Written option 2:

Viktor Hargreeves has been based in North America for much longer than he spent where he was born in England, so he very often forgets a world outside of Canada and the US exists in an object permanence sense. He's very much a "take me where I need to go, I'll do what I need to do" and nothing else really registers, so he'd likely only notice the plane ride taking longer than usual. Even so, Viktor knows how monumental it can be for kids in particular to have the rare chance to experience what may end up being their favourite sport. He wouldn't even be in Japan with SFP if not for a similar initiative that came to his hometown to show off the sport of hockey. So yeah, Viktor would absolutely showboat for the crowds, but not like in a "low stakes exhibition way" so much as a "up 3 games to none in the playoffs" kind of attitude.