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* One of the cute things about the boys being in Finland is that it's now the native English speakers who are need to rely on the Fins. Especially Kaapo Kakko, he's both type 1 diabetic and celiac, and has to order food regularly in a language he struggles with? Joey Daccord takes point on finding restaurants that can actually accommodate him so the team can eat together and so he can regularly go out with the boys. Kaapo is just constantly trusting his health to his teammates, mostly Joey.
But now it's Kaapo, Nikke, Ville and Jani who the rest of the team are relying on. In the pre-trip interviews, a number of players said that the role reversal was one of the things they were most looking forward to.
* Kaapo Kakko seems to be a pretty big deal in Finland. He went #2 in his draft year, originally a Ranger and we got him in a trade. He was actually the first squid I learned about. I looked at the roster and picked him based on having a Scandinavian name, and then he promptly took a hit in a preason game against the Oilers that broke his hand and he was out for months. He was supposed to be my starting point for learning the team! Then I hopped to Joey Daccord, I think because of certain infamous gifs of him.
* I should get a Nikke Kokko icon. He's our baby goalie prospect who is openly taking aim at both Joey and Gru. I love Joey and Gru, but them having a strong prospect nipping at their heels and doing his best to chirp them even though he doesn't know much English is hilarious. He's been called up from the AHL as a non-roster player just to go on the trip.
In his NHL debut, Kokko had a commanding win and took shots on net. He didn't understand the interviewer questions and just said "I am just here to stop pucks and score before Joey" Joey actually regularly practices taking shots in full goalie gear, because his dream is a goalie goal. And now the baby goalie is trying to beat him to it.
But now it's Kaapo, Nikke, Ville and Jani who the rest of the team are relying on. In the pre-trip interviews, a number of players said that the role reversal was one of the things they were most looking forward to.
* Kaapo Kakko seems to be a pretty big deal in Finland. He went #2 in his draft year, originally a Ranger and we got him in a trade. He was actually the first squid I learned about. I looked at the roster and picked him based on having a Scandinavian name, and then he promptly took a hit in a preason game against the Oilers that broke his hand and he was out for months. He was supposed to be my starting point for learning the team! Then I hopped to Joey Daccord, I think because of certain infamous gifs of him.
* I should get a Nikke Kokko icon. He's our baby goalie prospect who is openly taking aim at both Joey and Gru. I love Joey and Gru, but them having a strong prospect nipping at their heels and doing his best to chirp them even though he doesn't know much English is hilarious. He's been called up from the AHL as a non-roster player just to go on the trip.
In his NHL debut, Kokko had a commanding win and took shots on net. He didn't understand the interviewer questions and just said "I am just here to stop pucks and score before Joey" Joey actually regularly practices taking shots in full goalie gear, because his dream is a goalie goal. And now the baby goalie is trying to beat him to it.
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