Public opinion is a fickle mistress, even if you’re the greatest player in the history of the Nashville Predators. No Predators fan would have dared say anything negative about Pekka Rinne a couple of months ago. He’s one of three finalists for the Vezina Trophy awarded to the best regular season goalie. He reached a milestone by going over three hundred wins for his career. He was near the top of the leaderboard in every major statistic.
Then the postseason happened. Rinne received a tremendous amount of criticism & was blamed by many fans for the Predators’ dismissal at the hands of the Winnipeg Jets.