This piece was originally written by NHL Czech contributor Michael Langr and was posted on January 8th, 2019. You can find the full Czech version here.
He’s got plenty of experience. He won Czech Extraliga title with Litvinov, went to the Olympic Games and five World Championships and he has played for three years in KHL. In the NHL, however, Pavel Francouz is a rookie. Though, with 28 years of experience, he’s definitely not a naive youngster.
The unorthodox newcomer has been through two NHL games now.