Ilya Mikheyev’s English lessons are coming along fine, but the Maple Leafs thought something was lost in translation about their ability to keep the Russian winger ‘souped up’. But whatever’s fuelling the 25-year-old, who likes borscht the best, the Leafs are thrilled. “But you don’t speak English on the ice when it’s going 100 miles an hour with people yelling out things, trying to show you things. As a coaching staff, what we thought we’ve taught him, we haven’t taught him good enough. “But I think he’s impressive, he comes to work every single day and he embraces it.

Source: National Post October 15, 2019 00:33 UTC