that's almost worse if he's that out of shape. shows you how serious he is about his job.
like you wrote (i think it was you), he was put into the program by the team, not because he requested it. maybe he requested the team to do it? or asked the team for help? not sure. but if the team had to put him in the program because things were going to badly, he was put through waivers and no one touched him, and he's fat and out of shape in GR and playing horribly....
...it bodes rather ill for his nhl future.
oh well, we can just re-sign mantha after this year, right?