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Originally Posted by fotze
I guess its in the word used. To me, you cannot play a game of top flight NCAA hockey with "horrendous" eating habits. There really isn't a more extreme adjective to describe one's eating habits than horrendous. Morbidly obese people have horrendous eating habits. Bulimic people have horrendous eating habits.
A better descriptor might be "average joe" eating habits or "non-pro" eating habits. Beer league player eating habits even sounds much better than horrendous.
For all we know he could have changed things from 2 years ago. Maybe that was a one time thing where he ate skittles and it was a running joke on the team.
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Oh yes you can as it's been done by many a supremely skilled athlete in their teens and early 20's. It eventually catches up to even the highest skilled athletes but some can get away with it while they are young. Andre Agassi was one of the worst I have ever heard of winning Grand Slam tournaments by devouring double cheese burgers after matches when he stormed the tennis world. It started catching up with him in his early 20's as he was accused of tanking sets in 5 set matches because he didn't have the stamina to last 5 long sets and would just tank a set when he was down a break to preserve energy for the next set. His career really took off when he changed his diet and fitness routine as fitness turned into a strength after being a weakness in his early career when he could get by on a killer forehand to win matches.
Not saying Gadreau is that bad but I'm sure there's room for improvement and for him to reach his ultimate potential in the NHL he's going to have to have a routine similar to Martin St Louis and that will take a lot of discipline that not everyone is capable of.