Confirmed with Link: [DAL/CAR] Stars acquire Mikko Rantanen (signed 8x$12m) for Logan Stankoven, 2 1sts, 2 3rds

[Troy McClure]

Nah, Sean is great. I don't get why everyone has to hate every single Stars writer.

I think Shapiro does good work, but he was wrong about this.

 

[BB88]

Probably.

Seems like Rantanen was playing hardball and out of the blue they traded him.

Makes sense why he gave in to the Stars offer eventually rather than missing out on another opportunity

He wasn’t playing hardball

They were 6 weeks away from trade deadline and 6 months away from UFA market. They were having talks and Rants said he was willing to take less to stay

If Colorado had given him the ultimatum then one could say Rantanen was playing hardball if he still said no

He got bigger offers from Toronto, Carolina, Edmonton. The money was there and would have been there, he wanted the fit over money and chance at competing

 

[redbeardtx]

We got a new Webster

Dammit.

 

[Kcb12345]

Diving a little deeper into his stats, Rantanen has some interesting numbers this year.

Leads the league with 13 empty-net points & tied for lead with 7 empty-net goals. His powerplay point total isn't that far off from his empty net one this year (21 PP points).

He and MacKinnon (12 points) have feasted on empty nets this season

Hope he can pump up his even-strength goal numbers here these last however many games. Only has 11 so far this season (had 25 last year, 37 the year before). For comparison, 11 even strength goals puts him 7th on our team, 1 ahead of Harley and 1 behind Dadonov. The stint in Carolina affected that a bit.

The good news is, he's our even-strength points leader now with 49 on the season (Robertson 2nd at 48).

He's definitely having a "down" season goal-scoring wise even though he has 27 goals lol. Contract year, Carolina stint, etc. Can't help. Should hopefully play with some relief now after that contract extension/trade

Only thing I know we will have our picky moments about in his game is his PP movement. He's a very stationary player on the powerplay (basically identical to Jamie Benn in terms of movement and with turnovers when pressured), but his finishing is phenomenal and his one-timer is lethal. We just gotta set him up

These are just my thoughts after watching every goal of his from the past 5-6 seasons and then watching every point from this season too.

 

[Satan]

Nah, Sean is great. I don't get why everyone has to hate every single Stars writer.

Meh, he took Jim Nill’s bait. How many times did I have to post that Nill is never going to show his hand publicly. You can’t win doing that

 

[MrHeiskanen]

Even if Rantanen sucks this year I don't care, he will be more settled next year.

 

[Zapp]

Even if Rantanen sucks this year I don't care, he will be more settled next year.

He got traded against his will to Carolina.

He chose to sign in Dallas


We’re getting a different player and all the people running their mouths are just coping they didn’t land him. This dude held up an entire trade market because everyone wanted him.

 

[MrHeiskanen]

I forget if the commentary was here or Reddit, but I feel like I saw a comment about Duchene and Rantanen maybe having past beef. This squashes that.

 

[BG44]

I want Duchene to stick around ....

 

[MrHeiskanen]

I want Duchene to stick around ....

Duchene is a beast and willing to take low salary. The last Pavelski contract still pisses me off a bit, I hope Benn is more like Duchene and less like Pavelski.