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Reporter (Q)
"We found Karri Rämö and Karri will show us around the Flames domain a bit."


Rämö (R)
"So, here we have the rooms for maintenance staff. They're all shiny and new since they had that flood. The water was up to the ceiling here."

(Short recap of the flood.)

Karri:
"Yeah, everything needed to be replaced."

Q: "Lots of people have mentioned that, hotels and such were under water..."

R: "Yeah all the stuff, every sharpening machine and everything, brand new. It was a big operation. A lot of history got lost too, signed sticks and what have you. They're all somewhere there... wherever the river goes from here."

Q: "That's bad."

Q: "They only had a few months before the season, but they got everything ready."

R: "Here we have... When I came here a couple of years back I had some hip issues and so on, we needed to get this anti-gravity treadmill. No-one else has used it. I doubt anyone else even knows how to use it. You can theoretically get all the weight off..."

Q: "A bit like water running"
R: "Yeah a bit like water running"
Q: "That's fancier than being in a pool."
R: "When I had this knee-surgery, we went through all the planets with my trainer with this thing. Walking on the moon first, then in Mars and then through every other planet. We're already using weights now.

R: "It's a damned heavy piece of equipment, and the set it up the wrong way, since you can't watch the TV while you're at it. That's probably why no one uses it."

"There's the hot pool and the cold pool. No jacuzzi here."

Q: "I heard rumours that you have a sauna here."
R: "Steam sauna."
Q: "A sauna is a sauna."

Walking by the mirrors:
Q: "Now I'm claiming that this is a spot where Ortio spends quite a bit of time before leaving the rink. Am I right?"
R: "Yeah."
Q: "Yeah we waited quite a bit for him after the last game."

R: "We get warm breakfast here, porridge and so on, some snacks. On training days there's also lunch here."

R: "Here's the lounge, where you change your gear. They've let me kept my spot for now."

Q: "Joonas Donskoi messed you up. Intentionally. (note: joke) And your season is over. What kind of message would you like us to take to Joonas when we see him?"

R: "Nothing, we'll see again next year and let's see what happens then" (laughing)

R: "From there you get to the ice, guys bang their sticks before the game and so on..."

(looking at the ice and seats)

R: "When the flood happened, I think it was something like 13th or 14th row where the waterline was. Our physiogroup has mostly changed, but one of the physios was one of the last people to leave the area before they closed all the bridges, and they just told him that 'the water will rise so get everything up on the tables, 'cause the waters will rise that much'. So he lifted all the computers and stuff on the tables. And then the water was up to the ceiling. They lost everything, x-ray machines and so on. Probably someone has found them downriver. Or maybe they just went straight to the landfill from here."

Q: "How's Calgary as a place? Have you liked it?"

R: "Well, there's been some issues with the cowboy-life. It's just drilling oil and riding horses. Wearing cowboy hats. Everybody comparing pickup trucks, who has the biggest and shiniest. There's no room for anything else on the parking lots. If you have a European car and something breaks it's just gone. You can't fix it here...

...who has the coolest boots and the biggest belt buckle wins. But it's a nice place."

(The part with the speed game.)

(Reporter looking at picture of Lanny)

Q: "Those are some powerful brushes."
R: "He still has those. Probably hasn't shaven them once."
Q: "Wait a minute, who the hell is that..."
R: "Lanny McDonald"
Q: "Right! It says so right there. Of course I have to edit out the part where I didn't know him. Jersey on the ceiling and everything."

Q: "Was it so that you came here right after Kipper retired?"
R: "Yup."
Q: "Apparently you can still here Kipper-stories here?"
R: (laughing) "Less so now, but for the first two years you heard something new every day. And for the first year he was still around, although I didn't see him much."
Q: "I've heard he was a much liked but a very unusual persona."
R: "Yeah, the fans missed him quite a bit for the first years."
Q: "They really trust Finnish goaltending here."
R: "Yeah I don't think there's any other organization with so many Finns. Toskala was here for also, same time as Kipper."
R: "When Kipper and Toskala started at San Jose, they (?) thought that it was a great idea to have them both playing in the AHL. I don't think it took them (?) many weeks to realize it wasn't the greatest idea. But they did okay eventually."

Q: "Here's a question from Twitter. Classic move, when you run out of things to say you just ask on Twitter if anyone has any questions. Someone tends to have, let me just scroll here. My friend Ville from Jyväskylä who is also a goalie wanted to know the specs for Karri's glove."
R: "I haven't the slightest idea. It's some old Vaughn that I've had for ages. One of the first ones. I've had some other gloves but I've always gone back to the same one. It's like a pesis-glove. (Note: pesis or pesäpallo being a baseball like game we have in Finland. Pesis-glove is more like a hockey glove than a baseball glove.)
Q: "Jaakko asks which is easier to catch: Ovetchkins wrister or Webers slapshot?"
R: "Webers slapshot, he usually has to shoot a bit further back. Better chance of catching it."

Q: "Jonne Virtanen from TPS asks what do you miss?"
R: (laughing) "Mobility in the knee."

Q: "Julius asks if you have any idea what Johnny Hockey eats for breakfast, he wants to have the same."
R: "My guess is chocolate bars. I don't know, haven't seen it, but that's my guess. "
Q: "Based on that Johnny Hockey isn't exactly a health nut?"
R: "Not exactly no. Doesn't eat anything green."
Q: "Guy puts up a nice stack of points regardless."
R: "I guess it doesn't matter, even if you just ate chocolate."
Q: "So here's a lesson for all you fitness people, it's all the same what you eat, if you're a ninja you're a ninja."

Q: "Since this is your first time on this show I'm going to ask you this two-part question. Your favourite pizza and your favourite band?"
R: "Favourite pizza is... ham-pineapple. Favourite band is a tougher one. Right now I think Pink Floyd."

(in the car)
Q: "What's this car? Have you liked it?"
R: "Leasing car. Audi is good."
Q: "What model?"
R: "Q7 (not sure, I think that's what he says) It's the same as the first car I ever bought here. (I guess he means in NA.)

Q: "Can you walk around in peace, or do people constantly come talk to you?"
R: "People sometimes come up, but rarely. It's a big village."
Q: "Do you ever listen to Aerosmith?"
R: "Yeah, why?"
Q: "Was just on the playlist it seemed."

Q: "Do you have routines for game days?"
R: "Yeah, but nothing really compulsory."

Q: "This might be a bit of weird question, but what's your relationship with God?"
R: "It's okay."
Q: "Do you talk to him a lot?"
R: "Not that often."
Q: "I was just thinking since you have a bit of the same look than his son. You're not related are you?"
R: "No, we're not related"

(Watching the game at Scotiabank Saddledome. I'm too lazy to translate that part. Crappy game, bad ice. Difficulty to find Pizza. Loss to Coyotes 1-4.)

Talking to Kevin (JJ):

Q: "So here in the post-game sweat-interview, Jyrki, you didn't deliver the hat-trick you promised?"
JJ: "I don't think it was very close..."
Q: "By a quick count you were three goals short. But we have to ask, is the ice as bad as it looks?"
JJ: "By the end of the period the puck bounces quite a lot. Not the greatest ice I have to say."

Q: "So here's a real hockey question: what was the game like tonight?"
JJ: "Really sluggish, neither side really had anything. They scored the winning goal while I was sitting in the penalty box."
Q: "We noticed. Happens in hockey."
JJ: "That's hockey for you sometimes."
Q: "So how about some lemonade?"
JJ: "Why not".
Q: "So, Jyrki will lead us into the Calgary night for some lemonades. This was the best sweat-interview ever. Sweat-interview, I'm going to start using that."