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Raanta's play driving long-term options
If a goalie isn’t 6-foot-2 at a minimum, it’s hard to get work in today’s NHL. Ideally, your goalie is closer to 6-foot-4. Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk is the Vezina favorite and he’s only re-enforcing this thought.
He’s 6-foot-6 and having a career season.
If there’s anyone who knows the impact of this trend well, it’s Rangers goalie Antti Raanta. He was living life just well as the backup goalie in Chicago, putting up a .936 save percentage during his final season with the Blackhawks, when Scott Darling came along in 2014. Raanta is (maybe) 6-foot. Darling is a 6-foot-6 redwood.
In describing how it went down, Raanta stretched his arm out to indicate someone of average height.
“When you’re here,” he said, before raising his arm to indicate someone much, much taller.
“And he’s here, and you’re battling against him…”
He doesn’t finish the thought. He doesn’t have to. We know who won that battle in Chicago. Darling has been great for the Blackhawks and will get a shot as a No. 1 goalie next season after his contract expires in Chicago.
Raanta is getting his shot now.
“It’s [been] a win-win situation for both me and Darls
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Rapid Reaction: Predators 3, Hawks 2
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Here’s a quick look at the Chicago Blackhawks' 3-2 loss to the Nashville Predators at Bridgestone Arena on Thursday.
How it happened: The Predators mounted a strong surge just past the midway point of the first period, putting four shots on goaltender Antti Raanta and seeing two Shea Weber slap shots blocked by Andrew Shaw and Daniel Carcillo, respectively -- only to see Blackhawks forward Ben Smith score the game’s first goal less than 30 seconds later. James Neal sent the teams into the first intermission tied 1-1 when he scored with less than a minute remaining in the frame. Neal’s second of the game came in the second period, just over a minute after the expiration of Chicago’s only power play of the game, during which the Blackhawks spent nearly the full two minutes in Nashville’s zone but were unable to get one past Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne. Neal completed his fifth career hat trick at 1:52 of the third with an easy tap-in on the left side. Shaw closed the gap to one at 12:36 when he swatted the rebound of his own shot out of midair and past Rinne.
What it means: Nashville is now the lone NHL team not to have lost a game in regulation this season. The Predators sit