How did you spend last weeks after the signing of new contract? Were you in Colorado in person?
I wasn´t in Colorado – all stuff was done via email and a scanner. I was on the holiday with my girlfriend from May 9th and I have been training individually since May 17th.
How long did you know there was an interest in you from the Avs? I guess it wasn´t all a day-to-day process…
It took a long time – I knew about their interest in me from the first half of the last season.
When and how did you agree with your NHL contract?
My agent was responsible for everything and finally I signed a contract via ascanner. Negotiations started after the end of the season in Mlada Boleslav.
Do you know current Avalanche players? Did you meet some of them in person?
I met Nathan MacKinnon during my year in QMJHL and Jan Hejda is lone Czech players in the team now. And of course I know their goalie situation in the whole organization.
How do you remember on MacKinnon?
I have a lot of memories on him, mainly from the playoffs because our teams faced each other in the first round. He had a great year then, scored a lot of goals against me, but one time I saved his penalty shot in the Hasek style.
What do you say on an opportunity to be coached by Patrick Roy?
My dream becomes true. I was dreaming about that in my childhood too. When I was 7 and I was going to play in my first regular game, my parents gave me a talisman – Avalanche teddy bear with “33†and “Roy†on that. I still have it.
Photo of teddy bear and the full interview is at http://eurolanche.com/article.php?id=4852.
I wasn´t in Colorado – all stuff was done via email and a scanner. I was on the holiday with my girlfriend from May 9th and I have been training individually since May 17th.
How long did you know there was an interest in you from the Avs? I guess it wasn´t all a day-to-day process…
It took a long time – I knew about their interest in me from the first half of the last season.
When and how did you agree with your NHL contract?
My agent was responsible for everything and finally I signed a contract via ascanner. Negotiations started after the end of the season in Mlada Boleslav.
Do you know current Avalanche players? Did you meet some of them in person?
I met Nathan MacKinnon during my year in QMJHL and Jan Hejda is lone Czech players in the team now. And of course I know their goalie situation in the whole organization.
How do you remember on MacKinnon?
I have a lot of memories on him, mainly from the playoffs because our teams faced each other in the first round. He had a great year then, scored a lot of goals against me, but one time I saved his penalty shot in the Hasek style.
What do you say on an opportunity to be coached by Patrick Roy?
My dream becomes true. I was dreaming about that in my childhood too. When I was 7 and I was going to play in my first regular game, my parents gave me a talisman – Avalanche teddy bear with “33†and “Roy†on that. I still have it.
Photo of teddy bear and the full interview is at http://eurolanche.com/article.php?id=4852.
