Owen Pickering - Development Camp - 07.01.23

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Episode Transcript

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One day at the time to cometo the rank drag at that one percent
better every day. And I've justbeen a three hundred and sixty five days
stepping on the edge here, Whatdid you notice different about your bag?
Still stronger, put on some weight. So I think that that helpful lot.
You know, it was obviously mygoal last year and I was talking
about it. I was just gettingall explosive, more powerful, and I

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feel like I've done that. Obviously, not where I want to be,
but um, I think that that'sthat's definitely helpful. It's a taste of
the age thing for you as well. Yeah, No, obviously, it's
it's a transition, super cool toplay pro hockey. I was very grateful
for that opportunity, and I thinkit went pretty well obviously. Like I
said, it's try this and youthe cliches will be hit being faster and

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stronger, all true. But again, I think it's only helped motivate me
for all the summer and then goingin the next check to feel like a
kg better in here this zero No, not at all. I don't know.
It was helping the eggs out alittle bit. But he's a good
kid, so yeah, yeah,because you guys are Western Canada. Yeah,
we play an hour and a halffrom each other. So his team,

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his team beat us this year.Oh yeah, so when you saw
he was getting added into the organization, Just what were your thoughts on on
undrafting Bright in the first round.Yeah, I was super excited. He's
he's a really good player. Um, I know guys on his team,
and then I'm rooming with those songs. He's a great person. Um,

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it's been exciting to meet him.Bout you said you put on weight?
You know exactly how much? Uh? Last year JEF camp something. I
think I was like one ninety fourkind of round fluctuating like work what exactly
you're kind yeah, like anything?Yeah. Yeah, I'm working with Mark

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Bobs, the nutritionist for pett He'shelped me out a lot, so basically
climbed up my meals, having aboutsix meals a day a double shakes.
So I hate a lot of foryou, but helps. But it's it's
not that you have to do it, and so try to enjoy it.
Have you noticed it on the icethough, and that strength is some food

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of your game? Yeah? Yeah, I haven't felt to wait yet run
to have any Salt not there yet, but I don't know. It's been
It's been pretty good. I feelstronger, UM, feel more powerful,
So it's been good. Besides justkind of where do you see yourself in
terms of your game now compared tomaybe a year ago. UM, I

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can just try to learn the gameevery day, right, Even the best
players in the world, Uh,they come to the rank and try to
learn and get better. Salt.There's certain aspects, whether it's retrievals or
what, UM trying to get betterat all the time. So you just
kind of learning the game you justsaid. As for this shoots coming to
I kind of mentioned after the draftmy goal coming into any campus to make

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the team. UM so weather lastyear that was realistic or not going to
come in with the same mentality thisyear. You're going to try and make
the team. And I don't seea point in coming into a camp and
not thinking that. So okay,thanks appreciate than you