Antti Raanta reveals Arizona-themed mask Update: Full equipment reveal

[Mosby]

Here's our first look:

The cartoon dog in the design is Rantanplan, a nickname Raanta got based on a Belgian TV show.

You can read about this in Raanta's players' tribune piece:

https://www.theplayerstribune.com/antti-raanta-behind-the-mask-new-york-rangers/

That's the dog who is always featured somewhere on my masks. He's a character in the Belgian cartoon Lucky Luke.

Rantanplan is a prison guard dog who helps the sheriff Lucky Luke track down escaped criminals. Except, instead of being really clever like an American cartoon dog, Rantanplan is really slow and he loves food. It's pretty funny. Sometimes he'll think a bar of soap is a piece of cake and he'll eat it and then he'll be chasing around the criminals with bubbles coming out of his mouth.

Rantanplan has always been on my masks for a personal reason. When I was 15, my goalie coach had two young children at home, and they loved the cartoon.

My coach loved giving us millions of nicknames. Every practice, he'd give you a new one. So one day, for whatever reason, maybe I was slow that day, or maybe he was just being cheeky with my last name, he starts yelling out, "Raantanplan with the save!"

"Raantanplan flashes the glove!"

"Raantanplaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan!"

I have to admit, it was pretty good. It just stuck. He stopped giving me new nicknames. From that day on, I was Raantanplan.

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[doaner]

Freakin awesome!!!

 

[SniperHF]

Clever though a little busy for my taste.

 

[Foggy1097]

Freaking sweet. Would have liked to see a slightly more pronounced Coyotes logo somewhere but other than that it's awesome

 

[Dirty Old Man]

Hehe, the chin of the mask is a cow-catcher, that's awesome.

Except, instead of being really clever like an American cartoon dog, Rantanplan is really slow and he loves food.

Also,

Lucky Luke (1983 TV series)[edit]
Lucky Luke is a French-American animated television series based on the comic book series of the same name created by Morris. ...

Synopsis
Lucky Luke is a solitary cowboy traveling through the Far West. Accompanied by his faithful Jolly Jumper and almost every episode by Rantanplan the prison guard dog who gets lost in the West by wanting to follow Lucky Luke or find his prison, he finds himself confronted with various bandits and thugs like the Dalton, Billy The Kid , Jesse James and Phil Defer.

*Now* it does make more sense

 

[Foggy1097]

Hehe, the chin of the mask is a cow-catcher, that's awesome.

Also,



*Now* it does make more sense

I guess this has been his nickname forever, so how meant to be is it that he ended up here with that backstory? Pretty cool

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

The dog looks baked out of his brain.

 

[Matias Maccete]

Not bad at all.

 

[rt]

Locomotive is a very cool idea for a mask. The cattle catcher makes for a really interesting concept. Well done.

 

[RR]

Love it!

 

[doaner]

Locomotive is a very cool idea for a mask. The cattle catcher makes for a really interesting concept. Well done.

Where is the cattle guard?

 

[Ebb]

Freaking sweet. Would have liked to see a slightly more pronounced Coyotes logo somewhere but other than that it's awesome

The logo isn't too bad and is kind of clever. If he could have the coyotes logo glow-in the dark or color changing, it would be more pronounced. Often, when we get closeups of goalies, their heads tend to be slightly angled down, so the Coyotes logo will probably be easier to see.

New entrance music for the team?

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[rt]

Where is the cattle guard?

I don't know much about trains. Not a train guy. My understanding is that the Cattle Catcher or Cow Catcher or more colorfully Steer Splitter is the Pilot at the front of a locomotive designed to knock large objects (or snow) aside tracks rather than those objects potentially going under the train and risking derailment. On this helmet you can see it in the "chin" area.

 

[Mosby]

So what are some of the better masks in Coyotes history?

A few off the top of my head...

Brian Boucher's brick wall

Domingue's kachina

That first mask Louie wore

Dubnyk's, which looks kinda similar to Raanta's

Greiss, not my style but points for creativity

Cujo is a natural as a desert dog

Bulin Wall. As a kid, I had the street hockey version of that mask

Lindback, simple works

Monty

That first mask Mike Smith wore, circa 2012

And Smitty's kachina

 

[RABBIT]

Cujo will always have the best mask in Coyotes history in my opinion. Beautiful mask. Smith's Kachina a close second.

 

[Grimes]

Smiths kachina was a thing of beauty. Bulin one is classic too.

 

[rt]

I like Smith's Kachina the most.

I honestly can't even remember Lindback being a member of this team.

 

[Mosby]

Smitty had about 10 different designs through his tenure. And probably 3 or 4 designs alone last season. All pretty solid.

This one is good too

 

[LuckyNumber11]

Maybe it's just bc I'm a looney toons fan but I loved Smitty's Wile E Coyote mask

 

[doaner]

I don't know much about trains. Not a train guy. My understanding is that the Cattle Catcher or Cow Catcher or more colorfully Steer Splitter is the Pilot at the front of a locomotive designed to knock large objects (or snow) aside tracks rather than those objects potentially going under the train and risking derailment. On this helmet you can see it in the "chin" area.

I gotcha. I was thinking the grate on the roadway. Man, cattle get in the way of everything! Haha

 

[Mosby]

Another good one for Dubnyk. Except he was traded before the throwback game, so we never actually got to see this mask live.

 

[ck26]

I like Smith's Kachina the most.

I honestly can't even remember Lindback being a member of this team.

Tore his Achilles in a very bizarre pregame off-ice warmup, was never seen again. I've always thought it was suspicious and under-explained and he's never played in the NHL again.

Like the new mask, it's more western/desert than cartoon coyotes, which is cool.

Favorite is probably Smith's Kachina ... that was the one with Alice Cooper on there, right?

 

[THall4]

SNIP

Nikolai Khabibulin's mask AINEC

 

[Matias Maccete]

Dubnyk and Burke are my favs.

 

[Mosby]

Tore his Achilles in a very bizarre pregame off-ice warmup, was never seen again. I've always thought it was suspicious and under-explained and he's never played in the NHL again.

Lindback had a pro tryout with the Devils last training camp but it didn't turn into anything.

Edit: He's back in Nashville this year on a two-way deal.