Confirmed with Link: [CAR/DAL] Rantanen to DAL, Stankoven, 1sts to CAR

[Lempo]

It's just sad that fans blame a player, Rantanen was traded to Carolina, without any control of his own.... I would like to know how many of you would treat that same situation as it would be your own fault... You didn't ask to be traded to McDonald's but burger King flipped you, but because of the trade, everybody hates you because they feel that you are greedy.... Wtf... I hope Rantanen kicks your behind just because your unreasonable loyalty cravings... Everyone made decisions based on the financials, but only the millionaire is the bad one, none of the billionaires who actually traded people... Sportsfans are just emotionally to invested to make rational decisions.

Tradeability is a fundamental quality in any NHL SPC. Unless the player gets an individually negotiated protection against a trade (and quite often pays a premium for it in his salary ask), he signed up with the NHL as a whole and is paid upwards from a million dollars per year to play for any team that pays his salary and not just some few favorites of his. If it's McDonalds that's paying me ten millions a year, I'll be at the counter and smilingly apologizing the patrons that the ice cream machine is broken even if I would've liked a cardboard crown better.

 

[bleedgreen]

He also isn’t anywhere near full value for Rantanen though.

Well….we did also pay Drury and two picks.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

It's just sad that fans blame a player, Rantanen was traded to Carolina, without any control of his own.... I would like to know how many of you would treat that same situation as it would be your own fault... You didn't ask to be traded to McDonald's but burger King flipped you, but because of the trade, everybody hates you because they feel that you are greedy.... Wtf... I hope Rantanen kicks your behind just because your unreasonable loyalty cravings... Everyone made decisions based on the financials, but only the millionaire is the bad one, none of the billionaires who actually traded people... Sportsfans are just emotionally to invested to make rational decisions.

I'm sorry, Mikko, is this all hurting your feelings? Bless your heart. Not everyone is gonna like you, sweetie. Learning that is just part of growing up.

Now shoo.