Article: Marco Rossi Training With Retired NHL Legend

[Thomas Williams]

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[0 Stanley Cups]

Good for Marco to be working with Jumbo on faceoffs this offseason

[Willy the poor boy]

Meanwhile Boldys making big gains with his sand wedge...

[Up North Guy]

Wow, that article on the Dallas Stars is UGLY! Nothing less than I would expect from a team previously owned by Norm (sucks!) Greene.

[Scalptrash]

I find this very interesting. Are they training together just by coincidence, they both just happened to be there? Or did Rossi seek out Joe and hire him?

What's interesting about it is Joe's new position with the Sharks. He has been hired as a player development coach and hockey operations advisor. Why would he be spending his time working with Rossi instead of Shark players?

I'm not insinuating anything, but if Joe gets to know Rossi very well and sees what kind of a player he truly is, I could see San Jose making a move to acquire him.

[Dango]

15 minutes ago, Scalptrash said:

I find this very interesting. Are they training together just by coincidence, they both just happened to be there? Or did Rossi seek out Joe and hire him?

What's interesting about it is Joe's new position with the Sharks. He has been hired as a player development coach and hockey operations advisor. Why would he be spending his time working with Rossi instead of Shark players?

I'm not insinuating anything, but if Joe gets to know Rossi very well and sees what kind of a player he truly is, I could see San Jose making a move to acquire him.

From an article in a different Rossi thread  down bellow 

 I played against him once, back then with the ZSC Lions against Davos (30 October 2020, 6-3 win with Rossi's goal, note). That was my only league game, after that the thing happened with the heart. The training was brought about by my skills coach, who is in Davos and knows Joe Thornton quite well. Then we started talking and made it out.

[fikifuka]

There is a long interview with Rossi he gave to LAOLA1 at a kids camp here in Austria yesterday. Summary:

About contract situation. Honestly I dont need a longterm contract, bridge with 2 or 3 years would be ok for me. Its about a fair valuation, a fair deal for both MIN and me. I want to feel valued, thats very important. I'm definetly a line 1 or 2 player. And its about icetime. Every player knows in which salary area he belongs. I told them in my exit interview very boldly that I dont know if I can trust them if they dont have trust in me. Rossi says there is a standstill in the talks between his agent and BG. But he hopes and expects to sign for MIN in Sep. He seems relaxed about the contract situation, citing late signings of Seider, Raymond last year.

About training: After 2 weeks holiday in Marbella he started training with his personal coach in June. His training strategy is improving weaknesses and strengthening strengths. One focus is working on speed. The other is power in every area and mobility. At 176 cm height he is now on 89 kg (196 lbs) weight. Plus the mentioned face-off drills with JT. Rossi says he never felt fitter and better before. 

About his limited height and playing style: I hear that since I was a kid, since day 1 where ever I played and didn't ever care or listen. You have to compensate with power, mobility, speed and go to the areas where it hurts. Thats what I did! Mind: Most of my goals are from front-net positions. There are even smaller players around with tremendous success.