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Originally Posted by T@T
Well, the top player at the combine could only muster 42,consider yourself world class.
Let me try to explain this non rocket science to you, these kids are on the ice about 320 days a year trying to become a millionaire playing hockey, bulking up as a teanager isn't easy to begin with let alone trying to do it while training to be a world class hockey player.
Ummm, sorry coach, no practice for me today because my legs are tired from doing heavy squats!
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Plus, these are kids ... Seth Jones is big, but with his shirt off, he's clearly still a boy... If he does these strength tests 2 years from now, the results will be very different.
I still wrestle a fair amount as a 37 year old, and I only weigh 150 lbs... 17 and 18 year old kids can have every advantage (flexibility, size, quickness, etc) but its extremely rare that strength is one of them... and I'm not suggesting I'm a strong guy at all, just an adult.
This makes me wonder what teams make of these tests. To me, it speaks to Jones' potential that he is still boyish, whereby Mackinnon is already very well developed physically.