Mathieu Perreault, a grizzled veteran of 28, has some advice for 18-year-old rookie Patrik Laine.
"I try to tell him to talk on the ice because he's a little bit shy right now, so he's not talking too much," said Perreault, who skated on a line with the uber-talented left-winger and another Finn, right-winger Joel Armia, during Friday's Winnipeg Jets practice at the MTS Iceplex.
"Sometimes if he's behind me and wide open, there's a chance I don't see him. I told him to let me know when you're open so I can give you the puck and it makes things so much easier.