Fair enough, but there are more than a few posters suggesting that any questioning of TT’s offseason dedication is nothing but bull****. None of us know for sure, so we make assessments based on available information and past history.
I think it is reasonable to question TT's dedication. But I prefer to question it in the context of performance. Kessel was used as an example, but I think Michael Grabner is a better one. The guy is a physical specimen. But he doesn't have the tools to be much more than a breakaway goal scorer.
Teravainen demonstrated last season (and several statistical analysis bear it out) that he has multiple skills. Does he have enough to be the superstar Timonen talked about and the player Hossa said glowing things about? Maybe. His history would lead me to believe is not dependent on Aho.
This is the list of players who were born in 1980 or later that are in the World Junior Championship U20 records book right before or after Teravainen:
Eberle, Filatov, Kuznetsov, Schenn, H. Sedin, Ovechkin, D. Sedin, Malkin, Ryan Ellis.
My main point in entering (I think I actually may have started it) this conversation was to state my opinion that it makes sense to lock up a possible superstar who just scored 60+ points. Based on his history, what others have said, and what underlying statistics indicate I don't think he has much to prove. I could be wrong. But I think the evidence in TT's favor is much more than one photo.