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Flames take lightning-quick Potter with 32nd overall pick
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There's more to Potter's game than the quickness with which he darts around the NCAA ice for Arizona State. Of course there is. You don't play U.S. college hockey as a 17-year-old against opponents who might be six or seven years older than you just because you're fast.
But they say you can't teach speed, and Potter's got it.
The son of four-time U.S. Olympian Jenny Potter – who won a gold, two silvers and a bronze medal with the Americans – the newest member of the Flames might have the 'fastest skater' title locked up if the organization ever brings their Super Skills Competition back.
'I think my strongest asset is definitely my speed,' said Potter, who is listed at 5-foot-10 and 183 lbs and is a leftie. 'Speed and skill and tenacity and compete are what I do best.
'I think the best players in the world have a lot of speed. Just looking at McDavid and MacKinnon and those guys, just being able to use my speed and hands at the same time is really important, and I think that's what the best players in the NHL do.'
