Mikko Rantanen
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Mikko Rantanen said
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“I thought we had some chances,”
orlandosentinel Wednesday, June 22, 2022 2:31:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Three ‘Grade A’ (attempts) in the slot — you can’t really ask for a goalie to make every save when you’re giving up chances like that,” “It’s just about finding the guy behind you”
denverpost Tuesday, June 21, 2022 11:40:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I think it was on us for sure,” “You can't really ask for a goalie to make every save when you give (up) chances like that. It was on us, for sure, but we know Kuemps is a great goalie, and he's going to bounce back”
gazette Tuesday, June 21, 2022 7:58:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I don’t think the (linesman) can drop the puck if nobody is there,” “I guess you can, but it’s never happened before … Good job by (the Lightning) just waiting to make sure it was offsides. Good for them”
denverpost Tuesday, June 21, 2022 7:43:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Our forecheck has to be a factor and our speed,”
gazette Monday, June 20, 2022 1:49:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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"I think it's one of the luckiest moments, I guess, for our organization to get dropped to No. 4 and pick Cale,"
buffalonews Thursday, June 16, 2022 2:04:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“It’s pretty hard not to say Cale (Makar), the way he’s playing, so I’ll say Cale,”
denverpost Wednesday, June 15, 2022 2:12:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“He’s one of the best players ever, and he’s won it twice,”
gazette Wednesday, June 15, 2022 12:00:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We know Naz is a great player for us and brings a lot, especially on the offensive side, and even defensively he plays responsibly,”
dailynews Tuesday, June 14, 2022 5:44:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I try to do everything I can to help the team win. If you don’t score, you can do other things,” “That’s what I’ve been trying to do and that’s the mindset I have even going into the finals. Just play responsible and it’s going to come”
denverpost Tuesday, June 14, 2022 2:32:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“At this point of the year, it’s not very hard to get up for the games. It’s the finals,” “It doesn’t matter if it would be a 40-day break. Everybody will be mentally ready to play. We’ve had a couple of good practices here and we have (Tuesday), too, and the morning skate. I don’t think it’s going to be a problem”
denverpost Tuesday, June 14, 2022 2:32:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Everybody knows how good he is, how resilient he is,”
taipeitimes Tuesday, June 7, 2022 9:59:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen added
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“It’s fun to watch, and I’m really happy that we got him, and he’s shown why we gave quite a bit for him,”
taipeitimes Tuesday, June 7, 2022 9:59:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“From that series, it doesn’t matter at all,”
click2houston Tuesday, June 7, 2022 8:38:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“From that series, it doesn’t matter at all,”
seattlepi Tuesday, June 7, 2022 8:19:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Everybody knows how good he is, how resilient he is,”
dailynews Tuesday, June 7, 2022 9:33:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Everybody knows how good he is, how resilient he is,”
whittierdailynews Tuesday, June 7, 2022 9:19:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Those are the things that you learn when you’re younger that you don’t do,” “Just a dangerous play and I hope the league will make the right decision, which everybody probably knows what it should be”
denverpost Monday, June 6, 2022 2:14:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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"I was playing center earlier this year when (MacKinnon) was hurt and (Kadri) was hurt, so I think I could do it," "But obviously it's a little different so I'd make some adjustments. But the coach makes the decision and I'm just waiting for tomorrow to see what is the decision. I'm ready to play whatever position. Maybe not 'D' or goalie, but otherwise, I'm ready"
gazette Monday, June 6, 2022 1:33:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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"We didn't stop playing this time in the third,"
barrie Sunday, June 5, 2022 12:41:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We didn’t stop playing this time in the third,”
theglobeandmail Saturday, June 4, 2022 7:32:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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"I always try to help the team win and I play a lot, so that's one way to help the team win is scoring goals," "I've been having some chances in the previous rounds, too, that on a good day probably goes in. It's just about sticking with it and keep going at the net and shoot the puck. It's pretty simple, actually"
gazette Saturday, June 4, 2022 2:08:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen noted
