The Nashville Predators made the announcement Wednesday morning that Pekka Rinne’s number 35 was going to be retired on February 24, 2022. Soon after, we had a chance to talk to him and catch up with the Predators legend.
Finding Out
“I was actually taking our dog to the vet. She was totally fine, but I was sitting in my car when [GM] David [Poile] called me. He just congratulated me and broke the news. I think for half a minute I was just speechless. After that, I was really excited.”
It’s a pretty inauspicious venue for finding out that yours will be the first number retired in the team’s franchise history, but that’s what life is like right now for the retired Finnish netminder: normal.