dahrougem2
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If Necas keeps producing, Nate isn't even going to remember who Mikko is.
Just play well and all is well.
Just play well and all is well.
Confirmed with Link: [COL, CAR, CHI] Rantanen-Hall to CAR, Necas-Drury-25 2nd-26 4th to COL, Chi 25 3rd to Chi (Ret 50% on Mikko)
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Necas will start scoring goals too. Just need some empty net situations and he'll fill the Moose role out.
AvBuff
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The X factor is Nuke. You throw a (clean and sober and healthy) Nuke into the Mac/Necas/Drouin mix and....yikes.
Landeskog would be Swedish gravy.
JoeSakic13
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Hmmmm you’re right, I should go to IKEA…..
Necas brings the soup(Goulash):
Landy the Swedish meatballs
Nuke brings the spices/salt and the fun.
We have a perfect meal.
Nuke is the difference between having a shot at winning the Cup and not. Simple as that to me and our history kinda proves it.
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You’re forgetting the guy who’s currently the only guy with 20 goals on the team. Throw Lehky into that mix too
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Avs_19
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One positive is that I no longer have to hear "well, he has Mikko Rantanen" as a way to justify screwing MacKinnon out his MVP.
Or "MacKinnon only has 8 more points than the second leading scorer while Player X has 21 more points than his teammate." This is actually the worst one that has really taken off in recent years.
Or "MacKinnon only has 8 more points than the second leading scorer while Player X has 21 more points than his teammate." This is actually the worst one that has really taken off in recent years.
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This one might not go away.
Necas was 11th in the league in points when we got him. He’s 10th after 2 games.
Yeah, it’s a 20 point gap, but Necas is going to keep skyrocketing up the charts playing with MacK and the chemistry he’s even developing with Makar.
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Colorado Avalanche's Final Contract Offer to Mikko Rantanen Leaked by Elliotte Friedman Colorado Avalanche's Final Contract Offer to Mikko Rantanen Leaked by Elliotte Friedman
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The cap will be way up when his next contract kicks in, I don't care if they give him 10M if he deserves it.14M x 8yrs for Necas in the sumner?
10M in 2 years is a lot different for this team than 14M next year.
Yeah.. without messing around, I'm going to guess something like 11+M/year for Necas in the summer. 8 year deal. If he keeps up with his pace. No problem with that.
NMAvsman
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Well, if true...not a bad offer. Wonder if they immediately offered it and then went....errrrrr....uh.....nevermind.
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And there it is.
$11.75m x 8y.
Final offer.
Not good enough to Mikko’s camp.
If he was stuck on $14m, I understand the disconnect.
If he was willing to sign for $12.5m, then he just walked away from the team he spent his entire career and won a Stanley Cup with for a grand total of $6m over 8 years.
Ouch.
@BleedWell @LOFIN @the_fan thoughts?
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You say this like the stack of gold coins that Mikko keeps in the treasure rooms of his first and second mansions wouldn't suffer from the missing $6 million of coins
Really sucks being offered the highest wing salary and declining. Being traded was such a surprise, came out of nowhere. /s
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Mikko: “willing to sign for under market value”.
Also Mikko: Declines a contract which makes him the highest AAV of any winger in NHL history.
Also Mikko: Declines a contract which makes him the highest AAV of any winger in NHL history.
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If he wanted 14m, I understand both sides walking away.
If he was willing to settle for 12.5m, he left us over $750k a year or a grand total of $6m over 8 years.
Crazy greedy.
NMAvsman
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Just a wild guess, but I bet his agent was the issue and told him not to worry that they would cave. Well...they didn't. It will be interesting if there is any animosity towards his agent, but if the Canes go deep, I doubt it.
Bill Peckerskull
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Very interesting info from Friedman. If you want my conspiracy theory, I think CMac might've been leaning towards trading Mikko all along. He'd been spitballing a trade with Carolina since the draft, gave the Mikko camp a (first and?) final offer and didn't even use the extra time he had to negotiate. I think they had the analytics to back up their argument that Mikko is more a product of MacKinnon than anything else, saw his effort level continue to fall flat and, most importantly, I think CMac was just sick of having virtually zero breathing room to work with in their cap structure.
Necas was probably a name that was thrown around early and after he exploded this year, CMac decided to peel the bandaid and pull the trigger early. I have little doubt they targeted Drury specifically as well, to add a much-needed defensive boon into the bottom-6 with offensive upside that's young and cost-controlled.
Given Mikko's "surprise" of the trade, the Avs essentially gave their final offer (one you could argue is a bit of a lowball, despite making him the priciest wing in the league), which was the lowest amount they would've been comfortable with while also knowing it was one Mikko's camp would never accept.
Regardless, it definitely took a set of brass ones to go in the direction that they did. Now there's no excuse to not maximize the cap and add the depth needed to give them another legitimate shot.
Necas was probably a name that was thrown around early and after he exploded this year, CMac decided to peel the bandaid and pull the trigger early. I have little doubt they targeted Drury specifically as well, to add a much-needed defensive boon into the bottom-6 with offensive upside that's young and cost-controlled.
Given Mikko's "surprise" of the trade, the Avs essentially gave their final offer (one you could argue is a bit of a lowball, despite making him the priciest wing in the league), which was the lowest amount they would've been comfortable with while also knowing it was one Mikko's camp would never accept.
Regardless, it definitely took a set of brass ones to go in the direction that they did. Now there's no excuse to not maximize the cap and add the depth needed to give them another legitimate shot.
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