Martijn Westbroek made some changes this offseason but nothing too drastic. The biggest thing that changed was his spot in the lineup as franchise forward and former first line center Daniel Smeb broke his index and middle finger in a tragic snowboarding accident (he fell off the ski lift). Smeb could no longer take faceoffs which meant that Martijn was moving up to the role of first line center for the Chicago Syndicate. With this greater responsibility came a need to train harder than ever before over the summer and Martijn made sure that he spent every waking hour in the gym working on himself. He got stronger, he got more balanced, and he became a better checker (fore and back). He bench pressed until he could not press anymore benches. He squatted until he had literal noodles for legs which was counter intuitive as noodles aren't very strong. He got a goodlife fitness membership just so that people would take videos of him working out and then he couldn't be called lazy during the winter when his play inevitably took a turn for the worst. Martijn had his offseason all figured out.