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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

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LT said:
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.
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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.
 
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Satan said:
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.

www.nytimes.com

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

Jesus listening to that guys press conference was painful.
 
Blueline Bomber said:
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
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Rantanen comes across as a spoiled brat in all this. Fuxk him.
 
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LOFIN said:
Being invested in watching men chase around a rubber puck is inherently stupid to begin with. Such is sports.
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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.
 
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
 
We know Toronto was one of the four teams - Marner just wouldn't waive his NMC or would likely be a 1 for 1 trade - Marner for Rantanen.
 
Magic Mittens said:
Thought was a report saying he was also interested in Edmonton. I feel like half of these rumors are made up or stretched.
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To that point....

SI90 said:
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This is a very different quote from before - saying Rantanen outright told the team he didn't want to be there

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Blueline Bomber said:
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"I think..."



Maybe they were two different quotes and Brind'Amour is being more outright now, but even if Rantanen clearly wasn't happy there, it feels like a little stretched and sensationalized how it's being told
 
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