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Originally Posted by curves2000
It's an area I have always found very interesting and you can already see subtle change taking place within NHL players as more and more information comes to light.
The TB 12 method, the so called method used by Tom Brady was mocked in a lot of ways for a long time until he actually was able to be arguably the best QB in the league at 45. Imagine an NHL player at 45 being the best or one of the best at their position.
The Vancouver Canucks department has been working with Tom Brady's center in Boston for a while.
https://www.nhl.com/canucks/news/the...ce-performance
Patrick Kane's trainer, Ian Mack, has been working out with other NHL players doing very very different workouts for strength, core, flexibility and muscle longevity. This is very different training philosophy to take pressure off joints and muscles that leads to damage, instability, groin pulls, hip joint issues and more https://www.instagram.com/ianjmack/?hl=en
Players today are way more explosive and fit today than before but that is also a result of increased workloads in the summer. Players are getting onto the ice in June and July to work on skills and more. I think that long term that becomes a little more of a mistake for longevity.
In a recent interview McDavid pretty much said it was a bit of a mistake last season that they started an unofficial training camp in early September, it lead to a disaster of a start. They were able to correct and go to the finals but this summer he wanted more rest and recovery and less volume.
Anyways to keep it back on topic, Leon's contract should age ok |
Great post, and lots of good info.
As to the bold though, I think we should be weary of that conclusion. We have a fair bit of data that shows getting off to a late start in camp leads to a poor start to the season. I don't think a single, bad start should lead to a conclusion that the early camp caused that bad start - simple coincidence seems like a more likely explanation.