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Originally Posted by Rexor
I don't believe he came into camp out of shape, he had played 23 KHL games and a few international ones before the lock-out ended. Maybe he just needed some time to adjust to a different rink size/style of play.
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He's never been a player with an impressive looking physique, but he he was definitely a few pounds over his ideal playing weight in mid-January, regardless of him playing during the lockout. In training camp, he had a little bit of belly fat on him (relative to what you normally see of a current-day pro athlete; for the average person, he was in great shape). Hartnell and others teased him about it. That's long since forgotten about by now.