JJ Watt believes he could be serviceable player with 1 year training

[bigdog16]

Obviously a friendly joke, but got me thinking - give him 3 years of strictly hockey training do you think he could become a serviceable minor leaguer? I still say no...Really great article too

"If you gave me a year of nothing but hockey training, I could at least go out there and be serviceable," Watt said. "But the truth is these guys are so incredible and so skilled at what they do, especially watching these Cup playoffs. I think I probably make a fool of myself out there. But I can say this: I would get one or two good hits in. So at least there'll be something worthwhile to come out of it."

How J.J. Watt became one of the biggest Cole Caufield superfans

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[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Sure. Park his dumptruck ass in front of the net and watch the d-men struggle to get him out of the way. Or make him into a big, mobile defensive d-man.

 

[Szechwan]

He played growing up didn't he? I think I remember seeing an article about how he loved hockey but it was too expensive so he chose to focus on football.

Skating is the #1 skill that would hold anyone back, if he played long enough to have good fundamentals, I wouldn't bet against an athlete like that devoting themselves 100% with a full calendar year of training with pro coaches.

Kinda want to see him try now, actually.

 

[rt]

If he was five years younger and five years less banged up, I could see it. He’d have to get much leaner and lose a lot of weight. But I could see him being a poor man’s Pat Maroon.

 

[Kcb12345]

He can already skate, shoot, and stick handle a little it appears so there's a start

 

[DJJones]

No clue really, I'd watch the hell out of it though

 

[Jeremy Hronek]

Hes too old. He would lucky to be as good as a current Patrick Maroon.

 

[Cursed Lemon]

By all means

We'll get Logan Paul to be his first three-bar opponent

 

[deleted user]

Ugh. No.

 

[aufheben]

Who?

 

[The Devilish Buffoon]

Hes too old. He would lucky to be as good as a current Patrick Maroon.

I mean, no shit lol. Thats a very high bar.

 

[ruaware41]

Hes too old. He would lucky to be as good as a current Patrick Maroon.

insanely high bar you're setting there. 99% of the world will never be as good

 

[Torontonian]

I believe when he was a kid he used to play triple A hockey. If he was around 22, perhaps he could have been a poor mans Maroon like everyone's saying, very gifted athlete nonetheless

 

[terranraida]

I'd believe it but he has had some bad back injuries so i'm sure bending as much as hockey players do would ruin the rest of his spine.

 

[Zamknij kurwa ryj]

Who?

Someone who has more name recognition than any NHL player.

 

[MikeyMike01]

insanely high bar you're setting there. 99% of the world will never be as good

Way more than that. The top 10,000 people is still only 0.000125% of 8 billion.

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Same size as Dustin Byfuglien.

 

[jcs0218]

I remember when Jalen Ramsey (NFL cornerback) said that he could make an NHL roster if he trained for 6 months.

 

[SniperHF]

So he could play 50% of the games in a different league, cool.

 

[Eternal Leaf]

Would have been a frightening power forward if he had stuck with hockey as a kid.

6'5" and 288 pounds.

And it's not a lot of fat like Byfuglien. The guy is an absolute tank.

 

[jcs0218]

I believe when he was a kid he used to play triple A hockey. If he was around 22, perhaps he could have been a poor mans Maroon like everyone's saying, very gifted athlete nonetheless

He was still no Gordon Bombay or Adam Banks, and those two never made the NHL.

 

[Jeremy Hronek]

insanely high bar you're setting there. 99% of the world will never be as good

I said it a bit tongue and cheek lol. He is a freak athlete though, if he had put all his efforts into hockey, I'm sure he would have been a good player.

 

[ESH]

He does know how to play hockey, so it’s a bit different than Jalen Ramsey claiming he could play in the NHL. There are some videos around of JJ Watt on the ice if anyone cares to google it. He’s a freak athlete, so I don’t doubt he could have been an NHL player if he had put his focus into that instead of the NFL at a younger age. I could see him being a similar player to a guy like Parayko.

 

[YoSoyLalo]

Who?

someone more people know than every nhl player combined

 

[GJB]

No I think it's vastly underestimating how hard it is to crack the NHL