CRANBERRY, Pa. -- The Valtteri Puustinen who stepped onto the ice for Day 1 of the Penguins' rookie camp on Thursday and the Valtteri Puustinen who showed up for last summer's prospect camp couldn't be more different.
A lot of the steps that the Penguins' forward prospect has taken over the last year have happened off the ice.
When Puustinen was in camp last year, he spoke very little English. He hung around the other Finnish players on and off the ice, since they were the only teammates with whom he could easily communicate.