A few years back, I bumped into and partied along members of Team Canada during the World Championships in Austria. I talked about a whole bunch of stuff. There was Regehr, Mike Fisher, Redden, Luongo, Turco, Heatley, and Souray. I think most players genuinely like talking and answering "intelligent" hockey questions. Regehr and I talked about the Red Mile, and how the city has always embraced the team. I talked with a bunch of them about the life of a hockey player, travel schedules, if they always wanted to be hockey players growing up, favourite team/player growing up...etc. Non hockey related, ask them about stuff like politics, education, brother and sisters, education (Joe Thornton's older bro's a PhD, and Mike Fisher's younger bro is an Engineer) and current events. I even chatted about the sites they got to see in Austria. Some of them however aren't comfortable answering questions about their personal life or finances, so I stay away from those types of questions
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