Evgeni Malkin
Malkin has reportedly spent his entire summer thus far in Russia, continuing to recover from a nagging knee injury that ended his 2010-2011 prematurely. His workout consists of repeatedly juggling a ball over a hurdle while the Penguins strength coach, Mike Kadar, sits there laughing at the fact that the Penguins are paying him to essentially... do nothing.
Upon seeing the video from Malkin's "training sessions", Tampa Bay Lightning forward Martin St. Louis released footage of his own workout techniques... Tough to tell who has been working harder in the offseason, Malkin or St. Louis...
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| Pittsburgh Penguins state-of-the-art training center |
While Malkin was over in Russia doing his own thing this summer, the Penguins organization purchased a brand-new, multi-million dollar training facility. Penguins owner Mario Lemieux reported that he specifically installed an additional training apparatus 10 meters above the state-of-the-art training surface for star-forward Sidney Crosby.
Nashville Predators
Learned how to play defense against the toe-drag.
(Note the commentating: "almost always the way it goes when you play against a well-schooled defensive team like nashville")
John Carlson
Learned how to play defense.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JDJjPZS6HxMMatt Cooke
Practiced his turtling techniques for anytime Evander Kane is on the ice.
Alexander Ovechkin
Strictly followed the Kyle Wellwood diet.
Paul Bissonnette
Focused on strengthening his fingers for his twitter updates while watching the regular season from the Phoenix press box (not hating on the guy, I'd love to make $600,000 a year to watch hockey).
Alexander Semin
Improved his bongo playing skills.
Keith Ballard
Sharpened the defensive subtleties in his game. Tasks included: improving his forward-skating ability for when opposing forwards breeze past him, and learning to forgive your goaltender for allowing a goal.
Brooksie, you were probably beat up at the bus stop as a kid...