Maybe people don't talk about German Rubtsov much because it's a challenge to talk to him. That's not his fault. He's 19 and from Russia, and he hasn't learned enough English yet to speak comfortably without an interpreter. Take Tuesday. The Flyers held the second day of their preseason rookie camp, and Rubtsov, who was the Flyers' first-round pick last year, was again skating on a line with another promising prospect, Swede Oskar Lindblom. After practice, most of the players mingled around the locker room, chatting with reporters, chatting with each other, but Rubtsov was in and out, quick. There was no interpreter available, so he had no reason to stay. Life has been like this for a while for him – his teammates, his coaches, most everyone around him speaking in unfamiliar voices, saying words that thud against his inner ear and that his brain can't catch on the rebound.