Rasmus Ristolainen would prefer not to get off the ice.
He loves to play defense. Embraces the penalty kill. He loves to fire the puck from the offensive blue line as well. He eats up opportunities on the power play.
So when looking at his average ice time, which clocks in at an average of 24 minutes, 56 seconds a game – which is tied for the ninth highest average in the NHL – he simply shrugs.
“I really like to play a lot,” Risotlainen said. “I think my conditioning and that kind of thing feels good and I think I can handle that big ice time.