Predictably, this has been the longest practice of the season, approaching an hour on the ice, wrapping up with a sprint around the rink. #RedWings via Ansar Khan

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1. Absolutely crazy that this has been going on for so long by Lalonde 😳

2. Only about an hour = longest practice of the season??

3. …approaching an hour. My kid’s Squirt team skates more than this. LGRW!

4. No wonder they never looked prepared to play.

5. I’m sorry, what?

   The team hasn’t spent more than 1 hour on the ice practicing all season?

   What am I missing here?

6. This is all in a vacuum. How long does Florida stay on the ice for practice?

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8. 

   An hour is a *warm-up*

9. Boy howdy do they need it.

10. An hour practice is long??? LOL

11. No wonder they’re looking slow as fuck. You need reps especially once you start aging. Think of Colorado practicing at ALTITUDE for an hour compared to whatever the hell we’ve been up to. Insane to think about

12. They haven’t practiced more than a hour all season? What the hell? That’s not even worth the drive into the city for them to do less than an hour.

13. Well, let’s hope he got some fire lit in them. I noticed that as he started tweaking lines in the 3rd period, the Wings looked a lot better. The Veleno – Larkin – Raymond line was really buzzing at times.. for example.

14. NHL practices are always short. 82 regular season games, workouts, meetings, video work and medical treatment. No offence but anyone complaining because they practiced longer in high school doesn’t really know what they’re talking about

15. Anywhere between 20 minutes to an hour appears to be a typical practice length in the NHL. Practice isn’t primarily for conditioning, conditioning is done in the gym. Practice is for practicing.

16. An hour? That’s it? Now I see the light – get in there for 2-3 hours. If I can watch a 3 hour game they should at least practice as long.

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18. An hour is a long ass practice in the NHL. 82 games. Conditioning and strength training is done at the gym. They also have coaching sessions and PT.

    Practice is literally just running drills and learning the system.

19. After last night’s embarrassment they’re still on vacation? Gimme a break.

20. Did Precious have to skate too or he did he get to watch?

21. Even if it’s not unusual for practices to be shorter, given that the biggest thing that makes me die inside watching the team is the players passing like they’ve never met eachother, it doesn’t seem like a bad idea to have a little extra time on ice in practice

22. Hell yeah

23. people in here really comparing nhl to peewee hockey xD

24. McLellan also commented that the practice was a little to long for this time of year during his availability afterwards

25. A whole hour wow

    Buddy my practices in B league were like 2 hours every time

26. Players will work one on one with different coaches after team practices

27. Anyone know if Mclellen addressed the team in the locker room after the game last night? It always struck me as weird that lalonde wouldn’t do that.