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Eight games into his stay, he has yet to be paid cash via paper bag or briefcase (money is deposited straight into his bank account, much to his chagrin) and he hasn’t seen anything too unusual on the ice. Yet.
“The whole hockey mindset is different,” said Commodore, whose new city is 18 hours ahead of Calgary.
“I always wondered when Russians came over why don’t they know defensive-zone play, and now I know — it all makes sense now. The talent level is above the AHL but it’s just different hockey.
The coaching mindset is there’s no teaching. The attitude here is ‘you’re a pro, you should know.’ We don’t practise defensive-zone coverage or penalty-killing or neutral-zone play. That has led to some interesting shifts on the ice as no one speaks English and I don’t have a clue where anyone is going.”
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So Keenan must be a great fit over there then....