UNDERAPPRECIATED

He is one of the best goalies of this generation, but Tuukka Rask doesn’t get the credit he deserves for the Bruins’ success. Perhaps a Stanley Cup and/or second Vezina Trophy will change that?

BY KEN CAMPBELL

AS HE APPEARED before his questioners prior to this season – seems like a long time ago, doesn’t it? – he stood with his legs apart and his hands together, braced for the inevitable. It had been two months since Tuukka Rask and the Boston Bruins had come up short, tremendously short. Funny how when you’re playing ball hockey and you’re treating it like Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final – like you always do – you never hear a kid say, “Yeah, I’m going to throw up a .750 save percentage in this game and get outplayed by that eight-year-old at the other end of the driveway.” Nope, you don’t hear that. So as Rask went through the car wash that is the NHL’s pre-season media tour, almost…

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The Hockey News (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 1, 2020

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