Do Avs still trade Rantanen if they know he ends up in Dallas?

[SeanMoneyHands]

If the Avs and stars face each other in the playoffs, the Avs now have the dogs to shutdown Rantanen (Nelson and Coyle). Good response by Avs management.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Rantanen will get booed in Carolina until the day he retires.

It will be classless for Caniacs to do that. They better give Rantanen a standing O and have a nice video tribute ready for his much anticipated return.

 

[Silky Johnson]

Says the guy who can’t even spell MacKinnon.

Oops. Perils of typing quickly on a mobile device is being attacked by the HF spelling police.

Point still remains and unaddressed by you. Do you have a hockey opinion or do you just get a kick out of being pedantic on the internet.

 

[John Mandalorian]

Oops. Perils of typing quickly on a mobile device is being attacked by the HF spelling police.

Point still remains and unaddressed by you. Do you have a hockey opinion or do you just get a kick out of being pedantic on the internet.

You’re assuming you had a point.

 

[flyfysher]

Oops. Perils of typing quickly on a mobile device is being attacked by the HF spelling police.

Point still remains and unaddressed by you. Do you have a hockey opinion or do you just get a kick out of being pedantic on the internet.

Rants is an elite winger when he wants to be. He also doesn’t move his feet in the offensive zone and wasn’t playing to the fullest extent of his abilities. That had gone on for too long. He can be a truly dominant force in terms of driving play. That stopped. For $12M+/year that was too much especially because it hindered the team’s ability to gain more depth and the team was becoming unbalanced. I won’t dispute Rants’ talent. I think he will do well for the Stars and with the raise in the salary cap it’s a good move for their team. But don’t discount the observations of Avs forum posters. These are people that have followed Rants for a very long time, some before he was drafted, and they are giving you an honest, unvarnished insight into some of the downsides of his play. That doesn’t mean he’s not elite. He certainly is an elite asset. But you also have to find the right situation for a player. Look at Nuke. I don’t think Rants gift as a finisher and scoring winger was suited to the Canes’ system.

As for Rants being on the Stars now, so what? The Avs will have to face him on an ongoing basis just like they did with Staz, ROR and Duchene. It happens. I’m sure the Avs players will quickly adjust. Some fans get over the trade sooner than others. I’m thrilled with the Avs roster post-TDL compared to before.

I’d trade Rants again in a heartbeat even knowing he’d end up with the Stars. No big deal.

 

[Silky Johnson]

You’re assuming you had a point.

You must be fun at parties.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Do you have a hockey opinion or do you just get a kick out of being pedantic on the internet.

Yes

 

[Unspecified]

If the Avs and stars face each other in the playoffs, the Avs now have the dogs to shutdown Rantanen (Nelson and Coyle). Good response by Avs management.

Not sure the Avs have the "dogs" to shut down arguable the best forward lineup in the league. Dallas even before Rantanen was over 3.4 GPG which is 4th best in the league. Colorado was 10th in Goals allowed before Nelson and Coyle joined up.

 

[AllAboutAvs]

Since Nichushkin came back the Avs GPG is a lot higher and then they added Nelson and Coyle which will help also compared to Mittelstadt.

 

[Ncit3]

Honestly not that scared of Dallas. I think Rantanen will be easy to exploit.

 

[SI90]

The thing that confuses me is did he want out of Colorado? I feel like the contract he got from Dallas he could have easily got from Colorado. Avs obviously had the ability to offer the 8th year as well. Just confusing all around.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

The thing that confuses me is did he want out of Colorado? I feel like the contract he got from Dallas he could have easily got from Colorado. Avs obviously had the ability to offer the 8th year as well. Just confusing all around.

There's no indication of that. I think he just wanted more money than we were offering.

 

[NVious]

Personally I thought trading him was a mistake, but maybe Necas has already proved me wrong.

I guess time will tell with how the Avs and Stars do.

 

[Voight]

Dallas thinks they’re getting MacKinnon version of Rantanen, when in reality they’re getting the Aho version, possibly a worse version. Dallas’ best player might not be ready for playoffs and they may have just blew up their salary structure. He will help on the power play, for sure tho.

Rantanen is PPG without MackInnon in his career so while that may not be worth 12 million, its not terrible either

 

[Chiarelli]

Rantanen is PPG without MackInnon in his career so while that may not be worth 12 million, its not terrible either

He’s an elite offensive player no doubt.