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Originally Posted by Badgers Nose
Honzek: Are the injuries freak accidents or are they due to lack of conditioning?
Does anyone know?
It’s really only the latter that concerns me.
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Not lack of conditioning as the others have said. He came into the season throwing his body around and playing with a high level of intensity after training hard with Pospisil over the offseason. That style of game really seemed to work for him, as he's got some soft skills that pair well with a physical, high intensity game.
My take is similar to aaronkarl, Honzek just needs to put on some mass so he can really be successful at that style of game.
His ankle fracture in the AHL at the back half of last year was just a freak injury where he took a puck off the ankle, but the possible concussion he took on October 15th off this hit by Connor Murphy suggests he needs to be heavier to be able to play that high intensity, physicial style:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBK5OKEpZkj/
I mean Murphy is a big boy, and a reverse hit is surprising, but the kid just bounced off of him like he ran into a wall... and he was looking for contact (although a little on his heels).
I still think he'll be a big success if his metabolism lets him add muscle in the next year or two.