There’s still a long way to go in the Stanley Cup finals, not to mention winning the championship or MVP awards. Antti Raanta is all one of the toughest Finnish sensations in recent years, praises Tommi Seppälä, NH Sport’s journalist for sports.
21.5. 16:12 • Updated May 21st. 16:12
‘s next TV matches will be shown on Sunday 22.5. The fight between Tampa Bay and Florida will be shown on TV2 at 8.15pm. As soon as the game is over, we will move on to the New York Rangers-Carolina match.
The second round of the NHL playoffs still has a really long way to go to reach the Stanley Cup finals, not to mention the championship. The journey is long, even leading a series of 2-0 victories, as against Carolina New York Rangers. Entering the conference finals alone will require two more wins in the case of Carolina.
The field is only slowly beginning to take shape for the most valuable players in the playoffs, and it can still change big.
Caroline’s Finnish goalkeeper Antti Raanta still needs to be highlighted now.
Raanta played excellently in the opening round against Boston and has got a great start to the second round of the Rangers series. In two matches behind Rauma, only one goal has been scored and a few really big fights have taken place.
Raanna’s previous five playoffs are a great read:
Raanta have conceded 13 goals in the playoffs, while according to the goal he should have conceded 20 goals. The lock-up is a seven-hit plus, which is a very high score for the goalkeepers involved in the playoffs. GSAA statistics show how many goals a goalkeeper has saved relative to the league average. The reading in Raanna is +5.40.
Only From Ville Husso The job of a goalkeeper in St. Louis with a catch Jordan Binnington (+5.80) is a slightly better reading than Raantaa.
Nervousness is not visible to the outside
Raanta is by far the best goalkeeper of the Eastern Conference in particular. Tampa, considered the best in the world Andrei Vasileveski is about to warm up, but for the whole, Raanta has put in his back pocket both Vasilevsky and the Igor Shostjorkinin.
The right kind of peace, determination and hard self-confidence are being conveyed right now.
When the picture is painted a little bigger, the proportions of the sensation begin to take shape: Antti Raanna did not have to support Carolina, who is serious about the championship in the playoffs. Carolina acquired a Dane from Toronto as the number one guard Frederik Anderseninwho enjoyed more than double his annual salary in relation to Raanta.
So far, Carolina’s paint “hc” has had something completely different from Andersen’s.
The value of Raanna’s hard spring is heightened by the fact that she was held liable with Andersen’s injury unexpectedly and unexpectedly. The sympathetic Finnish guard admitted that he had been nervous in the first playoff game of the spring after realizing that he had suddenly lost responsibility.
However, the victory and 35 fights from 36 shots didn’t exude nervousness outward – and hasn’t exuded ever since.
Since then, Raanta has become the most important player on his team. Especially in the last three practice games, the team’s Finnish goalkeeper has carried his troops in difficult moments and made the few big defenses that are usually required of a goalkeeper in tough playoffs.
If the most valuable player in the playoffs had to be chosen from the Carolina team right now, Raanta would be a self-righteous choice. He’s one of the biggest sensations in the ongoing playoff spring in the NHL. Raanta, 33, who has suffered repeated injuries, suddenly plays hockey in the toughest part of his life.
And this does not happen often.
In the footsteps of Jussi Markkanen
The last time a Finnish goalkeeper was in the same place in the NHL in the summer of 2006 was in Edmonton Jussi Markkanen was suddenly caught fire in the middle of the Stanley Cup finals after sitting on the bench all spring. Markkanen played well and posted up to one draw in his account, but the pitcher escaped in the seventh game – believe it or not – to Carolina.
There is still no information on the return of Danish watchman Andersen to action. Andersen has already skated, but did not participate in team training. As long as Andersen doesn’t show up for team drills, there’s no point in even discussing a return. We are probably talking about the weekly rather than the daily level.
And it’s not easy to even ignore the shots seen in Raanta – especially if a cold goalkeeper had to be replaced.
The NHL spring is just beginning and Antti Raanna still has many puck to fight. Everything has a delicious Finnish story on hand that we haven’t been able to witness for a moment. If the end result is the same as in Markkanen’s case sixteen years ago, the most surprising Finnish name of all time may fluctuate in the MVP competition.