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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
However, put him in Calgary's system that preaches fitness, and has trainers taking the kids to the grocery store even (like they did with Howse)
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Again, this is what scares me. We just had a fat lazy kid, Howse, quit hockey on us last fall.
If Ritchie has conditioning problems, I wouldn't touch him. He's been playing high level hockey his whole life... If he isn't eating right and isn't getting in the proper workouts, it's because he doesn't care enough. I remember friends of mine who were drafted into the WHL @ 15 years old, and the direction these teams provided 12 years ago was pretty intense. I can't imagine it's taken a step back.
If this is all the case, he'll struggle in the NHL. Unless he's playing against the Oilers, there aren't any kids in this league that he'll have the upper hand on simply due to out-weighing them by 40-60 lbs.