One of the best ways to help the new players and rookies to the team is to encourage them to be the best person they can be. I think they’re one of those situations that for rookies, you’re working through the system and teaching them how to be professional hockey players. If they’ve made it to the stage that they’re joining the team and have been drafted into the SHL, they clearly have the talent and ability to be here. What you’re working on teaching them is how to go about their day to day, how to practice, how to train, how to act around the fans and the team personnel each day. There is time for them to learn it themselves, but if you want the team to succeed, you need to put them in the right position to succeed as soon as possible. It all adds up and each practice matters when it comes to winning the Cup.

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