Four things elite puck carriers do that look like nothing

Slow-motion film of the best puck carriers in the world is anticlimactic. The hands are not moving especially fast. What is happening is subtler.

The puck sits where a shot could be released immediately, so every carry is also a threat. The top elbow floats. Grip pressure is light enough to feel the puck through the blade. And the eyes are up, on a schedule, not glued down waiting for a mistake.

Four habits, none of which require fast hands, all of which make a player nearly impossible to strip.