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Old 06-26-2013, 01:18 AM   #6178
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Originally Posted by Vulcan View Post
I just gave three examples of players who have conditioning and or nutrition problems who at one time at least were thought to have some value to the Flames and haven't lived up to that value. I never said anything about being the best in their draft class and Weisbrod didn't either.

Yeah the young guys will get another chance but I wouldn't call not properly training to be a plus.

More on this subject, I'd like to see the Flames holding an all summer conditioning camp for their all their prospects. Something along the lines of what Gary Roberts does but only for Flames prospects.
It's more the attitude than the lack of conditioning by itself. I think teams want to gauge the mentality of the player. Lack of conditioning can be a sign of something lacking inside a prospect's head, but not necessarily.

With regard to Nichushkin, I doubt that conditioning would be an issue. Russian players tend to be pretty well developed in that regard.
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