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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Hard to teach a kid who doesn't understand the language, unless your teacher speaks his language.
Imagine being 18-19 and dumped into a situation like that, and not understanding a word of what's going on around you.
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Yes, I learned that from my French teacher, my Spanish teacher and ST:TNG - languages are hard.
Which makes me wonder where Koskinen was? He was the tri-fecta: from Finland, supposedly knew English, and was an older vet.
Also, Puljujarvi played in the Swedish league, so presumably he knew some Swedish. There were 3 other Swedish guys on that team. Where were they?
IIRC the Flames brought in guys (coaches & players) who spoke English & Czech to help with a couple of their new guys back in the late 80's/90's.