Player Discussion: Dmitri Voronkov

[stevo61]

So it begs the question:

How interested is he in doing the work required to be successful in the NHL? He's already contemplated going home once. He spent an entire year here with no family and unable to speak the language. How dedicated is he to spending a summer working harder on his conditioning and weight loss to do it all over again?

Its not really about working harder as it is changing his goal. If people dont think it takes a stupid amount of work to build that amount of mass while being an athlete they are out to lunch. He'll need to sacrifice some size and strength for speed and endurance. He'll have to mess around with that until he finds where he feels he gets the best of both worlds. I wouldnt be surprised if he shows up next year closer to 225lbs

 

[NotCommitted]

From strictly hockey career POV, leaving seems to make zero sense for Voronkov. There's a good opening for him to play himself into a big role and the resulting earnings.

If he really wants to go back home then that's a thing you really can't do much about, but I get the vibe this is much talk about nothing and he has no intention of going back.