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Originally Posted by Snuffleupagus
There are warning signs if you look deep enough, Apparently Neal didn't take fitness very serious and it caught up to him, A relative of mine played a charity tourney in Halifax with him and a few other NHL players the summer before his first game as a Flame and said: "I really can't believe he's an NHL player, nice enough guy but he's not in good shape at all, it's night and day between him and Marchant"
I said it before, I'd like to know what vetting process if any was done before Treliving gave him that deal.
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I think this is a big factor for guys who just fall off a cliff at a certain age. Dany Heatley was another guy who had similar issues. Phil kessel is an obvious one right now. You can get by on your natural skill but once that declines, you need everything else in tip top shape to play long term. Does give pause to giving Gaudreau a long term deal as well as he gets older.