"Best shape of their lives" thread

[Bread and Circuses]

it seems since everyone puts priority on skating now, a lot of big players of the past are trimming down.

Krejci said something along those lines the other day, basically about how he never carried a ton of weight naturally but used to bulk up because a few years back there was much more battling for the puck going on in the corners as opposed to nowadays.

He leaned out over the summer and said he has really noticed it in his skating ability.

 

[Ceremony]

 

[MacDonald4MVP]

Those muscles will help with his scoliosis.

 

[DJJones]

Christ, how long between pictures?

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[Sam Spade]

Barry Trotz

Unrecognizable to be honest. And yes, apparently he does have a neck.

 

[Yog S'loth]

Yeah yeah yeah. "Showing up in the best shape of his life" is right up there with "giving 110%" and "sticking to your game plan." Psssssh.

Let me know when a player tells the media, "Yeah, I really took it easy this summer and slammed a few ding-dongs here and there, fifteen pounds overweight at least, it's all good."

 

[Dynamic]

Holy that is Barry Trotz!?

 

[The Note in MI]

It was mentioned before but tarasenko lost some weight over the summer but it's not known how much. He had been hovering around 230. A lot of us had considered that to be a bit too much weight. Will be interesting to see if it affects his game at all.

 

[Aerchon]

Nurse supposedly has had this said about him.

 

[fashi13]

That's insane

So true, at his height and weight, with long arms, he's incredibly strong. Like him even more.

 

[Fandlauer]

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[JetsUK]

Possibly Brandon Dubinsky, although I believe the phrase they used was "physically transformed". Does that count?

Maybe he's been physically transformed into a guy who can play hockey.

Be interesting to see last year's young guns growing into their bodies and taking the next step.

 

[Iceman]

Unrecognizable to be honest. And yes, apparently he does have a neck.

I guess he had to do it to convince Ovechkin to do the same.

 

[GMofOilers]

Nurse supposedly has had this said about him.

"His testing scores are off the charts" Todd Mc

 

[Sam Spade]

 

[ChaoticOrange]

Nurse supposedly has had this said about him.

Specifically the coaching staff said his testing scores are absolutely off the charts.

All Nurse needs is time. His brain will catch up to his body with experience.

 

[seafoam]

"Best shape of his life". That's exactly what Pierre Dorion said about Mika Zibanejad before trading him last year.

Doesnt translate equally to on-ice success.

 

[Blue Shakehead]

Specifically the coaching staff said his testing scores are absolutely off the charts.

All Nurse needs is time. His brain will catch up to his body with experience.

Can anyone cite an instance of this ever happening?

 

[Aerchon]

Can anyone cite an instance of this ever happening?

Chara

 

[Hatter of the Beach]

Christ, how long between pictures?

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I just realized we go to the same gym (Lifetime Fitness) Don't watch the Habs much so had 0 idea who he was lol.

Sonny Milano, Franzen, and Fowler all lift there occasionally

not when they all use testosterone and growth hormone to heal at a rate faster than your average 20 year old...

While PEDs are in all pro sports, I doubt there's much GH in Hockey. Even most steroids with lean gains (Anavar, Winny) have long half lifes, making them risky

Probably a ton of clenbuterol though.

 

[izzy]

Tarasenko is leaner and quicker according to training camp reports today.

thank god he was starting to look like a marble on skates

 

[Stej]

Specifically the coaching staff said his testing scores are absolutely off the charts.

All Nurse needs is time. His brain will catch up to his body with experience.

That's what I thought about Bogosian at one point in time. Didn't happen for him. Maybe it will for Nurse.

 

[cynicalcitizen]

I read on Facebook that Carrie Underwood's abs were incredible. Does that count? If not, is it because she herself is not an NHL player or merely that Mike Fisher retired?

 

[Hivemind]

Add DSP to the list

 

[AveryStar4Eva]

No way was that done over the summer. I don't care what you're on that change would take a year at least