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– Mikko is incredible. He is doing everything very well. He should definitely be a role model for young players as well. In terms of big size, he really moves a lot.
– He also makes goals. He is everything he wants from a player.
NHL’s star defender Cale Makarin lyrics From Mikko Rantanen tell a lot. Rantanen is the brightest Finnish star in the world’s best hockey league. Some talk about Rantanen as the best winger in the world.
In Finland, Rantanen may not talk enough. Of course, his points have been written and goals have been shown, but in the big picture he has been overshadowed by many in the media.
– I would like to say that Mikko is still a pretty undervalued player in Finnish. I think he should make more story, Sports Expert Ismo Lehkonen says.
– He was quite hidden in Colorado for ten years. The statistics are unimaginably hard. You can’t really understand how good a player is.
At the age of 15 to the auditorium
The lack of edge may be the reason why Rantanen is quite low in relation to his star. Rantanen does not much bother with his statements and has not had colorful twists or difficulties in his adult career, for example Patrik Laine and Jesse Puljujärvi have suffered.
Of course, Rantanen, who has popped up from Nousiainen, has one interesting turn. At the age of 15, he played at TPS with a year older in the B-juniors, but did not fit in the bronze match.
The blow was hard. Father Hannu Rantanen Remember the situation still well.
– It was a tough place for Mikko because the desire to play was so tough, says Hannu Rantanen.
– He was growing at the time. Maybe he was in the move a little behind. That was probably one of the reasons why I couldn’t play. He clarified it well and did not leave trauma on it.
The legendary coach avoided
Rantanen adapted to a growth spark, but gradually developed power to his feet and motorcycle. Legendary Hannu Rautalan Strength training was perfect for Rantanen.
Nine months after bench command, Rantanen made his debut on the TPS representative team. He was 16 at the time.
– Things went well in a good direction, Hannu Rantanen knows.
Moving family
Rantanen grew up in a moving family. Mother Hannamaija Rantanen It is a former athlete and his father Hannu is also close to the heart.
Mikko practiced floorball, football, athletics and hockey, the latest of which he took himself at a very young age. According to Hannu Rantanen, a huge fire moved and the sports were visible in Mikko from a young age.
The boy was so active that he even had to be topped.
– He probably had one day of rest a week, but even then he had to talk to him that he was not going to any of the troughs.
The Rantanen family was on the move. Siblings in Mikko’s Floorball League Laura and Noora They also practiced several species. The children became close and followed each other’s games and competitions if their own exercises did not prevent it.
– Intimacy, caring and sibling love were very striking. It has been great to see that they have grown together, had a lot to do and supported each other. It continues today, Hannu Rantanen emphasizes.
Rantanen’s extreme competition was visible while playing with his siblings. He especially twisted his older sister against Laura, but Noora also put what she could do.
– In my opinion, the unyielding and the hard, determined character were quite visible from a young age.
Ismo Lehkonen has noticed Rantanen’s competitiveness in the NHL star ice training. Rantanen tunes in all kinds of programs.
Although there are sometimes jokes and ships, Rantanen also constantly forms small competitions against other players.
– He’s always twinkle in his eye and puts small games up to get more effort.
– He is also always happy. On the other hand, if things don’t go as he should, he squeezes so that everyone realizes that now he really has to go hard. He does not accept the flake around him.
Lehkonen sees that the secret of the winger at the top of the world is his extreme competition.
– From a young age, he has played all the ball games, and the Vimma of winning has jumped him since the button. He has received an experience bank on how to squeeze in some situation when the game is at its hardest. Mikko finds ways to turn games. The biggest reason for this is his winning.
The sky open
Rantanen is to protect the puck in the world’s elite just like Jaromir Jagr once. It is difficult for Rantanen to take out the puck as he can identify racket or tackle pressure and analyze his next transfer.
The 193-centimeter winger is also a smart attack in the attack area as a game maker and shot. He is able to stop the time when one second is two seconds.
– I still strongly believe that the boundaries have not even come across, Lehkonen shakes.
– If he becomes more agile, his hand skill and shots of versatility, for example, believe or not: Mikko is not even close to the level he can.
Lehkonen reminds that Carolina was ready to give up Martin from Necas, From Jack Drury And for a few bookings, even though it only received the right to negotiate for the Rantanen agreement.
– Rantanen has played with an insane number of takers. His players just don’t grow in the NHL either.
According to Lehkonen, large and skillful goalkeepers who suddenly be lost in Finland.
Lehkonen sees that Finland does not know how to grow young players and maintain their interest and passion. Larger and clumsy players get frustrated and stop to stop too early.
– Fortunately, Mikko has been around the right people and the love for the game has been so tough that he didn’t want to give up, but forcibly come out.