Bjorkqvist hip thrusts 440 pounds

The Penguins front office calls forward prospect Kasper Bjorkqvist a "specimen."

Bill Guerin has called him that, so has director of player development Scott Young.

"I mean, you guys have seen him in a t-shirt, right? He’s ripped,” Young explained at last summer's development camp. “He’s a very disciplined person."

"This is as high a character kid as you can get," Guerin said on a recent EP Rinkside podcast. "When he comes into development camp, he's broken almost every strength and conditioning record that we have in Pittsburgh, with the big team."

To be clear: Bjorkqvist is breaking fitness testing records within the entire organization. Not just for the group of prospects.

Bjorkqvist had…