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

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

So it took a 40-50 point player with one peak 70+ point season to get Rantanen.
Not sure why Staios didn;t offer up a package here, Sens + Rantanen would signal the end of our scoring issues.
Even if you pace this season it's a 92 point season, which is extraordinary, but the similarities between Stutzle and Necas are there. Maybe too much Dayquil here in Ottawa.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

Good luck to the Canes. A little bit clearer why the Avs moved on.

14M+ is fair, but I get why Colorado was not in a position to do it with Makar coming up.

MacKinnon took a discount+too many fans fail to adapt their expectations when the cap rises. Once upon a time, Draisaitl at 8.5M was thought by most of HFBoards to be absurd.

This is win-win because Carolina has the cap flexibility to go to 14M+. They have a 4 season buffer before their next big player hits UFA status. Colorado only has 2 seasons before Makar, and Makar is about a billion tiers above Svechnikov. If Carolina is in a situation where Svechnikov exceeds Rantanen, and Rantanen's 14M affects his demands, that's probably a good problem to have. Makar is above Rantanen in the pecking order, so if Rantanen is at 14M, that's the floor for Makar.

 

[Czechboy]

I hope that now he's an av he's goes on a never before seen own goal scoring spree

Rants is better so that may be good for LV! However, I think they picked up cap space in this and may not be quite done.

 

[Straight Fire]

I don't understand Canes getting rid of Necas at all

Is Rantannan that much of an upgrade along with Hall?

This is a weird one to me

 

[CupofOil]

Holy shit, that's all I have to say.

 

[Nac Mac Feegle]

Good luck to the Canes. A little bit clearer why the Avs moved on.

If true, that's crazy. Dude is good, but that's top 3 in the league type money.

 

[Czechboy]

Rono gets it.lol

 

[Avs44]

Finally, the Nils Juntorp sweepstakes are over.

 

[nerevarine]

other than the rising cap I'm not really sure how rantanen can argue he deserves the same cap hit as draisaitl? like hes nowhere near as accomplished

 

[CaviarAndRinkFries]

 

[Go Wings]

It doesn't change the fact that he's a rental. Carolina better win the cup or sign him, otherwise they will be the big loser in this trade.

He might be a rental or they might just re-sign him. Either way they didn't give up a while lot to get the 6th leading scorer in the NHL this season.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

Brindamour is just another Torts as far as squeezing everything out of a team in the first 60 games. Only to run out of gas in the playoffs

That narrative doesn’t explain a 14.9% PP in the playoffs in this era. 5v5, they’re a healthy +22 in the sample. It’s special teams that lets them down in the clutch.

 

[kvladimir]

Do Vancouver's line up too, dude

I have to assume more trades, but ok:

To VAN: M. Pettersson + Puustinen
To PIT: Desharnais, Mynio, Hoglander, '26 2nd

To VAN: O'Reilly, Schenn
To NSH: Mittlestadt, Drury

Debrusk-Pettersson-Garland
Suter-O'Reilly-Boeser
Joshua-Blueger-Sherwood
Heinen-Sasson-DiGiuseppe

Hughes-Hronek
Pettersson-Schenn
Soucy-Myers

VAN obviously extends M. Pettersson, will have the cap for it

 

[Go Wings]

But Necas is 11th?

Necas is having the best year of his career. Rantanen has had 2 straight 100 point seasons and a 90 point season before that.
Don't pretend that Necas is in the same realm as Rantanen.

 

[Jixer19]

He might be a rental or they might just re-sign him. Either way they didn't give up a while lot to get the 6th leading scorer in the NHL this season.

Necas says hi, also he is sitting at 11th in scoring

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

Rantanen is the next Huberdeau, boom I said it.

 

[dirtydanglez]

empty nets around the league are relieved that the avs split up mackinnon and rantanen

 

[red devil]

 

[FlameChampion]

Will be an interesting trade to review in a couple years.

Not sure it really makes any one team worse/better.

Probably puts Colorado in a better cap situation and a more predictable future.

Rantanen is a better talent. Will he re-sign? Will his expensive contract age well? How many points does he put up away from MacKinnon and Makar.

Having Hall on the books for 6m hurts Carolina imo.

 

[Go Wings]

Necas says hi, also he is sitting at 11th in scoring

Amazing for a player that has never hit above 71 points in a season. Rantanen is a far superior player. 2 straight 100 point seasons and a 90 point one before that. Give me a call when Necas does half that (he won't).

 

[stats1]

Unless Rantanen straight up told Colorado he wasn't signing I really don't like this deal for Colorado. Superstars, especially ones who consistently show up in the playoffs do not grow on trees.

Rantanen is looking for 14 million, Colorado ain’t paying that. Some desperate team like the Flyers/Columbus/Detroit/Islanders might give him his money

 

[dirtydanglez]

imo rantanen was the better choice over ep40

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

So it took a 40-50 point player with one peak 70+ point season to get Rantanen.
Not sure why Staios didn;t offer up a package here, Sens + Rantanen would signal the end of our scoring issues.
Even if you pace this season it's a 92 point season, which is extraordinary, but the similarities between Stutzle and Necas are there. Maybe too much Dayquil here in Ottawa.

An equivalent deal would be Batherson, a 2nd, a 4th, and a roster player. Necas likely has more value than Batherson, so I'm not saying that is an apples to apples comparison.

Keeping in mind that Ottawa has no way to make 14M+ work for Rantanen, do you really want to give up 3 years of Batherson signed well below market value to add Rantanen for a playoff push that isn't guaranteed, before losing him to free agency?

Carolina is in a unique position where they are about as close as you can get to a lock for the playoffs, despite being a perpetual playoff team they have a boatload of cap flexibility, all their core players are locked in, and they also have a rep as Team Finland of the NHL which might give them an edge in re-signing Rantanen.

Ottawa also may have been on his no trade list.

 

[Avs44]

Feels like Vancouver is in a bit of a pickle, if true. Their locker room seems a mess and then they just got scooped.

 

[Jixer19]

Amazing for a player that has never hit above 71 points in a season. Rantanen is a far superior player. 2 straight 100 point seasons and a 90 point one before that. Give me a call when Necas does half that (he won't).

I wish I could predict the future, we have no clue on what Necas can or can't do alongside the likes of MacK