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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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I found this hilariously arrogant. I am pretty sure there is a lot of coaching and teaching going on there. Players like Malkin, Ovechkin and Datsyuk don't just grow in trees all by themselves. A Russian player coming to NHL is fully expected to have at least some rudimentary knowledge of English, so that he can communicate with the coaching staff and his teammates. Why should this expectation be any different for an NHL player going to KHL?