Mikko Rantanen breaks the single season record for most empty net points

[Mulletman]

So with a secondary assist on a empty net goal against Minnesota Mikko Rantanen was able to break Nikita Kucherov's single season empty net points record by collecting his 15th empty net point of the season: NHL Stats

Rantanen has just 75 points this season so scoring 15 empty net points is really ridiculous. When Kucherov put up 14 empty net points he had a very respectable 144 points and won the Art Ross. Rantanen on the other hand has been spiraling out of control after being traded from Colorado and has just 11 points in 21 games after the trade. Take MacKinnon and Makar away and Rantanen is just a borderline top 6 player on pace for 15+27=42 points over a full 82 game regular season. If things continue like this Rantanen can forget about making the Hall of fame.

 

[nucksflailtogether]

Let me be the first to say:


WTF

 

[RedHawkDown]

It’s been a while since a patented Mullletman thread. Thank you for this gift.

 

[Pokecheque]

What a strange thread headline. Who hurt you?

He'll be in the HOF no problem. This has not been a banner year for him but I'm sure he'll bounce back. Which, speaking as an Avs fan, is not exactly something I'll be thrilled about.

 

[H3ckt1k]

I wish I could put up 75 points in 70 games while spiraling towards mediocrity

 

[Sasha Orlov]

Thank you, Mulletman. Very cool!

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

This should enter in the HFBoards Hall Of SHAME for the pointless thread award.

Congratulations!

 

[Blueline Bomber]

The weirdest thing, IMO, is that he keeps being put out there in empty net situations. He's not bad defensively, but he certainly wouldn't be my first choice if I needed to defend a lead in the dying minutes.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

And how many empty net points does MacKinnon have this year again?

 

[Ignatius]

Secondary Ranto

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

Pretty embarrassing thread even by OPs standards.

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

And how many empty net points does MacKinnon have this year again?

MaK also has >100 points

 

[KirkAlbuquerque]

Pretty embarrassing thread even by OPs standards.

nah, he's right. MacKinnon merchant, and now an empty net merchant. 8 x 12

 

[Mulletman]

I wish I could put up 75 points in 70 games while spiraling towards mediocrity

Rantanen put up 64 of those 75 points in 49 games playing with MacKinnon and Makar. So he's fallen off from 1.3 point per game in Colorado to 0.52 point per game after being traded.

 

[MCB]

If rantanen is only mediocre my team has no hope.

 

[Poppy Whoa Sonnet]

You know what, I do think this is interesting and will be watching Rantanen's career in Dallas with great interest.

I think the Carolina numbers are a fluke in the other direction but the idea that his huge numbers were a product of supporting staff in Colorado + major deployment with them is not an outrageous hypothesis.

 

[Mulletman]

If rantanen is only mediocre my team has no hope.

Anaheim has 7 guys scoring at a higher rate or just as high a rate as Rantanen after being traded.

 

[tfwnogf]

To be fair, after watching the Oilers fail an infinite amount of times at putting the puck into the empty net, this is legitimately impressive.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Spiraled himself right into a 96 million dollar deal

 

[tantalum]

Player trusted to always be on the ice when team is holding onto a lead gets empty net points. Go figure.

 

[TheLegend27]

Mulletman turning back the years with a classic.

Seriously, let's judge him next season when he's acclimated.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

MaK also has >100 points

And it's usually what happens when you get traded to two teams in season one of which isn't a high octane offence in Carolina. How many of rantanens empty net points was MacKinnon apart of? At least 80 percent. MacKinnon hasn't exactly been a dynamo since rantanens left

 

[NVious]

It's sad but I feel like he'll never be a late great like Lanny McDonald or Owen Nolan, just heartbreaking stuff.

 

[RickyLafleur]

I wish I could put up 75 points in 70 games while spiraling towards mediocrity

Have you tried digging in?

 

[AhosDatsyukian]

Rantanen will probably get back to being roughly a point per game player. I don't think he hits 50 goals or 100 points in Dallas though