Confirmed Trade: [CAR/COL/CHI] Mikko Rantanen (50%), Taylor Hall, Nils Juntorp to CAR; Martin Necas, Jack Drury, '25 2nd, '26 4th to COL; '25 3rd to CHI for retention

[Coffee]

as usual, HF servers being dogshit

Theres over 2 million people (including logged out lurkers) on the site right now, it;s expected

 

[dirtydanglez]

nice to see some teams with the guts to make a move. meanwhile in vancouver they are just twiddling their thumbs.

 

[Miro4Norris]

Carolina with this addition and Nikishin definite contender in the East with the Panthers

Is Nikishin going to join Carolina this season?

 

[hamzarocks]

holy f***ing shit. Would have liked to keep Necas but WOW.

Get this f***ing extension done this time Tulsky.

If you guys kept Necas in the deal the it would have been Svech+ or Jarvis+ instead

Necas was apparently leaving as a UFA so could transfer of asset if the Canes can retain Rantanen LT

 

[Brock Anton]

Drury is a bit more exciting for Colorado I guess but I’m not liking their contention chances now

Is it? KK’s contract is a meme, but he’s a better player than Drury by a decent distance.

 

[Mr Positive]

I completely dis

I completely disagree. The Avs were not winning the cup this year with the lack of death. Paying Rants $14 million a year only makes that depth disappear either further. Their strength down the middle is weak. They needed a proper 2C

I have said for over two years now that the window would slam shut the second they give Rants that large raise. Makar soon thereafter.

Center depth never hurts and letting Rants leave July 1 would be crippling. I think it’s tiddy work. Get a player with only 9 less points, is younger, players center and signed for another year.

I don’t hate it at all

Paying Rantanen that wouldn't kill your depth. The cap is about to explode for several years in a row. Expectations are only going up. Locking up elite players is going to favor the team, even if there is some overpay

 

[CanadienShark]

Weird. But I like it.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

This is a franchise altering move for Colorado as losing 100 x 2 point scoring Rantanen is going to hurt.

 

[Inno]

Retaining 50% of ranto and trading taylor hall for a 3rd lmao, why even bother.

 

[DaveG]

Is Nikishin going to join Carolina this season?

after the KHL season, question is if SKA will be out by the start of the first round of the playoffs though.

 

[Brock Anton]

Is Nikishin going to join Carolina this season?

Whenever SKA’s season ends.

 

[LiveLongandProspal]

Did Sakic forget that draft picks exist?

 

[sansabri]

i think selling high on Necas will prove to be the right move

 

[stats1]

First of all WTF is Colorado doing? And secondly this is a massive risk for Carolina. Rantanen is basically a rental. It screams like the Guentzel trade although Necas wasn’t staying anyway so it makes more sense. I don’t get this at all from Colorado

 

[MikeFolignosHelmet]

Colorado just got smarter with the lad from Harvard joining the team.

 

[FoxysExpensiveNYDigs]

Gotta think with 2 centers as the return on Rantanen that Middelstadts days are numbered.

 

[CristianoRonaldo]

OH THANK GOD

Instead you are getting the great Jack Drury...

 

[Bourne Endeavor]

nice to see some teams with the guts to make a move. meanwhile in vancouver they are just twiddling their thumbs.

They're not twiddling their thumbs. They're getting shit offers.

 

[Jee]

Theres over 2 million people (including logged out lurkers) on the site right now, it;s expected

it sure is expected to be consistently dogshit on the most important days

 

[deytookerjaabs]

Retaining 50% of ranto and trading taylor hall for a 3rd lmao, why even bother.

Yep, this is the most confusing part of the deal....so far. We'll see what comes in the next 24 hours.

 

[n8]

This is a franchise altering move for Colorado as losing 100 x 2 point scoring Rantanen is going to hurt.

Rantanen legendary for playing 100 seasons.

 

[Avs44]

Instead you are getting the great Jack Drury...

Indeed, don't care. You seem to be missing the fact that the Avs really need cap space going forward and one of the few consolations about losing Rantanen is clearing that space. The Avs are otherwise at risk of becoming a horrifically top loaded team with zero depth. Adding KK would have destroyed that cap flexibility.

 

[CorgisPer60]

Pretty sexy trade for both teams involved. Necas wanted to move for some time, Drury is a decent depth player, but Rantanen is the prize here. I like it.

 

[Bigtrout]

Was that Seravelli that reported KK was traded? I think so, what a clown either way

 

[FerrisRox]

KK is not a cap dump. His salary is a makeweight but he’s a solid middle six player.

If I had him on my roster, I'd be pretty upset by how much I'm paying and how long I'm paying him that, so thats the very definition of a cap dump.