Congratulations! You should receive some kind of medal by actually doing what I told you to do and actually start watching him play, instead of just watching the score board.
Yeah, it's was nice to see him on the ice in the end of the third period trying to tie the game.
He has always been a big time dangler and stickhandler. Ever since he was first called up as a 16-year-old he tried making some nice dangles, but back then didn't have the physical tools to pull them of against men in a pro league. But sure, having had success in international games gives a young man a big confidence boost, which will help him become more aggressive in his dangling as well. As seen in the goal he scored yesterday, he drove straight to the net and finished the play, instead of like earlier this season he would have looked to make a passing play for a teammate.
Yeah, I'm not disagreeing with you either. I'm just saying that the stickhandling and dangle-abilities were always there, but he just wasn't physically ready to make stuff happen consistently. Especially last season he started showing flashes of some brilliant dangleitis, but the end results were often lacking. As I said before in this topic, once he grows into his frame and matures physically, he will be a great asset. I have no idea about his height growth, but I don't think he'll grow much anymore at 18 years old. I went to the same gym as TPS did in the summer and Rantanen looked like about the same size as me at 6'3". I think that's what they are currently listing his height. Weightwise there is much room to grow, as he is still basically build like a twig.
)
ISS has him 5th atm. Stocks really raised with the WJC. Just imagine how good he´ll be in Helsinki next year. Geez, I really need to get me some tickets to there.. (And first European, but only Finnish on theyre list
http://www.isshockey.com/
