. But sometimes I try to pick up little moves that I can borrow from them in the offensive zone.

By Kevin Shattenkirk: http://www.theplayerstribune.com/elite-defensemen-101-kevin-shattenkirk-nhl/

I'll never forget playing against Nick Lidstr?m for the first time and seeing all the little things he did on the ice that go unnoticed. He was so good at knocking the puck down out of midair whenever teams tried to dump-and-change. It was almost impossible to chip one by him. I remember thinking, ?Man, I need to steal that move. That?s a super important thing to master.?