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Aug 3, 2021 Butt, who runs Premier Strength, a prominent gym for NHL players and prospects in the Edmonton area, has seen Zellweger progress piece by piece. Zellweger has always been in Butt’s gym asking the right CALGARY — To the world, Olen Zellweger’s draft year rise from C-rated questions, knowing exactly what he needs to do to get better and prospect by NHL Central Scouting to second-round pick of the Anaheim following through on his goal-setting. Ducks comes as a bit of a surprise. So when he had the draft year that he did, Butt wasn’t surprised. He’d The rating graded him as a late-round selection likely to be picked in watched him take full advantage of the COVID-lengthened summer that Rounds 5-7 of the 2021 NHL Draft. And on top of that, not only was led into it, dedicating himself to using the added time as an asset in his Zellweger one of the youngest players taken in the draft, born less than a development rather than a waste. week removed from eligibility for the 2022 class, but at 5-foot-10 and 175 “I tell people this all the time: He could do my job. That’s how mature he pounds, he was also one of its smallest defencemen. is and how much of a student of not just hockey but of training he is. He But to those on the inside — to his skating coach, his skills coach, his just wants to learn all the time. Some guys show up to work out and he strength coach and his WHL head coach and general manager — shows up to train. He’s there for a purpose and that’s just who he is,” Butt Zellweger’s draft year emergence was more a matter of when not if. said. “He’s incredible. He puts in the work and he’s getting paid off for it. It was awesome to see. He’s a fun kid to be around. He’s very mature. They’ve always seen it. And he’s really supportive of everyone else in the gym too. He’s not selfish. Yeah, he wants to get better but at the same time he wants “You could always see how dynamic he was,” said Northern Alberta everyone else to succeed too.” Xtreme Hockey Academy’s Tyrel Spitzer, Zellweger’s skills coach. Williams said that if you survey Zellweger’s Everett teammates for the “You could see it coming because he works so hard at it,” said Barry hardest working Silvertips player, he’ll be the most common answer from Butt, who has trained Zellweger since he was 12. the 16-year-old rookies and the 19- and 20-year-old veterans. “You could see that he was on a mission right from the start when he When Zellweger showed up to Everett for the 2020-21 season, he was arrived in Everett,” said Everett Silvertips head coach and general the player Williams saw the biggest change in, describing the manager Dennis Williams.