While a well balanced diet of checking and skating are necessary to maintain an all around great player, in my opinion the key to being a successful person off the ice is balance. Without balance, things go array. When I go shopping I try to balance out my beer purchases with snacks, because too much booze and not enough filler makes me more drunk. When I go to the strip club, I try to blow my bonus checks evenly amongst all the employees, as while one might be the most attractive to me, the others might actually sleep with me (sound guy Dan...). When I'm walking into the team meetings, being balanced in my chair makes sure the other guys don't know how drunk I really am. On my bus ride home, losing that balance gets me thrown off the bus. Balance is key. You know, come to think of it, if I could have read the defense better, I wouldn't have had been found guilty of rat baiting in 2009, so defensive read would be nice to have more of, too.

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