[COL, CAR, CHI] Rantanen-Hall to CAR, Necas-Drury-25 2nd-26 4th to COL, Chi 25 3rd to Chi (Ret 50% on Mikko)

[LOFIN]

Yeah on the ice during games. Like not moving their feet, not engaging defensively or physically. Looking for the easy points.

In short, the complete opposite of how Lehkonen, another Finn, plays.

Yeah sure. Some of that is just the style of his play, it doesn't make sense for him to go all out with blinders on like Lehkonen, but instead try to find space and assess the ice as a whole. But there really isn't an excuse to be that disconnected and disinterested defensively.

 

[famicommander]

Scoreless effort with 4 giveaways from Mikko in an OT win today

 

[weremarkar]

Scoreless effort with 4 giveaways from Mikko in an OT win today

Oh no!

 

[flyfysher]

Oh no!

It wouldn’t surprise me if the Stars and Nill eventually trade Rants to the VGK once they realize he’s not the same player now without Mack and Cale.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

I agree with this. The issue for Dallas, however, is how do you justify an 80 point player with a $12M salary?

You retain 50% and trade his ass back to Colorado for a 7th. And then vow never to speak of the situation again.

 

[Foppa2118]

You guys all know I was a big Mikko fan and I thought we would never trade him, but it just very well might be that the most of his point production was him playing next to Nate. He has combined 19 games played with Canes and Stars and has 10 points. That’s a 43 point pace.

He probably won't match his production in Colorado. He's older, Dallas doesn't have the same talent around him, and their system isn't as tailor made for offense.

I think it will all come down to what center he plays with. He plays with a great center he clicks with, maybe he can get 90+ points, perhaps 50 goals. He plays with a good center maybe 80-90. The closer to 80 points the more overpaid he'll be.

But if we were rightly emphasizing patience with Brock, because he played 14 years in Long Island, than the same should apply at least a little bit to Mikko after playing almost 10 years in Colorado, and with a lot more of a chaotic whirlwind of emotions and trades than Brock went through.

 

[BobRossColton]

Delete

 

[forsbergavs32]

Delete

No, @RockLobster delete

 

[RockLobster]

Delete

No, @RockLobster delete

No, you delete.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

No, @RockLobster delete

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

At what point do people start to realize that Rantanen was just playing for his big retirement contract?

 

[Foppa2118]

At what point do people start to realize that Rantanen was just playing for his big retirement contract?

For the last 8 years?

 

[expatriatedtexan]

For the last 8 years?

I would have thought 9.6M for a second contract was a retirement contract... but then again, I'm a guy that can actually cook for one for a month on less $75.

 

[Foppa2118]

I would have thought 9.6M for a second contract was a retirement contract... but then again, I'm a guy that can actually cook for one for a month on less $75.

Well not everyone can open their front door and grab a fish out of the air.

I'm assuming that's what you do in Alaska. The salmon just fly through the air all the time right?

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Well not everyone can open their front door and grab a fish out of the air.

I'm assuming that's what you do in Alaska.

Naw... I've got a heated slaughter house and just occasionally allow a moose in out of the cold.

Or if really hungry, I'll just grab my Louisville Slugger and go club me a baby seal. (McDonald's).

 

[Foppa2118]

Naw... I've got a heated slaughter house and just occasionally allow a moose in out fo the cold.

Note to Mikko: Don't go to Alaska.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Note to Mikko: Don't go to Alaska.

Holy crap dude. I never even made that connection until you did and then I immediately felt bad because you know I've soured on Mikko.

Just want to make damn sure you know that doesn't mean I want to taste him though.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

^I can only imagine what people think of me, with a cocaine bear avatar and talking about eating moose and clubbing baby seals.

I'm not really that bad y'all. Unless it's a full moon, I mostly stay home and watch TV with my wife.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

^I can only imagine what people think of me, with a cocaine bear avatar and talking about eating moose and clubbing baby seals.

I'm not really that bad y'all. Unless it's a full moon, I mostly stay home and watch TV with my wife.

Do you get strong cable in your igloo or do you have to fiddle with the moose antlers antenna on the roof a lot?

 

[expatriatedtexan]

Do you get strong cable in your igloo or do you have to fiddle with the moose antlers antenna on the roof a lot?

Finally got cable internet two years ago. Was on DSL until then.

I had DishNetwork for many years but the connection always kinda sucked. We have to point the dishes at the ground to get line of sight on the satellites. Starlink is changing that for a lot of folks, but cable ISP finally hit my neighborhood so I jumped to get 1G bandwidth. Costs about $190/month for unlimited data and the cable bandwidth definitely drops depending upon the number of people on our street using it... but it's still better than what we had.

Alaska is more or less about 10-15 years behind the lower 48 and major Canadian metro areas when it comes to technology implementation and infrastructure.

But...no matter what time of day it is, it takes no more than 15 minutes to get from one side of town to the other.

 

[niwotsblessing]

^I can only imagine what people think of me, with a cocaine bear avatar and talking about eating moose and clubbing baby seals.

I'm not really that bad y'all. Unless it's a full moon, I mostly stay home and watch TV with my wife.

 

[Snow Arc]

^I can only imagine what people think of me, with a cocaine bear avatar and talking about eating moose and clubbing baby seals.

I'm not really that bad y'all. Unless it's a full moon, I mostly stay home and watch TV with my wife.

I try not to judge

 

[flyfysher]

I try not to judge

Oh I love judging others. I do it ALL of the time. However, they have no right to judge me!

 

[ABasin]

I would have thought 9.6M for a second contract was a retirement contract... but then again, I'm a guy that can actually cook for one for a month on less $75.

$75? For a month?

It's reminding me of my top ramen days in college.

 

[expatriatedtexan]

$75? For a month?

It's reminding me of my top ramen days in college.

Yeah. Need to have some staples but flour, rice, noodles, whatever cheap protein you can get your hands on. Potatoes, carrots, cabbage. Gotta make lots of soups and stews to go this cheap but its possible. Or was 10 years ago when I did. I saw some stupid youtube video with a Slav teaching cheap recipies and tried his challenge. The only down side is that since you only get like 10 ingrediants everything starts to taste real simliar very quick. I find that using boullion cubes can help becaue you can do beef one day, chicken the next etc...even while not having real meat in them.