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

[TheKrebsCycle]

Sounds like an enormous deal . Here for the fallout

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Nikishin better be part of this.

Definately not when rantanen isn’t extended

 

[red devil]

 

[GreeningOil]

W H A T.

 

[Brock Anton]

2 roster players, so Necas and who?

 

[BKarchitect]

Definately not when rantanen isn’t extended

Downgrading from Moose to Necas is no small thing. And you only get Necas cost controlled for one extra year.

If there isn’t some other blue chip piece or young cost controlled NHL piece to this, it’s an absolutely dreadful deal for Colorado.

 

[Savant]

As much as I love Mikko, if he was indeed asking 14M+ per year, rather we get something for him and hopefully use the cap savings elsewhere in the line up

Carolina giving him 14m is a lot different than Colorado giving him 14m though. Rantanen getting 14m from Carolina doesn’t break the Hurricanes wage structure.

 

[BHD]

Avs must have felt - or known - he was leaving.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Downgrading from Moose to Necas is no small thing. And you only get Necas cost controlled for one extra year.

If there isn’t some other blue chip piece to this, it’s an absolutely dreadful deal for Colorado.

Rantanen is a rental though … that changes things significantly

 

[Leafshater67]

The real losers here are the Canucks. They snoozed, they lose and they’re stuck with major friction in the locker room still.

JT Miller for Necas and a sweetener would have been nice for them. Too late now.

 

[Linkens Mastery]

2 roster players, so Necas and who?

Kotkaniemi???

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Mark Stone is the last rental anywhere near Rantanen that I recall being traded. He got Brannstrom, when he was considered a legitimate top 20 prospect in the league and a 2nd round pick, but that included an extension (that was signed down the road for reasons related to the CBA).

You have to consider the difference between the value of a player, and the value of a player without an extension. Colorado doesn't want/need futures. They need the best possible cost controlled player. This makes sense if Rantanen wouldn't sign in Colorado. You can make an argument that he would be worth max on an extension, and he probably wasn't asking max, but if they couldn't sign him getting Necas cost controlled for 2 years isn't a bad get.

It's a tough pill to swallow trading away a player like Rantanen, and it's possibly a franchise crippling move, but you can't force a player to sign or to not want to test the market if his intent is to become a UFA on July 1st.

 

[SI90]

Getting Necas for a UFA is amazing work by Colorado.

Have to think Canes go hard at re-signing Rantanen if they’re giving up Necas who’s younger and having a hell if a year.

3rd round pick to CHI. Maybe more if they’re retaining on Rantanen for CAR?

 

[Taro Tsujimoto]

The HF Hamster Wheel is working overtime with this news

 

[Koivu11]

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Roslovic ?

 

[CanMerc]

Was this even rumoured…this is wild

 

[roman star]

Frank Seravalli

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Still sorting out details, but sounds like both Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Martin Necas are going to #GoAvsGo from #RaiseUp as part of the trade for Mikko Rantanen.Again, very complex deal and trade call has not yet been conducted.

 

[Royale With Cheese]

HF slow like it’s running on Windows 1996

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Svechnikov Aho and Rantanen on one line just doesn’t seem fair to the opposing team.

 

[CanMerc]

Kotkaniemi???

Looks like you called it

 

[Avs44]

Kotkaniemi....Mittelstadt for Jones maybe coming up next?

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

The real losers here are the Canucks. They snoozed, they lose and they’re stuck with major friction in the locker room still.

JT Miller for Necas and a sweetener would have been nice for them. Too late now.

Carolina 100% didn't offer Necas for him

 

[Jixer19]

Carolina giving him 14m is a lot different than Colorado giving him 14m though. Rantanen getting 14m from Carolina doesn’t break the Hurricanes wage structure.

Oh for sure, his playoffs are worth the money, just rather it not be the Avs for sure as much as it sucks to lose him. As I said, can spend the difference in parts of the line up that the Avs need to work on

 

[SI90]

Necas and who?