@groovejuice To continue the discussion over PK's training, more specifically, his running speed drills.
Do you think someone who runs fast will skate fast?
Running and skating recruit your muscles in different ways. If I can put it even more simply, take Pacioretty, who we can all agree is a fast, strong and powerful skater. Make him skate backwards though and it isn't very pretty.
It is no different than running vs skating. Doing hurdle runs/drills for a pro NHLer is pretty useless imo.
Doing weightlifting will undoubtedly increase his strength and power. That's good. Doing his drills on that air bubble is good as it seems like a good simulation of the instability he gets from being on the ice with skates.
But I wouldn't put him on a track. To me that's pretty useless, or should I say, inefficient. He's doing sprinting drills...why? How about focusing on ice sprints instead seeing how his sports is played...on the ice. Seems like a pretty simple and logical thing to do.
If just for fun to do something different, go learn some sprinting tips from Terrell Owens and catch some footballs, fine. But as a regular training...I wouldn't do it.
He's been doing that for a number of years during the off season, maybe that's why his speed doesn't seem to have improved all that much on the ice.