Bruins' draft picks' fitness failures could be center of interesting scheme
NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman is always full of interesting information in his 30 Thoughts column for SportsNet, and this week's edition of Friedman's column lives up to its reputation. Among the information Friedman included is a tidbit about the Bruins' first-round draft picks.
Last week, multiple reports emerged stating that the three Bruins' first-round draft picks -- Jakub Zboril, Jake DeBrusk and Zach Senyshyn -- all failed their fitness tests. Reporters and fans alike initially brushed the report off by saying that most draft picks fail the grueling NHL training camp fitness tests.
But Friedman hints there is more to those reports than just a typical rookie issue.
The Bruins picked the trio with consecutive first-round draft picks of No. 13, No. 14 and No. 15 overall. Two of those picks came from separate trades of Milan Lucic and Dougie Hamilton, and one -- No. 14 -- was an original Bruins draft pick. When Sweeney used the picks to select Zboril, DeBrusk and Senyshyn, fans were full of criticism for GM Don Sweeney, especially since Senyshyn was ranked as a second-rounder at best before the draft.
Why the team would then want people to know that all three picks failed their physical remains a mystery, and Friedman's take only adds to the continued confusion over the team's 2015 Draft choices.
(h/t SportsNet)
Very interesting word got out that Boston’s three first-rounders —Jakub Zboril, Jake DeBrusk and Zach Senyshyn — failed their conditioning tests. As a former NHL strength coach once said, “Failed tests only get out when the organization wants them to get out." MORE NEWS: Want stories delivered to you? Sign up for our NHL newsletters.
