RALEIGH, North Carolina -- The first thing you notice is the grunting. Walk by the Carolina Hurricanes' weight room, and there's a good chance you'll see the biggest gym rat on the team.
"You peek your head in and see him," says forward Jordan Martinook. "He's got his head down, his hat low, you can't even see his eyes. He's got a weight vest on, and you just hear him go, 'Mmmpfh.'"
"You just see a lot of veins," says defenseman Haydn Fleury. "Some grunts. It's kind of scary, to be honest.