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Originally Posted by getbak
He said the cuts today were tough decisions. He told Knight that he liked what he did in camp and to work hard in Abbotsford so that when he gets recalled, it will be to start his permanent NHL career. He told Reinhart they want him to work on the defensive side of his game, but liked the work he put in over the summer. He told Ferland how impressed everyone was with the dedication he showed during the summer, dropping 15 pounds since the Memorial Cup, and he just needs to keep working in Abbotsford.
They kept Kanzig around so long so that he got the full NHL training camp experience and to see how hard the pros work every day. Now he knows he needs to work hard and be a leader in Victoria so that next year he's pushing to make the Flames. He said that Lowry has been calling him every day asking when they were going to get Kanzig back, and Feaster told him to have patience because he was going to be getting back a much better player than the one he had last year. They are very excited about the player Kanzig can be.
He talked about Hartley's infamous "mountain climber" drill, and that you need to be able to complete them in 45 seconds to be skating at an NHL level. He said that Reinhart worked really hard in the summer to be able to meet that goal. He also said that Kanzig was far off the time and needs to work on that.
Overall, he said that camp this year was much better than expected and much more competitive. The young kids pushed the veterans to be better. The vets worked hard to keep up and there wasn't any whining or slacking.
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Can someone elaborate what exactly this drill entails ?