Yeah; Florida is a much different environment than Calgary. It's one thing to be Juniors or Minors shape; it's something completely different to be NHL shape. Shore wasn't ready for Hartley's system, and it showed.
I fully expect him to come into camp, in Calgary shape. There will be some moves and there are probably 6 spots up for grabs on forward. Whoever wants it most now.
Though Shore never explicitly said it, but I agree. You could tell he was a bit gassed.
Murray on his try out essentially said the same.
So did Smid when he showed up from Edmonton.
I think conditioning is way better than decades ago, but we (perhaps like the Kings) are a level above and it's secretly above many other franchise levels and a huge reason why we exploded the way we did. I don't even think our farm conditions like we condition regular roster players.
I am very curious of how many players will come into the coming season after having their first seasons under the Flame's conditioning style. Jooris is one, so are many of the rookies, perhaps even players like Raymond, Bollig etc. But I'm especially interested to see what Jooris and the other rookies will be like with this higher level of conditioning + rest over the summer.