INSIDE THE LOCKER ROOM: Prospects Mason West & Vaclav Nestrasil on Development Camp and What's Next
6/30/202610 min
Go inside the locker room at Chicago Blackhawks Development Camp as top prospects Mason West and Vaclav Nestrasil meet with the media on Day 2. The pair discuss getting back on the ice, their development since being drafted, and preparing for the next chapter of their careers with West headed to Michigan State and Nestrasil set to play in his Sophomore year at UMass. Hear what two of the Blackhawks prospects had to say about their goals and their future in the organization.
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First 90 secondsSpeaker 10:00
Well, welcome back.
Mason West· Guest0:01
Thank you.
Speaker 10:01
Um- Feels great to be back ... yeah, you've had quite a year.
Mason West· Guest0:05
Yeah.
Speaker 10:05
I mean, from football to hockey- Mm-hmm ... and everything, and just, uh, you know, just what was it like, everything, and especially winning that title, the whole reason why you stayed with football?
Mason West· Guest0:14
For sure. I think it was just special. Like, obviously I'm still a kid, I'm just trying to have fun, so it was special to like hang out with those guys and be able to, um, chase something special. So, um, it was super fun that I got to transition to hockey, which was a, a great spot. I think Fargo was such a good experience and taught me a lot of things, went through some adversity, a lot of ups and downs, but, um, at the end I'm so grate- grateful for it all and, um, happy how it, uh, turned out.
Speaker 10:37
Is it a little weird for you now that, oh, just one sport now [laughs]?
Mason West· Guest0:40
It is a little. I like, I'll always have a football like in hand, but, um, I'm all hockey and, um, I kinda love it just 'cause I can really dedicate my time to hockey and really focus on things I need to get better at and- Have you noticed anything different since you've been able to do that, to specialize more? For sure, yeah. I can, I can see myself getting better every single day, and it was hard with football just 'cause like there's different movements and my body wasn't as comfortable. Being a taller guy, you gotta be comfortable and, um, I have longer limbs, so it was just a little bit harder in the gym and stuff with football. But I think now that, um, I just have hockey, it's super nice. I get to be more comfortable and s- on- in those uncomfortable positions, so yeah.
Speaker 31:13
How, how do, how do the workouts change? Are you, are you focusing on different things? Is it more about agility? Is, is it, you know, trunk strength? Like, what do you do differently than when it's just hockey?
Mason West· Guest1:22
For sure. I think football there's a lot of like those power lifts and it's like a lot of group lifting 'cause you wanna be with the team. And, um, I think when I started focusing on