In the NHL world, player trade is always some kind of shock for the player. At least the first time.
That’s what it was also through his career to the Colorado For Mikko Rantanenwho suddenly traded in Carolina on Saturday. The root cause of the trade was the closing agreement negotiations.
Colorado did not want to let go of the beach without compensation, so it traded a Finn.
For Rantanen, the transfer was a shock.
– It was not my desire. A couple of days before the trade, the negotiations were ongoing and seemed to go in the right direction. Then suddenly came the shop, so I was really surprised. I do not experience bitterness, it never leads to good things in life, but I was surprised, Rantanen told the media on Wednesday night.
At the time of the sale, the TPS breeder was preparing for a away match in Boston, which eventually failed to play. The next morning, the winger was on the plane on his way to New York, where new Carolina Hurricanes teammates were waiting for this.
The speeches with the Colorado club leadership, who made the player trade, were also speeches.
– You have to call them at some point. Hardly those speeches stayed there. I don’t open up what was talked about, but everything happened so fast that it was the emotions on the surface. Not terribly talking about it. It is better to come back to the fact that the situation has calmed down, Rantanen continued.
The hottest question for the coming weeks is now, can Carolina Rantanen get the name for a long term? Carolina got a good player in the player shop, but it plays the same game that Colorado played in the past.
What if Rantanen does not enter into an extension agreement and walks into the company in the summer without anything left on the employer?
Carolina-GM Eric Tasss Immediately after the transaction, was underlining the club’s desire to enter into a follow -up agreement.
– Here, so many things have happened in a short time that I haven’t had time to think about it. I think they should mention it, but there have been no bigger speeches yet. I believe that the club understands that a long -term hometown has been replaced here and so on.
– Now I need time to even think about the future.
Of course, as an unlimited free agent, nothing would prevent the beach from returning to Colorado in the summer. On the other hand, Rantanen’s speeches about the emotional difference did not give a picture of a particularly warm interval to the former employer – at least not yet.
– I guess it’s possible in theory. What traces of all this remains is difficult to say. By the way, I can’t answer that, but a funny question, Rantanen smiled.
Rantanen was reluctant to comment on North American media reports. For example, Rantanen has been reported to have refused the annual income of 11.75 million bucks.
The well -known Spitt’s’ Chichlets podcast, on the other hand, stated that Rantanen would still be a Denver player if he wanted to do so.
– It’s not true. I always had a plan to continue there. The negotiations were in a good direction. It wasn’t terribly my choice.
– Those numbers wouldn’t be terribly talked about, they are stuff between players and organizations, Rantanen said in the middle of the mouth.
“It’s nice to play with Aho”
In a new company, making Rantanen has still been looking for both the rink and outside. Sure, the point account opened the night before Wednesday, but still a joint game Sebastian Aho Has not taken off.
– When we returned from the trip, the car was cared for and now I live in the hotel. There are people in the company at work that help in everyday life. There has always been help and everything has gone well.
– There is a good blank with Aho and could have scored more goals. It has a player where the head rumbles and the puck is moving all the time. It’s always nice to play with one. I look forward to playing more together.
Carolina is a team that was reportedly looking for confirmation of her middle lane before the beach. Aho is the team’s clear number one center, but is it Jesperi from Kotkaniemi The team’s second team is second.
Rantanen played in Colorado from time to time even in the middle, but is not enthusiastic about the center.
– Mostly I played in the middle if someone was injured. Short pieces. Carolina has good centers. Aho, Kotkaniemi, and Jordan’s stal is an excellent third central. Would it have been Juha Jääskä Four? No more in the middle of the fourth Finn, it could be too much, Rantanen laughed.
– It’s nice to play with Aho and now it is important to get a lot of workouts and games below to find chemistry. Then there should be an airplane when the real games begin in April.
On a general level, Carolina, one of the lasting successes of the series, has impressed Rantanen.
– The team is intense and notice that there is only one goal here and that is the championship. You will notice it from everyone’s speeches and in that direction the organization wants to go all the time.
– Coach Rod brind’amour Seems a long career and hard desire to succeed. As a player, you always want to see that the coach has a desire to win. He lives well with emotion, Rantanen praised.
Ice time decreases
Rantanen has to play a very different hockey in Carolina than he had previously played in Denver.
Carolina is a more disciplined team than Colorado known for its happy attack. The hurricane herd is also more balanced in terms of play, which is directly reflected in Rantanen’s game time.
Where Rantanen could often play 23 minutes in Colorado, sometimes much more, now the average ice time is less than twenty.
– There are not so much differences as a quay and there are freedoms, but of course the defense must be responsible. Here the team plays so well that it has been easy to come to it. I didn’t have to think terribly inside the game where I should be now.
– Certainly the game time is certainly a little smaller now, but I’m not saying it’s a bad thing. Then there is more energy for the spring, Rantanen decided.
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