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Raanta: You always want to play when it's your turn
Carolina Hurricanes goalie, Antti Raanta talks about being ready to play whenever the opportunity is there in the NHL.
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Carolina Hurricanes goalie, Antti Raanta talks about being ready to play whenever the opportunity is there in the NHL.
well. Yeah, it's kind of, you know, one time or straight to the knee, you know, the knee pad kind of slide slide away and, and the puck just hit it straight to the side of the knee. So, you know, it started to get really swollen and you know, it was kind of where you where you were thinking like maybe maybe it's good to go and but at the same time you were a little hesitated and and you know, every time when you went down, you kind of wanted to get back up as quick as possible. So, so that was kind of the process and you know, obviously you always want to play when, when it's returning like that, but you know, we, we kind of talked things around and and you know, that was kind of the choice, what we what we made there and put it in the net and you know how he's been playing, you know, he there's no You trust you trust him as much as than anyone. So, you know, he's been playing really well. So, you know, it's just sometimes it's just a little little feeling, when when you feel like you you you can't trust yourself 100%. It's it's tough to go in the net. So that was kind of the the issue in in Wednesday and that's kind of what is it about kind of, that kind of made him able to be able to step into this moment. I I feel like he's, you know, he's a little bit older, he's not a kid anymore, obviously he's, you know, 2023 something like that, so, you know, he's been playing in the in the men's game, he knows what it takes and, you know, I feel like how he how he came last year already, you know, he just went there and he was doing his own thing and and you know, as you can see, he's sometimes a little bit acrobatic and you know, sometimes he makes a real safe and, you know, it's just that, you know, athlete in him, you know, that that kind of kind of shows and and, you know, obviously he's been he's been really solid and every game what he's been playing, he's given a chance to do the team to win, so, you know, it's it's really nice to see, you know, young kids coming up and and and playing like that.