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  1. There is a Michael Hutchence doco coming out this week down here in Aus this week. Has it been advertised back home? PS, Robert Plants version of that song is beautiful. If I had heard it before, I do not remember. Nice pull!
  2. For all you morning people (its 8 am here in Melbs), enjoy! edit ^didn't see @gurn's post, but plus one!
  3. I suppose he could have been waived. But not assigned to Utica right away? In an unrelated example, players get waived then bought out. I do not believe because he has cleared waivers, it requires that he be sent down. I don't think the Comets camp has started yet. They could just be waiting for that? He can stay, and be exempt from waivers again for 30 days / 10 games. I just don't know if the exemption starts until the regular season?
  4. Check out this video. Illustrates the class of workouts I'm talking about. The expertise is at Petterson's disposal. https://www.nhl.com/canucks/video/we-are-all-canucks/t-277437438/c-52927303
  5. That is fair. He also played pretty well at the end of the year. Carried the team for stretches? Which is promising, no?
  6. The one way deal JB gave him is a deterrent to being picked up, isn't it?
  7. WHL player of the week. 5 points in Saturdays game. But only 2knd star in that game?
  8. Lots of players, in a different context, see Jake Virtanen, have a mindset issue. Or Michael Dal Colle. Some of them get over it? They come to the NHL as stars from the time they were 6 years old. Its a bit a bit of a head-scratcher for them that they have to do things like stay in the type of shape that allows them to play 40 second shifts. Instead of coast for 20 seconds and still dominate. At the same time suddenly they are getting paid $50,000 to $80,000 per month clear. The only difference is the Russians have the leverage to gain clauses in their contract. ''Play me as much as I want, how i want?'' Or I can go get $20,000 per month tax free back home. Versus $2200 clear every two weeks in the AHL. It is still a lot! Some, see Nikita, take the easy way out. That he might take the easy way out, might have been foretold in him arriving in bad shape. They are young, and feel they cannot be pushed around. Others, see Jake, make the attitude correction? Let us hope he continues. Want to convert the AHL pay-cheques into ridiculous money. Bo will be making over a quarter milliion a month after tax & paying his agent. I repeat. The only real difference is more alternate opportunities. Only a small percentage of Russians in the KHL make an average wage in the NHL. And some also are motivated to be the best they can be? Irrespective of money. A larger percentage of elite athletes, from all countries, have this mindset.
  9. I would not fuss. Fans have a right to an opinion. As long as not too negative an opinion is just that. And ultimately I appreciate those who support their team through thick and thin.
  10. Yes! If you dig back far enough, I have a similar rant extolling drafting Nylander when that debate came up pre draft as well.
  11. For the record. ^ This is the heaviest I have ever criticized Jake.I also waited until he has appeared to turn the corner before I let anything loose. Although, I was a proponent of drafting Nylander. I was also not against drafting Jake. Preferred him to some of the other guys also trumped up by guys when bagging Jake. I liked him because of the absolute raw athleticism he possessed. Fastest skating forwards. And backwards at his scouting combine. At 212 lbs. It is rare a guy that size can move, as he does. I have also argued since, that it would surface once he got his poop together. I actually, if anything slagged Nick Ritchie on the day. Thought he was big and slow. Preferred that Jake got fighting fit for his draft.
