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

[Joe Sakic]

Well....once he turned down the $12.6M AAV I'm sure the negotiations were rather short..

 

[KingsFan7824]

So Colorado showed little to no interest in attempting to re-sign him for several months, but this is also a panic move 6 weeks before the deadline?

 

[a mangy Meowth]

So Colorado showed little to no interest in attempting to re-sign him for several months, but this is also a panic move 6 weeks before the deadline?

Yeah that quote is all over the place

 

[Craig Ludwig]

I think Colorado sees that Landeskog has no intention of LTIRetiring and is going to play, and knew that there was no way to fit Rantanen under their cap at anywhere near the price that he wanted without parting with some major assets.

Nah, you don't trade away a superstar like Rantanen to make room for Landeskog (who will never be at the level he was, if he even does play). Have to disagree with you on this one.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

If you believe the pro’s he really didn’t

Just more sounds like he was low balling him

For the crowd that say this was to extend the window for Colorado?

Mackinnon is 29y, 30y next season. Their window is the next 3-4 years. I don’t see how this trade helps that window at all, they didn’t gain any futures to use in the follow up trades and are lacking a franchise winger now

You'd think a guy with this many posts crying about the trade in this thread would know the full details of the trade at the very least

 

[Identity404]

It will be interesting to see how it plays out, but people in this thread shouldn’t assume that Necas will ever become a center, and that he will get more points playing with Mac.

He has expressed interest in playing center, but never got that chance in Carolina, because he never proved he was a better option than what we had available, and we are not strong down the middle.

He has also shown to be one of those players that is more productive driving the playing being the guy on his own line. Saddling him with Mac may not be the best option.

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Nah, you don't trade away a superstar like Rantanen to make room for Landeskog (who will never be at the level he was, if he even does play). Have to disagree with you on this one.

That was for sure part of the equation.

Landeskog is going to return. And its gonna be sooner then you think.

 

[Jixer19]

This makes no sense lol wasn't he asking for a ridiculous pay-day ?

As was said, Strickland has no clue about the Avs, so this is just a non statement

 

[PuckG]

The Avs line-up immediately becomes less intimidating without Rantanen. Will be interesting to see what else they pull off.

 

[Chan790]

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This makes no sense lol wasn't he asking for a ridiculous pay-day ?

Read elsewhere that his previous contract negotiations had gone similar, that there was an offer early that he rejected, then no talk. Ended up getting hammered out right at the last minute.

He may have expected contract talk to go into the offseason or at-least to go another round before the TDL.

 

[Avs44]

So Colorado showed little to no interest in attempting to re-sign him for several months, but this is also a panic move 6 weeks before the deadline?

Strickland is pretty notoriously just an idiot when it comes to Avs stuff -- and yeah, his quote contradicts itself. On the one hand, the Avs showed little interest in re-signing Rantanen, which indicates they've been contemplating this for a while, but on the other hand they were panicking. Lol. Also, why would they be panicking? We're not even close to the trade deadline.

 

[Bcap88]

Chicago paid 5 million for their own third back

Clown show

 

[GirardSpinorama]

Legacy defining trade for mcfarland. The team needed a shake up. Could work out if Necas continues to play well, get extended to a 9ishM AV for 8 years through prime years.

 

[Crow]

Chicago paid 5 million for their own third back

Clown show

Mikko had a 6 million salary this year. Let’s say they paid a little less than 3 million there. They also shed a cap dump making 5.25.

So no, that didn’t happen. They saved money. They could have saved a few hundred thousand more if they just retained on hall but would have likely gotten a worse pick

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

But they traded Drury instead, who isn’t as good as KK…

And costs nowhere near the same for the duration.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

You'd think a guy with this many posts crying about the trade in this thread would know the full details of the trade at the very least

He's actually starting to annoy me with this insistence that we don't appreciate Rantanen or something.

 

[Avs44]

To state the obvious, Colorado are/were in the top 5 most likely teams to win the cup this year. Maybe top 3. Don't you run it back in this situation? Just let Rantanen walk in free agency for a chance at a cup? I think I would. This is madness.

Don't get me wrong, losing Rantanen is a gutting blow and sets them back, but...they were...? I don't think they were. They're a wildcard team right now that's been wildly all over the map in terms of consistency, have had consistent injury concerns and huge question marks for coming up on three years now (Landeskog, Nichushkin), and frankly just have never gotten back to the form of that cup winning team. They went all-in last deadline, Nichushkin screwed them over yet again, and they bowed out in the second round. I kinda thought this year was going to go similarly if they kept playing as they have been.

One possibility with this trade is that CMac and Sakic just didn't buy into this current roster being good enough any more and therefore were strongly against locking themselves into it with a huge contract for Rantanen. And I can't say I blame them if they think the roster needs some rethinking.

 

[FerrisRox]

Knowing Hall's injury history there was no guarantee he would be healthy either when the TDL rolls around and they could have ended up with nothing. People are making too much of the return. It is fine.

They did end up with nothing. Eating half of Rantanen's contract was worth the third.

 

[Crow]

You'd think a guy with this many posts crying about the trade in this thread would know the full details of the trade at the very least

Seems like it’s the people who understand the least about a trade here bitch the most

 

[Blueline Bomber]

And costs nowhere near the same for the duration.

Carolina is happy with KK, and even if they decide to let him go, it cost them less than a million to buy him out. Which is less than Drury anyway.

 

[Rebels57]

Chicago is the biggest loser here lol

 

[Mattb124]

Chicago paid 5 million for their own third back

Clown show

They may want it back it to support their ability to issue an offer sheet. Think bigger.

 

[DEANYOUNGBLOOD17]

Didn't read all 24 pages but came here to clown on Chicago.

Retained 50% of Rantanen, meaning they were crucial in getting this deal done, and all they got was a third rounder?

If that doesn't explain the Blackhawks management in a nutshell, nothing does.

This is a bad take ….. Chicago did really well….

Saved cap/Got more cap space

Got rid of 6 mill from trading Hall at full value took back 4. 65 mill..

Saved real $ …. Got rid of $5.25 mill (real dollars contract). … bright back in 50% / 3 million of a 6 million ( real dollar contract)

At best they were going to get a very late 2 nd in trade while retaining 50% of Halls contract at the deadline… ( roughly a 56-64 pick) they got their pick back which is currently the 66th pick …., and did 1.5 million better in Cap space and a million better in real cash wise for the drop of 5-10 draft spots.

 

[MVP of West Hollywd]

I always thought Rantanen was inflated, on the other hand he had 104 points last year to Necas 53 so that makes up for it.

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Carolina is happy with KK, and even if they decide to let him go, it cost them less than a million to buy him out. Which is less than Drury anyway.

100% fair and right now KK is playing as a player worth his contract and 2nd year out of 3 that he's doing so.

And Drury you can just waive and bury him in the AHL for 1 year and less of a cap hit than KK bought out.



This deal gives Colorado some extra assets and a lot of space to make a big deal, or two.