PatrickMcC
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- May 24, 2015
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Rantanen has actually had the same production when MacKinnon is injured...The one who doesnt have mackinnon on the 1st PP unit
Last 4yrs(+ this seasons start):
Rantanen 27yr old
294gp 167g 210a 377p playoffs 48gp 21g 41a 62p
Kaprizov 27yr old
283gp 162g 176a 338p playoffs 19gp 10g 2a 12p
Same age, close production, albeit Rantanen has a small edge at ppg. Playoffs though...
Both players are same age! "Rookie season"...Why do you take Kaprizov's rookie season?
Both players are same age! "Rookie season"...
Rantanen has actually had the same production when MacKinnon is injured...
It's not like Kaprizov is being deployed with scrubs out there either so this whole selective backlash against guys like Rantanen and Draisaitl is getting overstated quite a bit.People usually call it mental equilibristics. Why do you take Kaprizov's rookie season? Let's take last 3 seasons.
Rantanen: 237 gp, 133+168, 301 p.
Kaprizov: 223 gp, 133+146, 279 p.
So 1.27 PPG vs 1.25 PPG, but Kaprizov has a little bit better GPG. Basically the same.
Now playoffs is a team's achievement. Edmonton couldn't make playoffs with McDavid for 3 seasons, does it mean Rantanen is better than McDavid? Don't forget that Kaprizov played injured in 2023 playoffs and was a rookie in 2021 playoffs.
And now to the teams that are around both players. One is a former SC champion, the other has -$14M on salary cup. It would be strange to ignore this.
It's not like Kaprizov is being deployed with scrubs out there either so this whole selective backlash against guys like Rantanen and Draisaitl is getting overstated quite a bit.
As for playoffs Rantanen has an excellent individual resume while Kaprizov has one excellent first round then 2 meh ones.
I took Rantanen mainly because he has a better 2 way game and can be used successfully at center if needed.