Canes take Finnish defenseman
The Canes have taken another defenseman with their sixth-round pick: Rasmus Rissanen of Finland.
Rissanen, like the Canes' other draft selections, is taller than 6 feet — he's 6-2 and 185 pounds — and was the 37th-rated European skater.
Rissanen played with both the KalPa A junior squad and Finland’s U-18 team last season and had a reputation for being one of most physical young defensemen in his home country. Said to be an emotional, energetic player, he was a member of the team that upset Canada in the bronze-medal game at the U-18 World Championship tournament.
Chip Alexander
A Raleigh native, Chip has worked at the N&O since 1979 and is in his second season as the Canes beat writer. He can be reached at chip.alexander@newsobserver.com. You can follow him on Twitter at @ice_chip.
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Hmmm A Finnish Flavor
Sat, 06/27/2009 - 17:17 — esteban1949For the canes in the near future ? at this point, Only Jr and the hockey Gods know for sure !!If Ruutu had suggested to Jr & the bench to look at the guy, does Ruutu get a "finders fee " ?
Go Canes !!
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