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Originally Posted by curves2000
Fundamentally not true. He was never going to be fast but he effectively started training after years of drug and alcohol abuse, being really overweight and 9/10 months later was playing NHL pre-season hockey.
Just getting to suitable shape to even play NHL quality hockey is one thing but to start from such a low baseline is another.
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You’re describing where he was at in 2005, not 2009. Read his book. 4 years of training and getting back into playing hockey, followed by 9-10 months of training purely focused on the NHL. He wasn’t an overweight drug addict in 2008/2009. His baseline, as a former all star NHL player, was also significantly higher than the typical person. The body remembers.
There’s no shame in admitting he didn’t have it and wasn’t going to find it. The list of 41 year olds that have the wheels for the NHL is an incredibly small list, even amongst those that were the best.