Brisson confirms that EP40 dealt with injury which prevented him from Off-season Training.

[UrbanImpact]

As suspected, timeline went something like this :


- Pettersson started getting tendinitis last year
- played through it during 2nd half and playoffs
- he thought the best action was to rest through the summer and not overly train
-came to camp not in the best shape and of course no leg strength from lack of training ( pissed off Miller)
- cant gain that strength training during the season
- unsure if he is still going through tendinitis
- will need a full off-season of training to get back to where he was

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[potatowejj]

As suspected, timeline went something like this :


- Pettersson started getting tendinitis last year
- played through it during 2nd half and playoffs
- he thought the best action was to rest through the summer and not overly train
-came to camp not in the best shape and of course no leg strength from lack of training ( pissed off Miller)
- cant gain that strength training during the season
- unsure if he is still going through tendinitis
- will need a full off-season of training to get back to where he was

Seriously, f*ck off and eat shit Miller if that's the case.

 

[Dirtyclapper]

Can't to gain that strength during the season? Lol uhh ok

 

[Knight53]

Wait…. So he didn’t just magically lose his 100 point selke talent cause he wasn’t trying hard enough and it was because of his injuries

 

[UrbanImpact]

Can't to gain that strength during the season? Lol uhh ok

Thats actually common knowledge.

You cant gain strength and mass during the season with all the games being played. Often times, players lose weight during the season.

Off-season is important because thats when players lift heavy and gain that strength they need for the year. During the season, its all about maintenance and trying to maintain the work you put in during the off-season.

Just imagine doing a power leg workout and how much that fatigues the leg and body. Athletes would never do those workouts in season because they would be at a disadvantage during the games.

 

[PRNuck]

- he thought the best action was to rest through the summer and not overly train

I have a huge problem with this. It's worded like EP was just winging it. If true: why the fk did he not go into the off season with a treatment plan from the team's training staff? People need to lose jobs if our star forward didn't have a recovery plan over the off season.

 

[UrbanImpact]

I have a huge problem with this. It's worded like EP was just winging it. If true: why the fk did he not go into the off season with a treatment plan from the team's training staff? People need to lose jobs if our star forward didn't have a recovery plan over the off season.

Nobody actyally knows what the summer workout plan was or who suggested to him that the best way to get over tendinitis is rest. It may very well be team Doctors.

At the end of the day tho, its clear that injury, and lack of-offseason training is why we are seeing what we are seeing wit EP40. Obviously confidence plays a roll in that once everything started snowballing.

Media got months of content and clicks though trying to make it sound like EP40 was struggling cuz of Miller.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

As suspected, timeline went something like this :


- Pettersson started getting tendinitis last year
- played through it during 2nd half and playoffs
- he thought the best action was to rest through the summer and not overly train
-came to camp not in the best shape and of course no leg strength from lack of training ( pissed off Miller)
- cant gain that strength training during the season
- unsure if he is still going through tendinitis
- will need a full off-season of training to get back to where he was

Mmhm.

Its almost exactly what Ive been saying all along. And been made fun of for saying it.

Oh well.

 

[ExarKun80]

Skinny Pete haters in shambles

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Can't to gain that strength during the season? Lol uhh ok

How to tell you know f*** all about physical training with out saying you know f*** all about physical training.

I have a huge problem with this. It's worded like EP was just winging it. If true: why the fk did he not go into the off season with a treatment plan from the team's training staff? People need to lose jobs if our star forward didn't have a recovery plan over the off season.

This also is like... exactly what Ive been saying.

 

[Baby Pettersson]

This all makes sense but the fact this is only coming out now is ridiculous. I feel like alot of drama could have been avoided. As always the organizational PR is a complete joke.

That said I'm glad we now have a legit reason for Pete's performance and hopefully a full trained off season will return him to his 100 point form.

 

[racerjoe]

I am shocked that what most sane posters have been saying based on evidence was true…

 

[credulous]

i get that this is just pettersson's camp's position but i don't get how management and coaching can have said everything they said over the last three months if this is all true

 

[bobbyb2009]

Nobody actyally knows what the summer workout plan was or who suggested to him that the best way to get over tendinitis is rest. It may very well be team Doctors.

At the end of the day tho, its clear that injury, and lack of-offseason training is why we are seeing what we are seeing wit EP40. Obviously confidence plays a roll in that once everything started snowballing.

Media got months of content and clicks though trying to make it sound like EP40 was struggling cuz of Miller.

A perspective... More than one thing can be true at once.

It is absolutely possible that he didn't train well in the summer over fears of making the tendinitis worse AND that Miller was causing him problems. Not sure why this is a hard thing to understand for either the media or us fans.

