Zadorov comments on Mackinnon’s training, leadership style

[beowulf]

Mackinnon also hired these guys to follow his teammates around and monitor what they eat.

Want to look like this? Take your daily steroids.

 

[2 others]

No alcohol, only water. To everyone, water is enough.

Alcohol is water, it's just chemically different.

 

[PAZ]

Alcohol is water, it's just chemically different.

Ah, I see you have been raised in mother Russia.

 

[IWantSakicAsMyGM]

Funny thing is this inspired me to try chickpea pasta, gotta work off that Covid body you know.

Is it at least better than the vile cauliflower stuff they try to pass off as pasta?

 

[T REX]

It's so funny to see the soft comments or snow flakes.

Those people have no idea about any of us and what we eat or do for exercise.

I will say that at a Thanksgiving dinner 2 years ago...someone made cauliflower mashed potatoes and didn't tell anyone...I spit it out at the table. LIAR! Keep your cauliflower at home. Don't ruin holidays. GROSS!

One day a year isn't going to kill anyone. FRAUD!

 

[Foppberg]

It's so funny to see the soft comments or snow flakes.

Those people have no idea about any of us and what we eat or do for exercise.

I will say that at a Thanksgiving dinner 2 years ago...someone made cauliflower mashed potatoes and didn't tell anyone...I spit it out at the table. LIAR! Keep your cauliflower at home. Don't ruin holidays. GROSS!

One day a year isn't going to kill anyone. FRAUD!

I mean no wonder. Chickpea mashed potatoes is where it's at. That's a champions meal.

 

[T REX]

I mean no wonder. Chickpea mashed potatoes is where it's at. That's a champions meal.

my bad...that tofu gravy is da bomb

 

[Foppberg]

my bad...that tofu gravy is da bomb

Not wrong. Goes nicely with turkey stuffed with kefir.

 

[MarkusKetterer]

Mackinnon would make the Avalanche eat kiviaq if he thought it would help the team win.

That’s also when everyone on the team, including the coaches and GMs, demand a trade.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Sounds like this is fine when they are winning but if the team loses this will not last long with team mates.

 

[Garbageyuk]

I love Nate but my honest opinion is he’s going a little overboard on some things that could get under some teammates skin that have nothing to do with actually winning. But I’m not in the locker room with him so I could be way off about that.

Look at the sudden, dramatic improvement in him as player, and as a result, the entire Avs team. I don't think he's going overboard. He wants to win, and I think he will. Nobody is going to be saying he went overboard when the Avs are holding the Cup over their heads.

 

[Coffey]

 

[Atoyot]

Look at the sudden, dramatic improvement in him as player, and as a result, the entire Avs team. I don't think he's going overboard. He wants to win, and I think he will. Nobody is going to be saying he went overboard when the Avs are holding the Cup over their heads.

Right. The reason the team is better is because MacKinnon throws temper tantrums when he doesn't get a good pass. Nothing to do with the fact that management did an incredible job improving the roster in the past few years.

 

[FrozenJagrt]

After being shamed for being a lard ass when he left toronto.

Which is ridiculous as he was usually one of the top guys in Toronto's fitness tests. I don't think people realise what a great athlete Kessel is.

 

[Osakahaus]

Av's are close, but its a team game like no other where big stars have been shut down in the playoffs.

MaK said it best himself: i havent won shit yet.

He hasn't won because look at his staff and how everyone else behaves on the Avalanche. team sport is a team sport. You aren't gonna win when you see someone slacking or in the case of Colorado, your entire top line dies and the goaltending screws you. I bet Grubauer blew that series the moment he gave up that bank shot goal

 

[Spender]

Mackinnon missed more games last year than Kessel has in the last 11 years combined.

Who's really got the fitness thing figured out?

Kessel understands the value of a protective layer.

 

[iamjs]

You really think he goes to parties?

Depends on the type of water and protein bars that are available.

 

[GMR]

It's a good thing MacKinnon and Mario Lemieux were never teammates.

 

[SEALBound]

I'm very torn on this...on one hand, I applaud him for holding his teammates accountable but if you try to jam everyone into the same mold, you're going to lose some on the back end.

Diet, nutirition, sure. Team those kids. Personally banning certain types of food? Ummmm... Screaming at teammates for missed passes... Yeah....

I don't think it's a successful long term strategy. If you make to the that level, you are elite. Fine tune sure, but you also need to let guys do their thing. Before big event, my thing was taking a couple good luck bits of chunky peanut butter. Store brand. It was a comfort, superstition, reminder of home, comic relief...it meant a lot to me. If Mac tries to take that away, we wouldn't never EVER be right. And that's a problem.

Pick your battles wisely Nathan.

 

[SEALBound]

It's a good thing MacKinnon and Mario Lemieux were never teammates.

Or Gretzky. But to be fair, if they were, Mac wouldn't be in a position to tell anyone anything so...moot point.

 

[mattcookefan]

Honestly if I was his teammate and he was throwing temper tantrums yelling and shooting pucks at people over a missed pass I wouldn't be able to take him seriously at all. That's not trying to push people to be better, that's being a child. I guess it works for some but I can guarantee it doesn't work for others.

And for those who'll say "that's why he's one of the best in the world and you're not", what an overly simplistic take. Crosby and Ovechkin don't act like that. I guess that's why they're the best and you're not?

I mean ovechkin did kinda blow his lid at his goalie in the playoffs lol, even though it is different from practice.

 

[SnowStorm]

Response from Ryan Graves:

 

[T REX]

Response from Ryan Graves:

Verified...total psycho.

And won nothing so far.

Chickpea pasta or you're an outcast.

Can't see them winning anything anytime soon.

 

[Ceremony]

Response from Ryan Graves:

Basically what anyone with any sense read into the original quotes

Good. Successful teams need their star players to set appropriate cultures and MacKinnon has.

 

[YippieKaey]

Honestly if I was his teammate and he was throwing temper tantrums yelling and shooting pucks at people over a missed pass I wouldn't be able to take him seriously at all. That's not trying to push people to be better, that's being a child. I guess it works for some but I can guarantee it doesn't work for others.

And for those who'll say "that's why he's one of the best in the world and you're not", what an overly simplistic take. Crosby and Ovechkin don't act like that. I guess that's why they're the best and you're not?

Im pretty sure Crosby and Ovechkin has acted similarly at some point. The problem is if it happens in training all the time then it loses it´s charm. It´s the Tortorella thing where it CAN light a fire under someones ass if used sparingly, but if it´s an everyday thing it just becomes tiresome and people lose respect for the person doing it.