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I agree that talent is always what matters most. But if you didn’t have the work ethic to get in shape by the time of the NHL draft combine, it’s reasonable to have doubt as to whether the work ethic and discipline will ever come together.

But I guess that’s part of what interviews are for. Because of course there are guys like Andersson who get it together with guidance. There’s also guys like Howse who don’t. And then for other players, like Gaudreau or Kippersauf, fitness hardly seems to matter.