As for the "injury," tendinitis can be an overuse issue, but it also is a strength and range of motion issue. Pretty sure that most professionals would say the acute suggested response is actually rest and then the next response would be strength and range of motion-like movement exercises. I am not sure of any professional who would not first say, it wont get better if you keep stressing the inflammation. That kind of means rest at first, with some treatments and then step 2.

However, I would think that in a case like this, it is not so clear as don't train at all, it would just be a case of not continuing to inflame the knee. This should not have stopped him from gaining muscle mass in other areas, doing a great deal of upper body strength things or shooting/handling a lot of pucks, none of which it would appear he did enough of, from his performance or appearance.

Next, the question of in season strength training is not black and white. No doubt, it is harder to gain strength in season, due to the workload and recovery time needed to maximizing game to game performance. However, at some point, the team and Petey himself would need to consider if maximizing his game to game performance, short term, should have been the focus. Maybe it should have been a focus to forgo short term performance and focus on his longer term performance and recovery, meaning more reps in the gym and less on the ice in order to get him up to speed within a period of time. And for all we know, they have been doing just that. I guess, I am saying, although not optimal, it isn't a black and white issue of don't train in season- it would be more of a case of not traditional optimal performance periodization.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

i get that this is just pettersson's camp's position but i don't get how management and coaching can have said everything they said over the last three months if this is all true

Because.

The med staff is not up to the task.

And the management and coach make decisions based on the medical opinion of said staff.

 

[logan5]

Are his spindly legs really that weak? He should be able to at least have the strength he had in his rookie season, where he looked a lot better than he has most of this year. Not buying that his light training in summer is what is holding him back this much.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Are his spindly legs really that weak? He should be able to at least have the strength he had in his rookie season, where he looked a lot better than he has most of this year. Not buying that his light training in summer is what is holding him back this much.

Wrong

 

[Orr4Norris]

i get that this is just pettersson's camp's position but i don't get how management and coaching can have said everything they said over the last three months if this is all true

Well keep in mind most of the criticism has been directed at his in season practice and preparation habits.

 

[logan5]

Wrong

His leg strength has regressed to that of a 15 year old? He at least looks stronger on his feet than he did in his rookie season. I’d say it’s a combination of conditioning and being buffaloed by JT Miller. Mostly the Miller abuse though, given how suddenly unproductive he was the moment Miller came back. Abuse victims take time to recover too. So no wonder it’s taken a few games to get it going again. I swear if Miller wasn’t in the team this year, Pettersson is scoring at least a point a game. Suddenly the whole team looks better.

 

[Bobby9]

Irrelevant to how he is playing. If he is injured NOW he shouldnt be playing but he's playing at a tournament.

They want his NTC to kick in so he can dictate where he goes. Dump him for the best return and move on.

 

[TruGr1t]

I have a huge problem with this. It's worded like EP was just winging it. If true: why the fk did he not go into the off season with a treatment plan from the team's training staff? People need to lose jobs if our star forward didn't have a recovery plan over the off season.

I suspect the organization does as well, thus the buzz around the team about them being disappointed in his status at training camp. This isn't exactly news, as this was all discussed during the exit interviews when Pettersson talked about his knee and Tocchet/Allvin had a rather suspect response.

 

[Canucker]

An agent defending his underperforming client who is in the midst of trade rumors when he doesn't want to leave for Buffalo or some other place...shocking. lol

 

[PuckMunchkin]

His leg strength has regressed to that of a 15 year old?

No.

An agent defending his underperforming client who is in the midst of trade rumors when he doesn't want to leave for Buffalo or some other place...shocking. lol

Injured.

Or.

He just lost the will to compete when with the puck. But does want to compete with out the puck.

Yeah... Makes a ton of sense.

 

[PuckMunchkin]

Irrelevant to how he is playing. If he is injured NOW he shouldnt be playing but he's playing at a tournament.

They want his NTC to kick in so he can dictate where he goes. Dump him for the best return and move on.

Another post void of logic.

Just pure unadulterated bias.

 

[Diversification]

I suspect the organization does as well, thus the buzz around the team about them being disappointed in his status at training camp. This isn't exactly news, as this was all discussed during the exit interviews when Pettersson talked about his knee and Tocchet/Allvin had a rather suspect response.

Perhaps it's something like this:

Pettersson has tendonitis and it affected his play in the latter half of last season and into the playoffs. The team tells him to strengthen the surrounding muscles as part of his off-season training. Petey was like, nah. He wants it to rest instead. The team has no say in offseason training as per the CBA.

Petey comes back having rested his knee and did little to strengthen the muscles surrounding it. Petey is out of shape due to resting injury, Miller becomes irate, inflaming past bad blood.

Petey is not able to play up to his standarrds due to poor rehab plan and inability to train due to training around his knee injury. His way is shown to be the wrong course of action leading to Allvin's 'disappointed' comments to the media. Petey comes around to the idea that he should have trained differently last summer but there's no going back at this point.

Does that sound plausible?