Flyers’ Rasmus Ristolainen Feeling Confident After Olympic Bronze with Finland

Flyers’ Rasmus Ristolainen feeling confident after Olympic bronze with Finland

VOORHEES, N.J. — Please excuse Rasmus Ristolainen if he makes a big deal about his Olympic bronze medal with Finland. After all, the 31-year-old Flyers defenseman has played 13 seasons in the NHL and never competed in so much as one Stanley Cup playoff game. Participating in the Winter Olympics in Milan is about as close as he’s gotten to hockey greatness. Tuesday, Ristolainen returned to Flyers practice thrilled at his Olympic moment. “It was a…

3 teams that should target Flyers’ Rasmus Ristolainen as trade talk heats up

The Philadelphia Flyers have found themselves once again in the middle of some trade rumors as we inch closer to the NHL trade deadline. This time it isn’t in a strict teardown with obvious pending free agents that they will likely move, but instead a defenseman who just doesn’t fit the long-term picture and is playing well enough to get attention.Rasmus Ristolainen is riding a high after winning a bronze medal in Milan and after logging big min…