2024 Training Camp Thread

[Double-Shift Lasse]

It's a new coach, there will be tons of line combos

It’s been such a traumatic last few weeks it’s almost easy to forget.

 

[stevo61]

Anyone else concerned with Voronkov’s transformation at age 24? I remember an interview with David Wells (a very good baseball pitcher who was notorious for not having the physique of a professional athlete) and he talked about how he knew his body and if it were to change then his mechanics would have to change and then it might subject his body to more injuries or it might impact his pitching. This is what I was reminded of when @VT started posting the workouts. If he were an 18 or 19 year old I wouldn’t think such a thing, but 24 is different.

Didn't the dude gain a stupid amount of weight over his career? He's a pitcher so it's not really apples to apples and I don't really think it's that true anyway. It's would impact some things to some degree for sure but it also sounds like a fun excuse.

But regardless, as Major pointed out his current level is more his norm and last year was the outlier

 

[koteka]

Didn't the dude gain a stupid amount of weight over his career?

And he got better as well.

Voronkov played 75 NHL games and 4 AHL games last year. He didn’t have great stamina, but he stayed healthy and put some pucks in the net. I am interested in how the new Voronkov holds up.

 

[majormajor]

And he got better as well.

Voronkov played 75 NHL games and 4 AHL games last year. He didn’t have great stamina, but he stayed healthy and put some pucks in the net. I am interested in how the new Voronkov holds up.

I think we already saw that new Voronkov last year, I think he was only plus sized for the first couple months of the season last year. He might have had some great training this past summer, that would be nice.

Edit: Yes I saw all the same training videos posted here. I just mean we don't know yet whether he'll be any quicker or have more endurance on the ice.

 

[tunnelvision]

Alright cool, tomorrow I wanna see Chinakhov, Marchenko, Voronkov, Jiricek, KJ and Svozil in front of media answering questions.

"Which aspects of your game should be improved after a summer of training?"
"How much do you REALLY weigh currently?"
"What is your excuse for not posting enough IG pics and vids from the gym?"
"Which is more important to you: to be tough to play against or to be flashy and soft offensive specialist?"
"How will you react if you're getting sent down?"