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Originally Posted by SuperK
This may be true to some extent, but facial expressions are considered a universal language. Watch youtube clips of him in interviews after being drafted by the Flames.
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Some people have even-keeled, low-key personalities. Others are vivacious, bubbly, extroverted, chatty.
It doesn't really have any bearing on whether they will turn into a top player or not IMO. Especially since as others have pointed out, some players will modify their personalities a lot for interviews and some will be the same. A guy who's chatty and joking with his teammates may end up very nervous in front of a TV camera until he's done hundreds of interviews. And a guy who's a native Swedish speaker might be even more nervous in front of English cameras.
If Tim Erixon still acts the same way in front of English TV camers in a decade you might be able to say something concrete about his personality. But that still doesn't translate to any concrete ideas about his play on the ice.
So yeah, seems like a non-factor.
Some people try and read way too much into the most trivial of factors. Try watching him play and then making some judgements. Making judgements about a prospect simply based off interviews is lazy and a fairly pointless exercise unless the kid is displaying some serious attitude problems.