Kasperi Kapanen’s teammate was a gross trick – a steep answer from Finns

During the Stanley Cup finals, the media has spread that the Edmonton Oilers goalkeeper Stuart Skinner The family received death threats after last year’s finals.

Skinner’s spouse Chloe told about the matter Breaking the Ice -Podcast visit.

He said that the Oilers fans threatened him and the couple’s children. The family even had to get a security service for themselves.

The matter has risen again to the wallpaper as the Panthers shot five goals behind Skinner’s back in the third final. Kris Knoblauch He pulled Skinner out of the finish after the fifth setback.

The Canadians are passionate about hockey, but the threats to the player and his family are well over all the boundaries of good taste.

This is how the Finns of the Final Series also see.

– Yes, it goes over. Just the same thing in which sport is going to death threats. You can love hockey, encourages and be a passionate fan, but when it goes to that point, it’s too much. That’s what it is, unfortunately sometimes, Oilers Kasperi Kapanen said after the mornings.

– However, this is just hockey. This is an entertainment business and a game among others. You don’t have to take this too seriously. Such things are not part of this species. Fans should sometimes take your heart rate down before you start to send anything in public, the Panthers Niko Mikkola Your inches.

Kapanen himself says he has received his share of criticism.

– After all, every day comes from some kind of comment. I have been used to this over the years when I and my parents have been barked. All you have to do is remember that their opinion must not be influenced by me. I just focus on the essentials. I’m the type that I say things as they are, and I do not go and curve. I think it’s the right way. Some may understand or want to understand it in the wrong way.

Big game

Kuopio played for a long time in the same chain of German furry Leon Draisaitlin and Russian Vasili podkolzinin with.

However, in the last two games, next to Kapanen and Draisaitl, it has been crushed Evander kane. The chain has a huge amount of attack potential.

Kapanen has liked the chain and the role.

– It’s fine. The team has played a little worse for the last couple of games, so we’ve been on the ice quite a bit – a lot of ice. But the chain is good, I like it. Leon is one of the best players in the world and Kane is really good. He crumbles heavily and knows how to score.

According to Kapanen, my role has remained the same.

– I’m just trying to make a duo, get the puck on the guy and go to the finish. My role has not changed.

The fourth finale is a big struggle for both Oilers and Panthers. The match will move back to Edmonton in either the Panthers 3-1 lead or in a 2-2 break.

In the fourth finals, the gaze is targeted Connor to McDavidto the world’s best hockey player.

McDavid has not managed to score in the first three finals. In the last game, he missed points.

Kapanen opens up what kind of leader McDavid is.

– When he gets to the field, he leads there with an example. Yes, he also speaks a lot in the booth. He has certainly learned it here over the years.

Kapanen, who jumped into the Edmonton group in the middle of the season, tells about the Oilers booth for the opponent.

– It seems that there is a great confidence in the whole booth. There’s nothing to worry about. If you win today, the series is in level.

The four -fifth final will be played on Friday night Finnish time. The match starts at three o’clock.