Player Discussion: Aatu Raty (2021 52nd OA)

[Zub]

Nonsense! I’m off to start the Raty vs. Matthews - who will have the better career poll on the main boards.

GeorgeLeafer will take care of that

 

[AppalachianFinn13]

Calm your horses on the hype gentlemen, but i do agree this was a very good 2nd round pick, time will tell just how good.

Sir , we all know that this was the best , one of the most tremendous , maybe even the greatest second round pick of all time. So I think we need to crank this hype into overdrive.

If you think anything else then that just unbelievable and sad

Sad

 

[Gord Lane Shot Clock]

NHL radio on Sirius XM spoke about him at length and explained why he wasn’t a top prospect anymore. At some point results matter and his results have been poor. His size and physical attributes got him to the top but his results got him out of the first round.
I like that we took a swing with him, but let’s temper our enthusiasm a little. Let’s see him get coached up a little. If that happens, then we have a steal. Right now he’s a lottery ticke.

 

[scott99]

Empty netter from Rääty. 4 goals and a missed penalty shot. He is a man on a mission

Bust, can’t believe he missed that penalty shot

 

[Duanesutter12]

He gave a lot right answers. I liked that he just admitted that there were better players than him and it was tough to play against men.

And furthermore he said it was a lesson learned that will benefit him knowing this once he potentially gets to the NHL. Sounded very mature.

 

[Duanesutter12]

He kept the truth in him very well, I'm sure he was tempted to say more. It's true the team has money and they had more proven and probably better centers ahead, but that's only part of the truth.

If he'd been in some other teams he'd been at least 2C from the beginning and that could've set a very different tone to the season. In Kärpät he was placed to the 4th line with wingers of lower quality than we're used to seeing in our team. What's even worse they kept rotating the wingers around him and kept his TOI low. After a great game where he managed to score 2 goals they dropped him to the popcorn section.

I didn't follow the 2nd half of the season too closely, saw he was promoted to the 3rd line but felt the damage was already done. The FEL is tough league in which very few young prospects of his age do great unless they are placed along with two great forwards and given PP time.

Thanks for all your insights, appreciate it!

 

[Duanesutter12]

Where is @Chapin Landvogt ? Would love to hear his thoughts.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

Certainly a nice change to draft a player, and that player scores 4 goals hours after being drafted. Good day to have a prospect with some offensive acumen.

 

[Sparksrus3]

Butchie Goring will never be able to say this kids name .

 

[xECK29x]

Aatu Raty Scores Four Goals in World Junior Showcase After Islanders Draft Him

 

[BarzyClub]

We got Antti Raanta?

 

[Osakahaus]

Butchie Goring will never be able to say this kids name .

i would love to see him say it.
"And the islhandhers drafted this kid from finland Brendan, Ahrtu Rahtu"

 

[Tahoeblue]

This is more in line with Jesse Joensuu then those 2(ie a highly rated guy who fell to the 2nd round). Ho Sang and Kabanov were guys who had "character" issues

Cool. Thanks for the response! We are all this kid's number one fan now as he joins the organization. Not a bad night either on the scoresheet!!

 

[Tahoeblue]

NHL radio on Sirius XM spoke about him at length and explained why he wasn’t a top prospect anymore. At some point results matter and his results have been poor. His size and physical attributes got him to the top but his results got him out of the first round.
I like that we took a swing with him, but let’s temper our enthusiasm a little. Let’s see him get coached up a little. If that happens, then we have a steal. Right now he’s a lottery ticke.

I must of missed that. I was listening when they made the pick and they spoke briefly about his fall and went right onto the next pick. I love XM NHL radio. I have it on in the car and stream it at work.
Hopefully the kid takes it to the next level. I think he scored more goals tonight than he did all of last season.

 

[thedonger]

The captain can’t be happy now that he has some real competition for biggest chin in the organization.

 

[mattihp]

His english is very good. He seems to be relaxed when speaking it too. In Finland there is usually less opportunity to practice your english so this probably is a good measure of his general confidence.

 

[Omark]

If that 4 goal game was played 24 hours earlier he would have gone in top 15. Not even joking.

 

[Islanders4Cups]

Certainly an interesting draft pick. Always cautious when you have questions about skating and needing time and space, but we shall see. It will be fun to watch this kid develop with some possible signs that a top 10 pick fell to Lou in the second round. He apparently had a really bad year which could have earned him a first round selection had he been better. Certainly as good a chance as any to be a keeper in the crapshoot of the second round of the NHL draft.

I will quote here: “He generates so much power on every release by sacrificing a quick drawback, instead taking his sweet time loading downforce into his lever-action wrister. It’s a hard, accurate shot when he has the time and space to send it on net. He’ll drive the centre lane with the puck on nearly every entry, and he isn’t shy about setting up shop at the net-front even if it means paying a physical toll on every shift”. -EliteProspects 2021 NHL Draft Guide

Aatu Räty at eliteprospects.com

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

On the bright side he doesn't have the #1 pressure in Buffalo.

 

[sleb]

One aspect of the kids bad past year hasn't been emphasized enough I think: he had Covid and not the easiest one either. Took him quite a few months to recover. As an anecdotal evidence: I went through it as well, healthy and dare I say sporty 40+ man, and now after 8 months since my recovery, I'm starting to get my full breath and stamina back. The virus aint no joke..

Räty is still so young that he can develop his skating. It's mostly his posture, which isn't hard to train right. Would really better his edgework that way.

Will be a "steal".

 

[Islesfan22]

One aspect of the kids bad past year hasn't been emphasized enough I think: he had Covid and not the easiest one either. Took him quite a few months to recover. As an anecdotal evidence: I went through it as well, healthy and dare I say sporty 40+ man, and now after 8 months since my recovery, I'm starting to get my full breath and stamina back. The virus aint no joke..

Räty is still so young that he can develop his skating. It's mostly his posture, which isn't hard to train right. Would really better his edgework that way.

Will be a "steal".

Didn’t know he had COVID so that definitely could have affected his game. Zajac had Covid and it took him a while before he felt right again. Most athletes recover but some take longer then others to recover. I’m in my mid 40s I’m good health and got covid. Took me about a week to feel fine again.

 

[Wanderson]

Butchie Goring will never be able to say this kids name .

It’s time for all of you guys to learn how to pronounce Ä

 

[Big L]

It’s time for all of you guys to learn how to pronounce Ä

Thanks for the help

 

[sleb]

Thanks for the help

There's them all, and a bonus as Swedish o: ö Ö ä Ä å Å

yw

 

[PK Cronin]

There's them all, and a bonus as Swedish o: ö Ö ä Ä å Å

yw

For anyone wondering how to pronounce each:

o-colon, o-dot-dot, big o-dot-dot, a-dot-dot, big a-dot-dot, a-circle, big a-circle.