That's not the point, I was merely saying this seems the most populer, if not the only way to go: most people seem to go for the fastest possible build at the cost of everything else. Then they finish it with suitable x-factor. That's the meta or whatever right now. Puck moving defence man is the most popular build even for forwards. You hardly ever see two-way forwards or grinders these days.
*Most* things are manageable with good gap control and smart play, that's a given, but you will be struggling with bigger dman builds against teams like this. Especially when your team doesn't defend tight as a team. It doesn't much matter if you personally play smart and control your gap. All it takes is your forwards make one mistake at the offensive end, and your they're out of play. These fast opponents are just zipping all over you, and it doesn't seem like the other traits make that much difference. The players mostly have good pad skills, so they can just play over any theoretic weaknesses these build might have. And they seem very good at forechecking too, being very aggressive even using three guys, and relying on their speed.
