Confirmed Trade: [DAL/CAR] Mikko Rantanen (signs 8 years, $12M AAV) for Logan Stankoven, c. 2026 1st round, c. 2028 1st round, 2026 3rd round, 2027 3rd round

[Satan]

Being invested in watching men chase around a rubber puck is inherently stupid to begin with. Such is sports.

agreed, we are all fools

 

[bossram]

The sense I get is Rantanen and his agent weren't always on the same page about where he'd sign and how much money he'd take.

I agree. Rantanen ostensibly wanted to stay in COL and very likely would have taken this same contract if offered by COL.

Rants' agent obviously wanted to get his client peak market prices and that's what he pushed for. Upon hearing that, I guess COL's front office decided they couldn't get to a $14+M valuation and decided to get assets for him instead.

Again, I think it is super likely Rantanen would have accepted $12M x 8 from COL, so this process seems to be on his agent.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

OK fair point. I just found an article that said Tulsky was shopping Rantanen for 2 weeks - is it Rantanen's fault that Tulsky wasn't able to find common ground on a trade <24 hrs until the trade deadline? The Hurricanes significantly ignored the human element of the business. Hockey - and associated hockey transactions aren't played out on spreadsheets.

Inside the Mikko Rantanen sweepstakes and an Avalanche-Stars arms race on a playoff collision course

With a likely Stars-Avalanche first round in the cards, GMs Jill Nill and Chris MacFarland spoke to The Athletic about their deadline moves.

www.nytimes.com

Yeah but when you look and sound like Tulsky they are played on spreadsheets.

Jesus listening to that guys press conference was painful.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Rantanen all but admitting he phoned it in in Carolina really soured the entire situation. Like, I get the initial trade was shocking and if he didn’t want to stay, that’s his right. But to half-ass the performance and poison the locker room in the process, that’s some prima donna shit. Glad he’s gone and glad Tulsky got a few good players that out more effort in their 1 game than Rantanen did in his 13

Rantanen comes across as a spoiled brat in all this. Fuxk him.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Even when he knew he wasn't staying? Sounds like a gift to me. Why wouldn't he then use a different number and not care at all?

Hockey players are notoriously superstitious when it comes numbers.

 

[Klockis]

Being invested in watching men chase around a rubber puck is inherently stupid to begin with. Such is sports.

I mean its exactly why I don't get why one would choose to be irrationally mad about another mans career decisions. It's just a sport. Each to their own I guess.

 

[SI90]

 

[Bouboumaster]

Carolina's GM is lucky to have been able to get back such a return, after the Rantanen fiasco

IMO, Hurricanes shouldn't have traded Necas+, so in vacuum, they lost at the TDL, but it could have been much, much worse

 

[TheDoldrums]

Bob McKenzie said Rantanen was interested in Florida and Toronto as well so I guess that’s 3/4 teams.

 

[SI90]

Bob McKenzie said Rantanen was interested in Florida and Toronto as well so I guess that’s 3/4 teams.

I think it’s Dallas Florida Toronto and Vegas

 

[Magic Mittens]

Thought was a report saying he was also interested in Edmonton. I feel like half of these rumors are made up or stretched.