It did sound like he wasn't overly working in the offseason like a player that was aiming to be ready to play hockey in October. Not piling on the guy or anything but I don't think it helped that he was out of shape when he joined the team. For a guy that has managed to play this late in his career kind of interesting how he didn't really manage this offseason well. That said when players are in their 30's their play can drop off a cliff out of nowhere so maybe expectations were a little high of him at 45 years old.
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