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“Obviously, it’s always, ‘A goal is a goal,’”
denverpost Thursday, June 2, 2022 5:35:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I think it goes like that for every player,” “You’ve just got to get one, and it gets a lot easier”
denverpost Thursday, June 2, 2022 5:35:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“You look at the other stats, (such as) how many wins we have,”
denverpost Thursday, June 2, 2022 5:35:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I’m building in the right direction,”
denverpost Wednesday, June 1, 2022 1:30:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“It goes like that for every player. You get one and it gets a lot easier,” “I’ve been getting a lot of chances. You have to bear down and find a way to get it past the goalie, but like I said, not think about it too much”
denverpost Wednesday, June 1, 2022 1:30:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“It was more just us not playing to our strengths and not playing how we can play — like we played in Game 1,”
denverpost Saturday, May 21, 2022 4:05:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We were not breaking out as well as we did in the first game,” “Breakouts are about execution and getting out of the zone quick”
gazette Friday, May 20, 2022 8:50:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“My teammate and a heckuva player,”
denverpost Tuesday, May 10, 2022 2:31:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“You don’t want to give any team in a playoff series any hope,”
gazette Wednesday, May 4, 2022 8:36:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I feel great. Everything is good,” “The playoffs are the thing you play for. It’s been a long year. Eighty-two games again. So, everybody is really excited”
denverpost Wednesday, May 4, 2022 1:47:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I don’t think it’s an issue,” “That’s obviously what you look for, to have a healthy lineup and have your captain back. It makes a huge difference. I don’t think it’s going to be different. Some guys haven’t played with Landy, but they still know the guy and hang out with him every day. It’s not an issue”
denverpost Wednesday, May 4, 2022 1:47:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I don’t think we care too much,”
denverpost Sunday, April 17, 2022 7:04:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I don’t think we care too much,”
denverpost Sunday, April 17, 2022 7:37:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Shows how good of a teammate he is,”
gazette Thursday, March 31, 2022 2:06:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Tells how good of a teammate he is, and he did good,”
denverpost Tuesday, March 29, 2022 3:23:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“It’s fun to play when your goalie is making those saves,”
denverpost Monday, March 14, 2022 6:37:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“When you lose your captain, other guys have to step up and be vocal in the locker room,” “Sometimes we can get a little bit quiet during the games on the bench and I think we need to try to work to be better with that”
denverpost Monday, March 14, 2022 6:37:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“It’s fun to play when your goalie is making those saves,”
denverpost Monday, March 14, 2022 6:10:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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"Overall, it was a really tough game," "I don’t think we had any momentum in the 60 minutes. The power play was the one that got us momentum. Other than that, we were awful tonight"
foxnews Wednesday, March 9, 2022 2:09:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I know we wanted to try to weather the storm, but they just kept coming and we couldn’t find the answer tonight,”
gazette Wednesday, March 9, 2022 7:51:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I don’t think we got any momentum in the whole 60 minutes,”
gazette Wednesday, March 9, 2022 7:51:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I don't think we were bad today,” “There were some breakdowns, we had some really good chances. But their goalie was making good saves. That's hockey sometimes”
eagletribune Friday, March 4, 2022 10:09:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We had some really good chances. We probably could have easily scored, on a good night, six goals tonight,” “That’s hockey sometimes. Their goalie was making some good saves and we were not scoring”
gazette Friday, March 4, 2022 10:03:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Pretty hard high stick. He was bleeding, and then Nate got obviously mad about that,”
gazette Friday, March 4, 2022 10:03:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen told
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“I’m really happy for those guys,”
denverpost Saturday, February 26, 2022 7:16:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“It shouldn’t happen, especially at home the way we’ve been defending leads here,” “But it is what it is”
gazette Thursday, February 3, 2022 4:10:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“First period was kind of weird, but the last two periods we didn’t give up a lot until they tied it up,” “It shouldn’t happen, especially at home the way we’ve been defending [the] lead”
