News & Notes XLV: Simply Having A Wonderful Canesmastime

[Blueline Bomber]

I just realized we play the Leafs tomorrow and it’s the 5 year anniversary of the David Ayres game.

 

[CandyCanes]

I just realized we play the Leafs tomorrow and it’s the 5 year anniversary of the David Ayres game.

It’s been 5 years? What the heck!

 

[Anton Dubinchuk]

It’s been 5 years? What the heck!

COVID broke time.

 

[hblueridgegal]

Lots of performance vids and stats along with a little adjustment and contract content.

About 32 Thoughts stuff yesterday:

“I understand people are speculating and stuff like that, it’s normal,” Rantanen told The Athletic later that day. “I don’t worry about that. I just try to focus on what happens on the ice.”

About his next contract:
In the very near future, the numbers suggest Rantanen is due for a points spree. In the longer term, he has a different kind of windfall coming his way. It’s just a matter of where.

“You think about it,” he said. “But with the 4 Nations, I just had a week and a half thinking about Team Finland stuff. Now we’re back, but I haven’t really had too much time to sit down and really think. For now, I’m just trying to focus on the games and try to help the team here. But eventually, you’ve got to think about the future.”

From Aho:
And no, Aho didn’t spend all his time in Montreal and Boston giving Rantanen the hard sell on sticking around for, say, eight more seasons.

“I leave him alone, mostly,” Aho said. “It’s probably a big shock to get traded midseason, so I just try to be there as a friend and help him off the ice. If he needs help figuring out where to eat, I’ll help with that. Normal stuff. It’s quite a lot to jump to a new city and a new team.”

 

[bleedgreen]

Lots of performance vids and stats along with a little adjustment and contract content.

I think his linemates have been the biggest issue so far. They look a bit needy to be liked by the guy the way they force pucks at him whether it’s timed well or not. Aho and whoever the other guy is have to kind of forget he’s there and go back to business as usual. Rants can figure it out himself. He’s a sniper, he knows what to do with the puck. He also has to be greedy and not worry about making his new team like him.

We like you buddy.

 

[robbieberns]

Appreciate that article, going to really boil the blood of a lot of folks who are desperate for whatever reason to force the opposite narrative.