How to live a charmed life just do what you love and meet special people like Vesa Rantanen as he becomes a special guest on the Complete Sports Media podcast

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Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Have a great time with your loved ones in your bubble around the planet!

We have done over a hundred podcasts and they are getting better and better all the time and we have reached a new level with this latest episode! Our host Darren Campbell welcomed a very special guest on Valentine's Day! Vesa Rantanen is the Sports editor for a Finnish weekly sports paper and daily sports website called Ilta-Sanomat. They met when they were both covering the NHL and great long lasting friendship was started 25 years ago. It was fun getting ready for the episode and even more fun watching and listening to the conversation.

These two have so many fun and interesting stories it was a blast to sit back and let them reminisce and let them discuss hockey then and now! Vesa was reluctant to do a podcast that involved talking about the latest goings on in the NHL as he is not following the league like he used to. He was convinced that it would be a great idea if we could talk about a couple of big recent developments of Finnish hockey players and discuss the past. There is insder information and takes on that Mikko Koivu retirement that just took place this past Tuesday and the benching of Patrick Laine the following day as Columbus was a big focal point for Finnish hockey this week.

The talk ended up turning to the past and the best Finnish players who have ever lived. The list of players discussed was special as Hall of Famers Jarri Kurri and Teemu Sellanne took centre stage. They both agreed that the best Finnish defenseman in history Jyrki Lumme deserves to be in the Canucks ring of honor as one of if not the best defenseman to ever suit up for the team. Don Baizley the super agent one of the most prominent figures in Finnish and North American hockey became a friend of Vesa's and some great stories were uncovered. We feel like the past and present was covered perfectly and is such a fun conversation to witness and listen to. There is a real connection with these long time friends and colleagues and it comes across very significantly in this hour.

If you are a regular viewer or listener thank you for your continued support and if you are looking in for the first time you will not be dissapointed in taking the time to take it in.

We can only hope that Vesa will give us some more time and we can give you more insight into his life and so many great stories that he has from a life well lived!

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