taipeitimes Wednesday, February 2, 2022 8:17:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“It shouldn’t happen, especially at home the way we’ve been defending leads here,” “But it is what it is”
gazette Wednesday, February 2, 2022 9:05:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We know we’re a good team. We’re capable of a lot of things and we’ve been finding ways to win,” “I think there’s still some things we can be better at, and especially now down the stretch. It’s kind of a tougher schedule for us with some tough games. So, obviously, we want to build up the season the way we have been and finish well before the playoffs”
denverpost Wednesday, February 2, 2022 8:36:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“It’s been great. Both guys are playing unreal,”
denverpost Tuesday, January 25, 2022 8:05:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We know there is still a lot of hockey left for us, and just concentrating on our game and how we can be better,”
ChinaPost Sunday, January 16, 2022 9:25:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Defensively, one of our best games this year,” “That’s how we create offense, too”
ChinaPost Sunday, January 16, 2022 9:25:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We talked about it before the game, that what happened in Toronto, and how we wanted to get a little payback,” “We didn’t start the right way but I think the three goals (against) gave us even more anger to come back and show that’s it’s not over and we’re not losing that easy because of our last game in the regular season against these guys. They’re a really good team, but so are we, and I think we showed it in the last two (periods)”
denverpost Sunday, January 9, 2022 5:42:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“It was a long time coming for him,” “He had some really bad luck in the past year, so it was really nice to see him there. He was doing some unreal saves and keeping us in the game when it was 4-1 and even 4-2”
gazette Sunday, January 9, 2022 9:17:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We were working hard and kind of bounced back a little bit. We were not really happy with our game in Chicago,” “We always demand a high level of play”
gazette Saturday, January 8, 2022 10:26:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“They're doing things right. Keeping it tight, defending well,” “It was a tough grind for us but now we just have to bounce back right away”
gazette Friday, December 17, 2021 9:44:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“He looked like he didn’t miss any time,”
denverpost Monday, November 29, 2021 2:01:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“You have to think a little bit more,” “Center is a little bit more responsibility in the d-zone. That’s the biggest thing. … I don’t mind it. It’s not that hard”
denverpost Tuesday, November 16, 2021 11:51:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We haven’t started well to our standards and now we just have to look in the mirror and defensively get better and not give up so much. It's just the effort,” “If you want to win in the playoffs, or if you even want to get into the playoffs, this is not how you play hockey”
gazette Sunday, November 7, 2021 8:31:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“What good teams do is bounce back after a loss,”
denverpost Thursday, October 21, 2021 2:24:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We know we can all be better,” “I don’t think there’s a lot to talk about. That’s not how we play”
gazette Wednesday, October 20, 2021 7:51:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We’re just working on those little plays on the power play,”
gazette Sunday, October 10, 2021 8:45:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“I think those were mostly preseason calls,” “We’ll see if they call that in the regular season”
gazette Sunday, October 10, 2021 8:45:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“The first game is like you’re kind of searching for the rhythm,” “But after the first, felt pretty good. Body feels good, so just waiting for the season to start”
gazette Wednesday, October 6, 2021 8:37:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Nobody wants to play just a good regular season and lose in the second round,” “I know all of us wanted to win, that’s what we were pushing for”
taipeitimes Friday, June 11, 2021 8:26:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Nobody wants to play just a good regular season and lose in the second round,” “I know all of us wanted to win, that’s what we were pushing for”
usaToday Friday, June 11, 2021 9:17:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“This stinks the most, for sure, for me, because (of) the team we had and the potential we had this year, the way we played,”
gazette Friday, June 11, 2021 8:52:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We got some jump in our legs and we were creating some chances for a 3-1 lead (but) we knew they were going to come in the last 10 minutes and that’s what they did,” “Just a couple mistakes we made it’s going to cost you against a good team like Vegas. There’s no moment where you can fall asleep. Grubi played amazing again but you can’t rely on him making 50 saves every night”
