Linus Klasen's body fat too high, needs conditioning work before Predators training camp
Well before the rest of the Nashville Predators report to training camp in September, Swedish forward Linus Klasen will begin work with the Preds' strength & conditioning coach to reduce his body fat from over 20%, to the team's benchmark of 12%. This, from SportExpressen.se, as translated by Google:
"As I said, I'm going back a week earlier. Then I will of course train with the fitness coach", says Klas.
According to Nashville was a requirement that all players must be over twelve percent of body fat - Klasen is just above 20th. An unusually high figure.
Recall that Klasen is on a two-way contract, so if he's not ready for NHL duty the Preds can send him to Milwaukee, and also don't have to worry about waivers. Let's just hope we don't have the Albert Haynesworth of the NHL on our hands! He's got to earn a roster spot by beating out somebody else, and a casual attitude about the physical demands of the NHL won't get it done:
"Of course this was not ... for me it was okay and I do not care about it. It's hockey to play, then I do not care of the rest. They may think, but I've always played as I am."
Good luck with that...
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Klasen=Gandalf?
Klasen have been involved in some wacky things in his career. My favorite is from the beginning of last season. The SEL have a marketing deal with Svenska Spel (it’s the state-owned company that runs and regulates gambling in Sweden) to promote a head-to-head game between two players one from each team. To make it easier for the people to recognize the combatants the two players had to wear a yellow helmet. Klasen didn’t want to do that though and here’s why.
I think it’s stupid and I want go out on the ice looking like f***ing Gandalf in a yellow helmet.This of course inspired some fan art.


In the end Klasen caved and wore the yellow helmet.
Pft why play a small French guy when you have a Svensk viking.
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Dirk – in fairness to Linus, the article did not end with the last quote above. In the article found here:
http://hockey.expressen.se/nhl/1.2082320/klubbens-krav-pa-klasen-ga-ner-i-vikt
The last sentence you have continues –
. . . säger 24-åringen som samtidigt ser fram emot att slåss om en plats i laget.
- Jag kommer göra allt jag kan och sedan får vi se om det räcker.
Which I read as:
. . . says the 24 year old who at the same time looks forward to fighting for a place on the team. "I will do everything I can and then we’ll see if it is enough."
Also, of note, in the Fakta column, Expressen talks to trainers from 3 teams in the SEL about measuring body fat. The trainer for Frölunda said it varies from organization to organization. They measure a player’s body fat 2 times a season and weigh them once a week. The trainer from Brynäs (where Preds prospect Mattias Ekholm will play this season) said they usually do not measure body fat. They keep check on a player’s weight but don’t have a particular template. The trainer for Linköping said they check body fat twice a month. Unfortunately, the article does not include the approach of Södertälje where Linus played. So, when he says his bodyfat is something he hasn’t cared about, you don’t know if it because it is something that his former team doesn’t measure and, therefore, it is something he hasn’t had to care about, or not.
Just thought the rest of the article might be important to take into consideration.
That last quote is nice, but when a guy says “I will do everything I can”, that varies from person to person depending on their motivation.
I’m not saying Klasen has no chance to make the team, I’m just passing this information along, with the observation that I think he was a longshot to make the roster even before hearing about the fitness concern, and this doesn’t help.
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I don't care if he has 40% body fat...
… as long as he can score goals like these. Although half of those probably aren’t goals in the NHL, he has some truly unique handling skills.
Christie kicks it high and short...Gonna be fielded by Lorenzo Neal at the 25...He dishes it back to Wycheck...He throws it across the field to Dyson...
www.manningface.com
fast
has his fast rubbed away with his fat? hope not..
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