According to Ismo Lehkonen, Artturi Lehkonen has had a stomach upset. Lehkonen also talks about the huge impact of the high weather on Colorado’s opponents in the NHL playoffs.
Juuso Koskinen,
Roope Visuri
Colorado has made a fierce flight in the NHL finals this season. Colorado rolled Tampa Bay’s Finnish time early on Sunday as high as 7-0. Tampa Bay, who has dominated the NHL in recent years and won two previous championships, has missed out Mikko Rantanen and Artturi Lehkonen at the feet of a Denver club represented by
The Finnish duo has also risen to a major role in the playoffs. Lehkonen has scored as many as 7 goals in 16 matches and given 5 goals. In the opening final, Lehkonen hit once when Colorado defeated Tampa Bay in the playoffs 4–3.
In the second final, Lehkonen did not have any power points. His father Ismo Lehkonen reveals that Arttur has had stomach upset.
– Artturi made a minimal performance, and nothing miraculous. After all, he was hungry for the next games, Lehkonen said about his son playing.
Rantanen’s curve has been bullish. Rantanen, one of Colorado’s star players, has yet to see any super performances early in the playoffs against Nashville and St. Louis. In the Edmonton series and now in the finals, Rantanen has been in his element.
In last night’s crushers, Rantanen shared as many as three goal passes. Especially serving Valery Nitshuskin The 4-0 score was great. It had been preceded by the exploitation of the Finnish striker ‘s puck behind Tampa Bay’ s goal.
– Miko showed pressure in the first and second rounds of the playoffs. Playing against Edmonton began to find relaxation. I could wait for Mikko to be totally relaxed in the finals. He has a mission to be a top player and now in the first two finals Mikko has even been dominant on the ice. Tampa’s Ground Floor is in trouble with him, Lehkonen says.
In the NHL finals, Ismo Lehkonen will also be ‘s expert on the spot in North America. For himself, the crushing loss in Tampa Bay was a kind of shock.
– Colorado came for the first ten minutes with the branches off! We talked to Colorado players before the game. They were angry with themselves about the first final for not getting their feet moving. It was thought that there would be special throws! Lehkonen described.
However, Colorado had taken the opening final in their name with 4-3 goals and still in the playoffs.
– However, we noticed that the Colorado men were right. Now they really got their feet moving. Colorado’s active style of play lasted 60 minutes in both directions. I have never seen this Dynasty Tampa before in such a mangle, Lehkonen said.
High impact in high air
A big topic in the NHL finals has also been the high airspace. The Colorado Avalanche plays in Denver at 1,600 feet above sea level.
Ismo Lehkonen gives a wild example of the impact of high air conditions on the playing of NHL hockey players in Denver.
– I asked Arttur how it felt to play when he came here. Artturi said it took two weeks to get used to it. I examined more. Artturi insisted that the second game is even harder here than the first. The body is acidified properly. It feels like you are skating on really soft ice, and you can’t get anywhere, Lehkonen describes.
According to Ismo Lehkonen, in the second final in Denver, it was clear that Tampa Bay’s heavy-duty defenders were constantly in trouble.
However, Lehkonen is not ready to flag Tampa Bay out of the championship battle.
– From year to year, all kinds of Rogue Hooks have been found in Tampa to catch the game. However, they need to find energy. Some of Tampa’s players had given up their appearance, Lehkonen says.
The final series will continue in front of Tampa Bay’s home crowd in early Finnish time on Tuesday.
– Now the angry Tampa will be seen in front of the home crowd, but will they make their feet work? I think that is the biggest question mark, Lehkonen concludes.