denverpost Saturday, June 5, 2021 8:59:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Grubi bailed us out today. He had a really, really good game,” “He’s basically the reason why we got to OT”
koaa Friday, June 4, 2021 9:18:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Not our best game, but still found a way,” “That’s what we’ve been doing the whole year. Sometimes we haven’t been feeling it and Grubi’s been awesome and stealing some wins for us — like today. That’s what you need if you want to win the Cup”
koaa Friday, June 4, 2021 9:18:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Grubi bailed us out today. He had a really, really good game,” “He’s basically the reason why we got to OT”
taipeitimes Thursday, June 3, 2021 8:48:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Not our best game, but still found a way,” “That’s what we’ve been doing the whole year. Sometimes we haven’t been feeling it and Grubi’s been awesome and stealing some wins for us — like today. That’s what you need if you want to win the Cup”
taipeitimes Thursday, June 3, 2021 8:48:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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"Grubi bailed us out today. He had a really, really good game," "He's basically the reason why we got to OT"
foxnews Thursday, June 3, 2021 5:10:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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"Not our best game, but still found a way," "That’s what we’ve been doing the whole year. Sometimes we haven’t been feeling it and Grubi’s been awesome and stealing some wins for us — like today. That’s what you need if you want to win the Cup"
foxnews Thursday, June 3, 2021 5:10:00 PM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Not our best game, but still found a way,”
gazette Thursday, June 3, 2021 9:59:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Not our best game, but still found a way,”
click2houston Thursday, June 3, 2021 9:45:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Not our best game, but still found a way,” “That’s what we’ve been doing the whole year. Sometimes we haven’t been feeling it and Grubi’s been awesome and stealing some wins for us — like today. That’s what you need if you want to win the Cup”
ChinaPost Thursday, June 3, 2021 9:39:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“He had a really, really good game,”
denverpost Thursday, June 3, 2021 9:37:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“We knew it wasn’t going to be an easy series,” “We knew there were going to be tough periods and maybe some tough games like tonight. We couldn’t really create that much offense but we know we have to be responsible in the D-zone. That’s what we have to do. If we’re not feeling it offensively we have to bear down defensively and make sure we don’t give up anything”
denverpost Thursday, June 3, 2021 9:37:00 AM EAT
Mikko Rantanen said
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“Not our best game, but still found a way,”
eagletribune Thursday, June 3, 2021 9:26:00 AM EAT
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![]() | Gabriel Landeskog | 3.42% |
![]() | Max Pacioretty | 3.32% |
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![]() | Jared Bednar | 2.61% |
![]() | Jonathan Marchessault | 2.61% |
![]() | Nick Holder | 2.61% |
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![]() | Tyson Jost | 1.21% |
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Nazem Kadri said
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"It was only a matter of time," "Mikko's too good to not get on the score sheet. He's got a great shot. He's a big body. His hockey IQ is off the charts. So it was only a matter of time for him. And the way that he can distribute too, he doesn't just have to score, he can facilitate and make other players better around him. He's catching fire at the right time"
gazette Saturday, June 4, 2022 2:08:00 AM EAT
Jared Bednar asked
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“Do you think Mikko is playing the best hockey that you’ve seen him play?”
denverpost Saturday, May 21, 2022 4:05:00 AM EAT
Jared Bednar said
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about Mikko Rantanen
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“There are things that we show (Rantanen) and we talk to him about. He needs to get to the net and shoot the puck more,”
denverpost Saturday, May 21, 2022 4:05:00 AM EAT
Jared Bednar said
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about Mikko Rantanen
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“The reason Cale got the assistant captain role is because of how he plays on our team. He is a leader of our hockey team, much like MacK, Mikko and Landy. He’s the present and future of our hockey team — everything kind of runs through him,” “And he’s already kind of taken on that role as a leader on the ice and I feel like he needs to keep developing his leadership skills and continue to take a bigger role and have a bigger voice in the locker room”
denverpost Sunday, March 13, 2022 3:51:00 PM EAT
Jared Bednar said
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about Mikko Rantanen
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“They didn’t have a great night with the puck and created a lot of problems for themselves as a line, and Mikko was part of that,”
gazette Sunday, November 7, 2021 8:31:00 AM EAT
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