Agreed here, he doesnt look out of place in a race, but when he gets blown by or a puck gets passed across him, he looks a little helpless with his edges and side to side movement. Good pick up.
RD Eemeli Räsänen - HPK Hämeenlinna, Liiga (2017, 59th, TOR)
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Randy Randerson
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ya agree with that, my viewings have been pretty limited but seems like hip flexibility/strength is more of an issue than speed either forwards or backwards. Hopefully it's just because he's so young and grew so much, something that should be pretty easy to target in his off ice training and skating development - just looks really stiff when transitioning when someone tries to go outside or when he tries to move laterally on his edges
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Might be more excited about this guy than Liljegren. His combination of immense size and offensive abilities are incredibly intriguing. Can't wait to see what he can do in the pros.
Randy Randerson
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just checking to see if anyone that watches him has an update? His box stats look good but that team has had some big goals for games
He’s been doing alright. His lateral skating is still pretty bad but you can tell he’s working on it. Edges are getting better too. Offense isn’t a problem.
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Ooh I like that.
Massive shot, good offense instincts, massive size and a chip on his shoulder. If he even gets his skating/edges even to a passable NHL level he's going to be nasty.
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Congratulations for making the group of 28 for Finland.
Make the 23, start in the top 6.
Have a great camp.
Thank You Phaneuf.
Make the 23, start in the top 6.
Have a great camp.
Thank You Phaneuf.
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Eemeli Rasanen isn't first big-sized dman who lacks for skating.
Skating issues are fixable if Eemeli has motivation to work on.
I don't know much on Barbara Underhill but she is Olympic medalist ( if i'm not mistaken) in his sport genre so she really knows something about skating.
So it's better to Eemeli take a note and learn all what Barbara tries to taught him
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Starting in the top 6 would require either a) a phenomenal camp or b) injury to one of Heiskanen, Juolevi, Välimäki, Vaakanainen, Jokiharju or Salo. I think b) is more likely.
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I think he could seriously surpass Salo. Salo has had a pretty bad season, and he is in fact not a very good skater either. Doesn’t have as great strengths either as Räsänen has, although probably a bit more even with his game and also a bit more experienced. Anyway, I think it could be close between these two. But those other mentioned defencemen Räsänen can surpass only if they get injured.
Rasanen also brings a style that no other Finnish D-man can. A 6'7" physically imposing shutdown D would be huge against the more physical Russians/Canadians whereas Salo brings much of the same that the other 6 defenders do.
He can also sub in on the PP with his shot.
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I for one cannot wait to complain about having too many skilled RHD.Zaitsev, Rasanen, Liljegren. Pretty soon Leafs fan will be saying they have too many RHDs.
That would be great for him.
We have enough these 6.1-6.2 skilled defenders.. What's missing is a bigger version of Ristolainen (Who preferably is good at defense)
