Maybe language and a culture closer to US was an issue.Clearly isn’t an issue with being overseas... as for a family issue, who knows.
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Only just seen this thread started 3 Oct 18 :laugh;
Clearly isn’t an issue with being overseas... as for a family issue, who knows.
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Only just seen this thread started 3 Oct 18 :laugh;
Stewart arrived in Nottingham last night and has been on the ice for team practice this morning. The photo could just be deceiving but he appears to be packing a few more pounds than when he was in the NHL
But England is not Slovakia. Especially for an American. Language, street signs, the rhythms of life are all more similar. For some guys that’s too much
Is Chris Stewart American?But England is not Slovakia. Especially for an American. Language, street signs, the rhythms of life are all more similar. For some guys that’s too much
Is Chris Stewart American?
Shared a bag of chips with him one time
theo peckham plays for them as wellI went on the internet and found this:
Chris Stewart at eliteprospects.com
Plays in the Allan-Cup apparently. For the Hamilton Steelhawks.
Their goalie is none other than Daniel S(v)edin.
We have now and had in previos years a lot former NHL-ers in Slovan: Chechoo, Boychuk, Taffe, Cam Barker, Chipchura... for example Chechoo said that Bratislava is fine place for life. Its only 60 km to Vienna and Prague 300 km. Yes, Slovan have financial problems for now, but according to these Canadians in media, there is a background in Slovan at the NHL level.
Lays? Obviously he didn't eat just one.Shared a bag of chips with him one time
The club did an extended interview with him yesterday, about 8 minutes long, and he sounds genuinely glad to be back playing and is relishing the pressure he'll have put on him. It was also mentioned that on his first shot in training he went bar-down. Plays his first game tonight vs. Fife Flyers and it's Stewart's shirt off his back for the raffle, he's wearing #55 and the raffle is expected to sell out.
Howdy there, Chris Tkachuk.
Lays? Obviously he didn't eat just one.
The club did an extended interview with him yesterday, about 8 minutes long, and he sounds genuinely glad to be back playing and is relishing the pressure he'll have put on him. It was also mentioned that on his first shot in training he went bar-down. Plays his first game tonight vs. Fife Flyers and it's Stewart's shirt off his back for the raffle, he's wearing #55 and the raffle is expected to sell out.
Been in the country barely 2/3 days and already the club will make about £5,000+ just from having his jersey in the raffle!
You don’t have to sell me. Never been to Slovakia, but I love Slovenia, Austria, Hungary and Czech Republic. I’m just suggesting that not everybody loves living in a country where they can’t speak the language and the rhythms of daily life are different from home.
I think he's referring to the population, rather than the players on the team. How is he going to chase girls around eastern Europe if he can't speak the language?I understand this. I just want to say, there are season after season 2 - 3 or more Canadians or Americans in Slovan (Gélinas, Bailey, Chipchura, Rau and Taffe for now). I supposed that would help him with acclimatization.
Nottingham is interesting. There is former Atlanta Trashers goalie Michael Garnett (1 season in KHL Slovan Bratislava, very popular with fans), former AHL and Detroit 2011 pick Marek Tvrdon (after leaving North America also played few games for Slovan) and Stewart now.