Do Avs Still Trade Rantanen if They Know He Ends up in Dallas

[JTToilinginToronto]

They should have just paid him what he wanted and found a way with the cap.

Regardless of where he ended up and what happened in the playoffs, it was dumb to trade a 28 year old of his talent level as a contender.

 

[tabness]

He sounds like a diva. They’re probably well rid of him.

And this isn’t 1999. Why would Colorado be worried about Dallas?

Wings should retire Rantanen's number, biggest f*** you to the Avs since 2002, probably even bigger lol

 

[Raspewtin]

legendary bump

yes

 

[Son of Nogatco]

Probably not

lol had that post typed up and ready to go

 

[RogerRoger]

big oof

 

[Junohockeyfan]

This was a storybook ending and really a foregone conclusion. When you trade the far superior player because you assume you can't re-sign him, you should be fired.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

Are the Avs strapped for cash or something? Their front office has prematurely closed their own Cup window by letting Rantanen walk. Kadri too, to an extent.

 

[syz]

Are the Avs strapped for cash or something? Their front office has prematurely closed their own Cup window by letting Rantanen walk. Kadri too, to an extent.

The talk was they're unwilling to give somebody a bigger cap hit than 29. Dunno how substantiated that ended up being.

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

idk which is more surprising, the Heiskanen hatty or the Hakinpa one.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]

Trade backfired ouch. Rantanen destroys his former team.

 

[Fatass]

They should have just paid him what he wanted and found a way with the cap.

Regardless of where he ended up and what happened in the playoffs, it was dumb to trade a 28 year old of his talent level as a contender.

The GM should be fired.

 

[I Hate Blake Coleman]

The talk was they're unwilling to give somebody a bigger cap hit than 29. Dunno how substantiated that ended up being.

If there's any substance to that, what does it mean when Makar is up for renewal?

 

[Garbageyuk]

Avs need to clean house in the front office. Sakic, MacFarland, and Bednar all deserve the axe. Pretty certain all three had a hand in Rantanen being traded, not just MacFarland, despite what Bednar says publicly.

 

[Jozay]

Lesson here is you don’t trade a star player unless they point blank tell you they’re not re-signing.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

Canes-Stars final, come on let's go.

 

[Miro4Norris]

Maybe dont trade your best player mid season as a contender lmao

 

[Tralfamadore]

Canes-Stars final, come on let's go.

Rantanen eliminating his 2 former teams from within the same season would be hilarious.

 

[The Shadow]

He sounds like a diva. They’re probably well rid of him.

And this isn’t 1999. Why would Colorado be worried about Dallas?

Apparently they are partying like it’s 1999 in Dallas tonight

 

[The Shadow]

Necas watching Rantanen score a hatty tonight

 

[The Shadow]

Avs fans after the first Rantanen goal went in

 

[Legion34]

Canes-Stars final, come on let's go.

Lol the rantanen revenge tour. But this time Carolina comes out on top.

 

[WarriorofTime]

Well at least they got Drury who was a big contributor and helped a lot in Game 7 when he... oh wait...

 

[SomeDude]

Chris MacFarland meeting with his boss tomorrow morning.

 

[Save By Thomas]

Still glad we traded him

 

[Greatzsky 99]

Still glad we traded him

Really? still to this day?