The Kronen Zeitung posted a subscriber-only article about Red Wings forward Marco Kasper’s summer in Carinthia, Austria. Only the first three paragraphs are available:
Detroit’s playoff-less streak to be defeated
All of Detroit hopes that Marco Kasper and company will defeat the playoff-less streak in the NHL next season. Currently the ice hockey ace from Klagenfurt is relaxing at home on the beloved Worthersee. Curiously, in Sweden, the hobby golfer is recognized most often.
Summer, sun and turquoise water! Ice hockey star Marco Kasper is still looking to enjoy a few days at home in Klagenfurt on Lake Worthersee. Before he returns to his NHL team the Detroit Red Wings in North America in mid-September. But summertime does not mean spending the rest of the whole day in the deck chair for a player from the best league in the world.
“Of course, I also take timeouts, but I do train for several hours a day. Especially as a young player, this almost has to be–I want to improve myself physically,” says the 21-year-old, whose plans are of course in agreement with Detroit.
That’s as far as the article goes before the paywall hits…But it’s good to know that Kasper’s still balancing his summertime recovery with workouts and, as his Sunshine Hockey League participation indicated, skating on the rink as well.
I’ve had the Athletic for a number of years, and before the Wings drafted Marco, they were doing deep dives into the player’s backgrounds. When I read that he became proficient in Swedish so he could both play professionally and finish school in a new country, it was all I needed to understand his underlying hunger and hoped the Wings would draft him. Seems like he’s ready for more and continued progress from this likeable core piece wouldn’t surprise me.