This is his first year in North America which is a different paced game the he would have been used to. The season starts late with little training camp and he misses the whole thing. Game fitness, as ha been discussed everywhere with the shortened season, is something that is going to be off for the first few weeks of the season. I don't know why this has become such a thing, this should have been expected. You can train all you want but game shape is deifferent and when you miss the best training opportunities with a new team it will set you back even more.
He will get his fitness and he will continue to grow. This was a great signing by the flames and cervenka fits into the age and skill range the flames seem to have lacked in recent years. We need to re sign this guy, keep the Czechs going!
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