From the moment he sets foot in the facility, it's evident how much he means to these people, to this place.
The requests for handshakes, photos and autographs never wane, and he accepts each and every one of them with the same class he always has - and always will.
More than five years ago, once he signed his long-term deal to remain in Nashville, still the only NHL city he's ever known, Pekka Rinne wanted to do something more. Sure, he had been to Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt many times before, sometimes with his teammates, other times on his own, just to drop by for an afternoon.
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