  12. I personally believe in the whole ''tryout'' concept with sports teams. A guy can earn a spot, and still be sent down to the AHL if its not going well. Its up to the player! There is a lot of myth in there James. And lets be a little honest? Jake did not bulk up. He got fat? Took a bit for granted which worked against him. Maybe it was muscle, but it was the wrong kind of muscle. It is also not like your incorrect either? Here is what I do know; Weight for weights sake is not necessarily good. Take David Booth who used to bulk up for three weeks, it seemed, every year before training camp. He would be over massed, and his muscles still in recovery from heavy sessions in the weight room. And he would pull abdominal and groin muscles. Pure bulk from heavy isolation exercises to particular muscles does not mean you have the strength and flexibility, or endurance you need for hockey muscles. The first rule of thumb is your training can, should and must be very targeted to the sport you are in. (another mistake of Jake.) However a stronger upper body, if its lean muscle mass, is highly unlikely corrupt your center of gravity. Elias will need ''some meat on his bones.!'' Muscles absorb better than bone, and muscle bruises heal faster than bone bruises. Target training. And balanced training, is much more commonly advocated these days. With exertion and energy levels routinely designed to simulate the exertion of your sport and its intensity. Where as grunting out 3 reps on the squat wrack or bench press wont. Boxing and martial arts training, skip rope, heavy rope, medicine ball, the Grouse Grind with hand weights, cycling, swimming and hell, skating, taking shots while under aerobic duress, etc., can all be designed to rip your upper body without distorting anything. The general rule is add as much range of motion and aerobic capacity as you can while working out. Add explosive movements (speed bag, the rope, punching drills) not just controlled movements. And you will be much more closely resembling your sports activities than simple lug head weight lifting. Okay a picture I tried to insert of a guy doing a rope burn exercise keeps disappearing. We should not assume because a guy puts on weight that its bad either. Look at this guy above? What, again, is important is to consider is putting in the cardio, core and leg training the ice hockey player needs. Petterson is an ectomorph. Like Wayne Simmonds. And Danny & Hank. They naturally have longer limbs, higher levels of energy, but also sinewy muscles with very high levels of strength & flexibility in comparison to body mass. And core muscle from the right workouts. That's why The Twins can hold onto the puck with big bastard D men leaning on them in the cycle game. Putting on, or not putting on weight, will be more be reflection of diet, and whether you overtrain. When I ran marathons I got down to 158 lbs one year. But could still bench 285 lbs. My weight went down because I burned more calories. But my diet was not great either. And I went at it 7 days a week, not 3 or 4 with rest. The right balance and you can put on good weight. If you do play with a higher body weight? Fuel and rest become even more critical. Muscles will not stop you from being dextrous, explosive, controlled in your movement. The opposite actually. But also requires more energy. Simple physics. Energy expelled is equal to mass x acceleration. But you might run out of puff unless you are fuelled, and your body practiced & ready to do the 30, 40, 50 second shifts at the explosive intensity level required. Training must simulate beng able to stop, power full blast, exert puck control, hold off Dustin Byfuglien leaning on you? And with higher weight you have to make sure you burn off excess energy after every game, every muscle work out. Ride the bike or run after training. But then eat and have a rest the next day. Guys like Kassian, Jake last year, were not trained well enough & diet savy to last full shifts. Until they figured out how to do it? Petterson came in second and 7th in the Windgate 30 second and 7 second peak power drills among the 107 odd guys tested at the combines. He's actually a way better, stronger and more explosive athlete than most know. Its what gives him the agility, and control he has at speed. It will also mean, he can put on weight if he has the right diet and training. Too much fuss over this topic!
  13. Pedan & Brisbois has me excited! And interested. Thought they each might play with a puck mover...
  14. Sweet. Did not even look down once on that first shot!
  15. Some great cuts in there @TimberWolf . Sex Pistols and Cranberries, like with you, are favorites despite drastic differences. But am I missing a Canadian connection?
  16. Here is a different kind of nostalgia for me. When I was a kid we spent summers in the farming villages in Eastern Saskatchewan. Where my Gido / Grandfather pulled a plow since the dirty 30's. We'd go south in my new car (it was 15 years old) when I was 16. Drink at the beach at Moose Bay in the day. And I'd pack girls from the reserve in my back seat, my cousins in the trunk to save money on tickets. And we would head to Grayson for parties at a joint called Barn 22. One long weekend saw Nazareth on Friday night & Alfi Zappacosta a weekend or so later. We would get so sloshed! Probably much better entertainment than music for a drunk teenager, in Alfies case. But WTF, its memories... Halfway between Regina and Winnipeg, it would routinely attract all the mid calibre acts. My cousin Steph from Ituna, was here in Melbourne a few months ago. We had a good laugh about it!
  17. From Kingston Ontario! Introduced to me by my great mate Kenny, RIP
  18. I think so. Is that the one where he teaches them to play Seven Nation Army? Here is a fave collaboration of mine; Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck & Eric Clapton. Very similar guitar style to both previous posts. With decades separating them. This whole album, guitar boogie, is absolute must have!
  19. And hows this for a little groove? Superfly!
  20. I have some absolutely shat Jack White & White Stripes albums! This one will make you horny! If we can teach Petterson these moves... He'll be jumpin!
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