Claude Giroux’s faceoff move was so good, Rod Brind’Amour gave it a name. “Skate block, I call it,” the Carolina Hurricanes assistant said the other day. “It’s a unique move that he’s kind of patented really. He doesn’t just use his stick — he gets his skate in there, tries to block the other guy. It’s a move that looks simple, but you don’t just make that up. That’s practice. That’s years of experience to get the timing of that. That’s why he’s elite at it.
“I don’t even teach it, because I can’t do it.”
There’s another good reason.