According to Tuomo Ruudu, the Florida Panthers championships are quite simple.
- Double champion Florida Panthers do a quality work in everyday life, but the team can also loosen during a heavy season.
- Every employee can come to the Panthers booth just as it is.
- 42-year-old Tuomo Ruutu admits that he could not celebrate the championship with the players.
The Florida Panthers have celebrated the Stanley Cup victory for the last two spring. On both times, Alexander Barkov, Eetu Luostarinen, Niko Mikkola and Anton Lundell – and Tuomo Ruutu, a member of the coaching team, have been able to lift the desired jug.
The screen sheds light on the background of the championships.
– The whole thing starts with the club and the owner. They have done all the things for the players and us coaches on top of the last one. We can just come to work, you don’t have to worry about things.
Zito leads
Under the leadership of the club, the screen primarily means General Manager Bill Zito, who once played in Finland and worked with the Finns for a long time before his current wash.
– This is how we go to that daily work. It is, of course, Klishee, but yes, the daily work and demand level in our team is the biggest factor behind the championships, Ruutu says on a hot terrace in the Kaivopuisto Park in Helsinki.
Brad Marchand was the Panthers’ top procurement at the March transfer border. Aop
There are 30 younger millionaires closer to the NHL team. It is not always easy to get a close team spirit to such a place.
The Panthers have succeeded in it.
– There is quite a lot of talk about our team about a good team spirit. It is completely true. The championships are based on a combination of a good team spirit, a really hard daily work and such relaxation and fun.
-The NHL season is long and heavy. Personally I have always believed that if you can grind Through difficult moments and pushing yourself to a new level when you like, those things are decisive, 42-year-old Ruutu ponders.
Herself
The Florida Panthers General Manager Bill Zito has assembled an excellent team and created good conditions for everyone. Aop
The Panthers booth has found the right relaxation through that each member of the team can be himself or herself.
– Then no one has energy to do everything that has to present something else. We have such a culture that when we work, then work really hard and sensibly, Ruutu continues.
Panthers are conducted by the captain Tappara’s breeder Barkov. The team has other good example players.
– Leaders are a big part of us. They look like a model for others and play a big role in teaching our culture even when new players come to the team.
Second jug
Anton Lundell (right) and Niko Mikkola held the championship in June. Aop
At the end of June, the Panthers celebrated another consecutive championship.
– This second victory felt a little different because the journey was a bit different. The victory was now settled in a different way. The previous one came in the seventh game of the finals series, it was a one -goal game. The puck bounced in that game at the end of my own end, and you can just imagine the amount of excitement at the bottom of your stomach, Ruutu laughs.
-This time it was that we were able to start hoping that the clock would slow down and enjoy the rest of the season for the rest of the season 2-3 minutes before the end of the final. At that point, the game had already resolved, Ruutu, who played over 700 NHL regular season games in his career.
The Panthers won the decisive sixth finals on June 18th against Edmonton Oilers with numbers 5-1.
“An ultimate moment”
The Florida Panthers won their second NHL championship in the tube. Aop
As the championship has been settled in the hall, quite a bit of hunger begins. Depending on the viewpoint, the championship lasted for well over a week.
– The best moment was right after the game when we were in that locker room with the guys and families. It was the ultimate moment, everyone has given everything after a long season and the finals. It’s a great moment, Ruutu reveals.
The celebration of the coaches was more subdued than the players.
– Yes, we celebrate a little with the coaches. It was also great that the players invited us to the party. It was nice to see the players, but someone always leaves. Those moments are easy to enjoy.
Did a long-year-old coach over the age of 40 stay at players’ festive pace?
– Didn’t stay, didn’t stay, Ruutu laughs.
Family and ball games
Tuomo Ruutu, who is celebrating their summer vacation in Helsinki, will continue on the Florida Panthers coaching team next season. Timo Kunnari
The NHL season ended just under Midsummer. The party was still held in Florida, the family of the Ruudu family, so the family was only quite late for the summer.
The coach’s summer vacation is relatively short as the family returns to Fort Lauderdale as early as August due to children’s schools.
– Summer goes with the family and with the kids are doing sports. I’ve been training a little myself. I’m a bit like if I ask me to play ball games, I will never refuse to call. I’m in a good mood for different games.
– Once upon a time, when I still played, I had 15 different types of equipment in the car’s trunk in the summer. I calculated it sometime. Just the same thing the game is, I love to play different ball games. It’s the “yoga” of us, I am in another world then, admits the double winner of the Stanley Cup.