A stranger rode into town out of the west. Or Finland, depending on how you look at it. Everyone said, “Who is that masked man?”
Karri Rämö hengailee kasuaalisti Leafsin välipäivän jäällä. #NHLfi
— Sami Hoffrén (@shoffren) November 4, 2016
Or, to put it another way:
Karri Ramo is on the ice with the #leafs at practice. As are Frederik Andersen and Jhonas Enroth.
— Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) November 4, 2016
What? Why?
Karri Rämö is on the ice at Leafs practice ... seems like a Prust situation
— Mark Masters (@markhmasters) November 4, 2016
Oh, okay, that makes sense. We all understand exactly why Brandon Prust is hanging around Leafs practice. This is just like the seventies. No, really, this is just like when the Beatles were recording their hits and half of London were in the studio. Mick Jagger, Eric Clapton, Marianne Faithfull and Keith Moon are all on “All You Need is Love” singing away.
Not that Prust is really Jagger-esque. Or Ramo for that matter.
Okay, truthfully no one really gets what is going on here. Are the Leafs running a hockey school for borderline NHL players? Or is it more of an employment agency? If you need a guy, do you call Lou? 1-800-RENT-A-PLAYER?
Who knows.
Ramo is without a contract after not having a happy year in Calgary last season. He is also rehabbing an injury. And taking batting practice?
here's a fun video of ramo trying to get a hit off corrado #swingandamiss pic.twitter.com/swmypgEHK9
— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) November 4, 2016
So add pressbox superstar Frankie Corrado, waiver claim Seth Griffith and the sad man on the outside looking in, Peter Holland, and they have quite a group. Surely they’ll cut an album soon.
When Josh Leivo comes back from St. John’s he’s going to be shocked to find they have a new drummer.
Edited to add this clarification:
Mike Babcock on what exactly Karri Ramo's situation is with the #Leafs pic.twitter.com/on30dFAWDj
— Kristen Shilton (@kristen_shilton) November 4, 2016
See? It’s all clear now.