As you all know by now, Slater Koekkoek is no longer part of the Tampa Bay Lightning. Instead, he is a brand new Chicago Blackhawk (or at least an IceHog!), and we wish him well. In his place we’re getting a 2019 seventh-rounder and a right-shooting, 6’3 Czech defenseman named Jan Rutta, because apparently Julien Brisebois thought our team was a little short on tall Czech D. (Was JBB missing Andrej Sustr??) Geo broke down this kind of lateral move for the org, and profiled Rutta yesterday. [Raw Charge] [Second City Hockey]
From an advanced statistics point of view, Rutta doesn’t have great possession numbers putting up a Corsi For % that was 1.