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I think all sorts of training go into what someone would look back on as a successful offseason, involving both physical training and mental training. Strength training is a given - the team harps on being in peak physical performance coming into camp to be able to start the season strong. That involves conditioning, such as endurance skating tests like suicides, or just time on a bike while monitoring a players' heart rate and vitals. It also involves various benchmarks with weight lifting such as squat weight and reps, bench weight and reps, some core strength as well such as planks. Beyond all those though, being mentally prepared for a season is equally important. There's a lot of rigors to a schedule, so the team tries to have a positive environment where players feel welcomed and comfortable, and there's a lot of openness and clear communication from management to the players. It helps a lot mentally in that regards, with plenty of both positive and negative reinforcement in a good balance to keep players on their toes yet motivated to do their best.