As the hot summer sun pounded the Detroit pavement, as we enjoyed a cold beverage on a patio. Maybe sitting around in the back yard listening to the birds chirping or maybe spending the afternoon out on the lake. Andreas Athanasiou had another thing on his mind, more ice-time. The Detroit Red Wings forward went into training camp and asked his head coach publicly for more work.
It might not always be a wise move as a professional athlete to take the “media” route to lobby for more responsibility, work, and ice-time.