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Clear objective
- Updated: August 5, 2016
MONTREAL – After getting his first taste of the NHL last season, Daniel Carr is hoping to be a mainstay in the Canadiens’ lineup this year.
With that goal in mind, the 24-year-old left-winger has been hard at work all summer long preparing himself for what he hopes will be a breakout campaign in the big leagues.
Carr, who signed a two-year contract on July 1st, put up six goals and nine points in 23 games for the Canadiens in 2015-16 after making his NHL debut in early December. He sustained a right knee injury in late January, though, that cost him 27 games before he returned to active duty for the final four games of the season.
With his knee back in fine form, Carr spent the first couple of months of the summer training in British Columbia with a group of players led by Brendan Gallagher’s father, Ian, a renowned strength and conditioning coach in the Lower Mainland. It marked the third straight year that Carr has enlisted Ian’s help with his offseason workout regimen, which had him working out alongside the likes of the Canadiens’ No. 11, Lance Bouma of the Calgary Flames, and BC natives Ryan Olsen, Spencer Humphries and Josh Nicholls.
“With Ian, it was a lot of strength work. We did deadlifts, squats, and things of that nature just trying to build the base. Once you build the muscle, then you try to make it as explosive as possible. My numbers went way up this time around, which is really good to see,” said Carr, a member of the training group since signing a two-year entry-level deal with the Canadiens out of Union College in April 2014. “Ian does such a good job out there. He’s so detailed in his planning, which you can see in how strong Brendan is in everything today.”
Speaking of the four-year NHL veteran, Carr can’t say enough good things about the way he goes about his business back on home turf leading up to the start of a new year. Simply put, it’s inspiring to see him at work.
“Gally is such a competitor. He’s trying to beat you and then you’re trying to beat him back. It pushes the whole …
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