The move to California for the career of Urho Vaakanainen, who was traded from Boston to Anaheim, is likely to do well. This is what the player himself believes.
The NHL transfer window will not close until Monday at 10 pm Finnish time, but there is already a full brawl about transfers. Philadelphia, for example, traded with a captain who made a career of 1,000 matches Claude Giroux’n during the first hours of Sunday Alexander Barkovin to skip to Florida.
It also happened in Boston at the same time.
– The transfer window is close and suddenly the phone rings and the CEO appears on the screen Don Sweeney name. Yes, it was almost guessed at the point that it was a defender defended for the first time in his career Urho Vaakanainen laughed freshly at Sport.
Sweeney called Vaakanainen to tell him about his big player deal. In it, Boston acquired from Anaheim a high-quality Swedish basic defender Hampus Lindholm. Defenders Vaakanainen and John Moore as well as three booking shifts.
For four years, the trade came as a surprise to the Boston Boys ’ranch.
– Didn’t really know how to answer it. Sweeney just said this is the sad side of the business. It was a small shock to the top. On the other hand, he gave pretty good feedback, so the call ended up feeling pretty good. And now that I have had a moment to digest this, I am leaving for Anaheim with a really enthusiastic feeling, Vaakanainen stated.
– Yes, call now Patrice BergeronHorizontal laughs after him, referring to Boston’s successor.
The move can indeed be a positive thing for Vaakanainen’s career. The defense equipment of the young and under construction Anaheim is weak and narrow, especially now that Ducks was selling another body defender in addition to Lindholm. Josh Mansonin. Manson was previously transferred to Colorado.
In Boston, Vaakanainen played more in the AHL than in the NHL each season.
– You could imagine this is a good thing for me. Anaheim is a young and truly promising team with a lot of excellence. The teams of the future are being built there. I just talked to a coach (Dallas Eakins) and became a real enthusiasm. I will definitely get a good chance there, Vaakanainen, 23, was passionate.
Boston paid such a heavy price for Lindholm that it could be imagined that Vaakanainen would soon face further negotiations. Ducks barely acquired his last-year-old Vaakana as a tenant only for the spring. For next season, Anaheim has a contract with only five players.
– Of course you might think it’s ahead, but I haven’t thought so far yet. Certainly it will be discussed at some point, but now this season will be played out first.
Busy day
After the call, however, Vaakanainen began to rush. There was a lot of work to be done before the flight to Anaheim leaves on Sunday morning at 6am local time.
– Anaheim was suddenly told to pack up and then hop on the plane. Should have time to pick up items from the fitness center as well as the Bruins home arena. Then I have clothes in Providence (the hometown of the AHL team), a 50 minute drive there. The goal is to get all the goods with you at once.
Boston Horizontal leaves after all in good spirits.
– Good memories remain, it’s been really great to play here. The team is awesome and the teammates are top guys. It’s really great that I’ve gotten to play with legends. Boston is also the last on top of the sports city, it holds almost everyone to experience to understand. The atmosphere is quite different than elsewhere, Vaakanainen decided.