Around the NHL 2024/25

[raideralex99]

Anybody else notice .... people wearing Jets jerseys at games where the Jets are not even playing?
Twice last week in 2 different games fans were sitting right behind the visitors bench wear the Jets jersey.
If this keeps up ... Jets will be Canada's team by Christmas.

 

[KingBogo]

Euro kids learn English in school. Japanese and Venezuelans, not so much.

Especially kids from Nordic nations where most non Russians hockey players come from.

 

[Repoman]

Anybody else notice .... people wearing Jets jerseys at games where the Jets are not even playing?
Twice last week in 2 different games fans were sitting right behind the visitors bench wear the Jets jersey.
If this keeps up ... Jets will be Canada's team by Christmas.

Yup. They usually do a "Lost Fan" piece on the scoreboard at games and show people wearing team jerseys that are not playing.

 

[Gm0ney]

A lot of Swedes barely have an accent. I think there are linguistic similarities between English and Swedish (they're both Germanic, but I think we also share a lot of the same sounds that are tricky for non-native English speakers).

 

[BarnabyJones PI]

A lot of Swedes barely have an accent. I think there are linguistic similarities between English and Swedish (they're both Germanic, but I think we also share a lot of the same sounds that are tricky for non-native English speakers).

That's right. Nicklas Lidstrom in particular, speaks as though he was raised in Canada.

 

[Jet]

That's right. Nicklas Lidstrom in particular, speaks as though he was raised in Canada.

Someone needs to teach @Romang67 how to speak, then. I thought he was the Swedish chef when he came to visit. (jkjkjk)

 

[Mortimer Snerd]

A lot of Swedes barely have an accent. I think there are linguistic similarities between English and Swedish (they're both Germanic, but I think we also share a lot of the same sounds that are tricky for non-native English speakers).

I know Swedes who talk like they have a mouth full of marbles, almost sound Dutch. I knew a Swedish girl who spoke English with a very cultured British accent. That is the way they were taught in school.

She started her English in the first year of school and it continued to the end of high school. They give it that much priority.

 

[Buffdog]

I'll be honest, I think that there are people from Nordic countries who speak better English than lots of North Americans lol

 

[Inanna]

I'll be honest, I think that there are people from Nordic countries who speak better English than lots of North Americans lol

The few Scandinavians I've gotten to know well have all been skilled linguists. Then again, their education system is vastly superior to most of ours in North America.

 

[None]

Turns out you can just tune in to the Amazon broadcasts (or at least this Leafs one) before the game actually starts and it's just a feed of cameras around the arena with a timer in the top left. There's some behind the scenes areas of the arena too.
It cycles between showing concourses, the belly of the arena, and the ice with seats as they're filling before the game.