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COVERAGE of @Penguins development camp at Consol: TOUGHNESS, ANYONE? The front office answers http://t.co/evl4fR6Vkk pic.twitter.com/0JyiJBQuDK
— Dejan Kovacevic (@Dejan_Kovacevic) July 17, 2015
So who will answer when Sidney Crosby or Evgeni Malkin gets cheap-shotted?
“The power play,” came the quick answer from Rutherford, with a smile.
“That’s where you do it,” Botterill agreed right away. “Look at the rest of the league. Tampa. Chicago. Rangers. Who did they have taking care of that stuff? Really, it was just that they’d punish you with being good on the power play.”
“We’ll be fine,” the GM added. “The game is changing.”
From Friday's Chipped Ice:
— Jason Mackey (@Mackey_Trib) July 18, 2015
@BombulieTrib's impressions: http://t.co/IvwMwb1iYo
Salary cap update: http://t.co/rae5y53PV9
At the end of last season, Pens general manager Jim Rutherford said the 6-foot-2, 195-pound winger needed to get stronger. To achieve that, Bennett changed both his training and nutrition regimens. He now drives a decent distance in order to work with a guy named Matt O’Hara, whom he said has been “awesome.”
“He knows what it takes to rehab injuries and guard against future injuries, so he’s been working with me a lot and we work out six days a week,” Bennett said. “Even something small as it takes me an hour to get there every day, it’s kind of making that sacrifice, going to a place I know is going to help me in the long run and it’s been a great summer so far. Adding in the nutrition part was a big thing this summer as well.”
For that, Bennett did a lot of testing at the beginning of the summer and figured out what he needed to gain in skeletal muscle mass in order to have functional strength – where he wants “to feel like I’m 190, but playing at 200.” A lot of that comes from leg strength, which has been Bennett’s biggest focus this summer.
Bennett was then was given a meal plan based off his goals, and while he admits the food isn’t always the tastiest, he just gets it down for the good of his body.
“Now I’m way more in tune with what I need to do for preparation and how to make my body feel right,” he said. “It’s been a really positive summer in terms of how to be a pro.”
Welcome to Twitter, Coach Johnston! https://t.co/Dbrwk2hsd5
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) July 17, 2015
The Pittsburgh Penguins will conclude their annual development camp on Saturday afternoon with a free scrimmage open to the public beginning at 3 p.m. at CONSOL Energy Center.
Fans can enter the arena through the Trib Total Media and American Eagle gates starting at 2 p.m. Free parking will be available in the CONSOL Energy Center surface lots.
PensGear – the Penguins’ official team store – will open at noon. Several concession stands will also be open during the event.
The scrimmage will be streamed live on pittsburghpenguins.com.
Fun fact: after January 18th, the Penguins don't have to leave the Eastern Time Zone. https://t.co/D7IGLMOoCu
— Dirk Hoag (@Forechecker) July 15, 2015
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