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Originally Posted by browna
JP didn’t get offered English lessons for almost 2 years, as an example in this case. He was just expected to come in, play the Oiler way, and produce the way he did in junior, as simple as that.
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I contend that the most Oiler-esque thing that the Oilers could've done would've been to have hired Esa Tikkanen as interpreter.
Tikkanen of course, is infamous for being unintelligible in either Finnish or English. Jari Kurri would shrug when teammates asked him what "Tikk" said.