After being the one of the most vocal doubter of Rantanen, respect for @Ippenator for admitting being wrong. It's not always easy to admit that.
Glad to hear. Mikko played one of his worst games in recent memory against Nashville too.The Nashville broadcast was praising Mikko a ton last night. Calling him one of the most underrated players in the league, and one of the main reason MacKinnon turned into a superstar. Glad at least someone outside of the Avalanche sphere is catching on.
Glad to hear. Mikko played one of his worst games in recent memory against Nashville too.
Brian Boucher was talking about Mikko a lot last week. He said when he talks to players around the league about Mackinnon they quickly bring up Mikko on their own. Called him a force and said everyone talks about how hard he is to play against.
Nah. If that line stays healthy and together I don't see any reason why Rants can't do even better next season.I never expected him to score this many points. Might be a career year for him, pointwise. He will be a better player in the future, overall.
Nah. If that line stays healthy and together I don't see any reason why Rants can't do even better next season.
10M guy? No, not yet. OR ever. Not unless the cap explodes in the next year.
Yep. Mikko and Nate are still young evolving players. And hell, Gabe has started just recently play good offensively.If they did better it would be insane. MacK is already on 100 point pace +.
So he's at 77 points after this game.
Dammit I was high on him pre draft, thought he was faster& bigger Eriksson but he's producing more than I could have dream of.
If he has another year like this he's a 10M guy, after this year 7-8M sounds like a dream for 8 years.
I remember reading about that when he was in the AHL, everyone seemed to respect how difficult he was to play against.
Yeah, he's really becoming that Voracek/Wheeler we hoped he'd become. And that's why I hope they lock him in for 7-8per this summer rather than wait for him to have another year like this and start wondering why he shouldn't get more than Draisaitl/Perry.
Drai's cap hit is really based on 1 season of elite production where he spent lot of time with McDavid(Rants with Mack) and Rants has already tied him for career high.
If you give him another chance to get 70+ it will get expensive.
I remember having an argument with a Bruins fan who said it would be the worst decision in history if the Bruins picked Rantanen in 2015
That is load of crap. Mikko's contract won't be compared to Mac's by any reasonable humanbeing. Mac did his contract after 53 point season. Even last year he was running around the ring like a headless chicken as Mikko was the better player in many many games. We all remember that. Mikko will probably end up with 90 points or so end of the season. That's very different than 53 points. It's only on Mac that he really broke out after his extension. Not Mikko's fault.Eh, Leon's contract was also done in the shadow of the McDavid contract...plus he's a beastly Center even without McDavid. Mikko's contract on the otherhand will (unfairly) get compared to MacK's; which is why I pray the team can lock him down for a figure starting with a 7 & not an 8. And that won't be possible if we let him have another year of huge #s.
That is load of crap. Mikko's contract won't be compared to Mac's by any reasonable humanbeing. Mac did his contract after 53 point season. Even last year he was running around the ring like a headless chicken as Mikko was the better player in many many games. We all remember that. Mikko will probably end up with 90 points or so end of the season. That's very different than 53 points. It's only on Mac that he really broke out after his extension. Not Mikko's fault.
ObviouslyCasual fans are not reasonable human-beings *shrug*
Obviously
But yeah gonna be interesting. My guess is 7.5mil/8years.
Eh, Leon's contract was also done in the shadow of the McDavid contract...plus he's a beastly Center even without McDavid. Mikko's contract on the otherhand will (unfairly) get compared to MacK's; which is why I pray the team can lock him down for a figure starting with a 7 & not an 8. And that won't be possible if we let him have another year of huge #s.
This. Mikko is very level headed humble finnish guy. I'm sure he doesn't want to get as much as possible. He wants a contact that he is comfortable with. So don't be surprised if the deal starts with six.The sample size for that was small though, and Drai contract still has been signed and it raised the bar for these elite kids coming off from ELC's.
The bad thing for Avs is that contract was done, the good thing is Mack's contract and like with the other Finns I don't get the feeling Rants wants the absolute max amount of money, he'll be reasonable.
This. Mikko is very level headed humble finnish guy. I'm sure he doesn't want to get as much as possible. He wants a contact that he is comfortable with. So don't be surprised if the deal starts with six.