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

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Thinking about this re: a longer term perspective. Canes have been big game hunting for a while and generally have been spot on in their targets. Not this time of course.

I have no doubt that Tkachuk or Eichel would have come in and played hard and in the way RBA wants.

Beyond the “camp” and “family” drama it’s apparent to me that Mikko wanted the luxury of easing off the work rate and thus only wanting to play with the likes of superstar centers in Toronto, Edmonton, etc
 
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Derailed75 said:
100% damage control. Rods comments were way to specific to be made up or mis-informed.
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Eh, I think it’s a matter of Rod not being clear in his initial comment. He said that Rantanen “came in and said I’ll only play for 4 teams.”

“Came in” when? Everyone assumes it was when he first arrived in Carolina, but if we assume it was after the 4 Nations break instead, then giving the 4 teams matches up to what both the agent and Tulsky said.
 
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Blueline Bomber said:
Eh, I think it’s a matter of Rod not being clear in his initial comment. He said that Rantanen “came in and said I’ll only play for 4 teams.”

“Came in” when? Everyone assumes it was when he first arrived in Carolina, but if we assume it was after the 4 Nations break instead, then giving the 4 teams matches up to what both the agent and Tulsky said.
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Yeah, this seems like a big miscommunication more than anything. Tulsky told Marek the same thing that this agent is saying here - Rantanen didn’t want to be traded out of Colorado, didn’t make up his mind that he didn’t want to be here until a week beforehand, and that’s when the 4 team list came out.

Rod spoke very loosely and conversationally with Gold, and with some emotion - I’m sure he didn’t actually mean Rantanen “immediately” came in and gave us 4 teams he’d be willing to play for, but the transcript of what he said could probably be misconstrued that way.

The agent is also correct that Rantanen could’ve really screwed us here by walking to free agency and did us a huge favor by being willing to sign an extension with one of those four teams now.

As far as breakups go, Rantanen was certainly the one who broke up with us, but he did it pretty darn gently and made sure we were taken care of. I’m excited for this story to be yesterday’s news because at this point everyone should be happy more or less.
 
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Anton Dubinchuk said:
Yeah, this seems like a big miscommunication more than anything. Tulsky told Marek the same thing that this agent is saying here - Rantanen didn’t want to be traded out of Colorado, didn’t make up his mind that he didn’t want to be here until a week beforehand, and that’s when the 4 team list came out.

The agent is also correct that Rantanen could’ve really screwed us here by walking to free agency and did us a huge favor by being willing to sign an extension with one of those four teams.

As far as breakups go, Rantanen was certainly the one who broke up with us, but he did it pretty darn gently and made sure we were taken care of. I’m excited for this story to be yesterday’s news because at this point everyone should be happy more or less.
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TBF to all parties, the Canes recovered extremely well in what they got from Dallas, and in some way, Rantanen's transparency, even if it wasn't particularly rosy from a Canes fan perspective, made that recovery possible. Maybe Stankoven isn't quite Necas right now, but the Canes are a contender that thinks long-term, and those draft picks are no joke if your goal is to create a core group that sustains itself for decades.
 
Rod is never gonna do a podcast again.

Which is a shame b/c he opens up to Joe and Joe more than other pressers
 
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