Rantanan vs Necas points race to end of season.

[Avsfan1921]

88 looks great so far tonight. Who knows how it plays out but I love how active he is. He’s as advertised so far, great speed and hands. He may not be a fit long term next to MacKinnon but they look great together tonight.

 

[bleedgreen]

50-50 here.lol

Rants gets his best friend Aho and they will probably be on a line together at 4 nations in some intense games. That chemistry is built in.

Necas arrived to a locker room and media clips of his linemates visibly furious about the whole thing. That Bednar interview was tough to watch. Same with MacK. Rants walked into several warm Finnish hugs because he was the upgrade.

Agreed but that has nothing to do with on ice play. Once they’re in a game no linemate of Necas is going to be annoyed at him and play annoyed. They aren’t going to pout on the ice until they get their buddy back. Everyone knew that Rants was leaving. Rants acting like he didn’t think he was leaving is crap. He’s asking for huge money from a team that doesn’t have the cap space. He was always leaving unless he dropped his demands drastically. No one is actually surprised, and they’re clueless to the business if they are. I live in CO, I watch the Avs and spend all my time with Avs fans despite being a Canes fan. No one I know is surprised he was traded. Sad? Sure. Not surprised.

Rants can go to warm hugs all he wants, Aho isn’t more talented today. The pp around Rants isn’t any different, we’re just hoping he kick starts it. He probably will. 5v5 despite production the first line of the Canes had been off all season. Aho hasn’t looked great offensively. Rants is being asked to fix that. Maybe he can, maybe he can’t. Necas can do offense all by himself, and he’s being placed next to Mackinnon and is on the first pp with both Mackinnon and Makar.

Rants has the harder task.

 

[Czechboy]

Now do Hejduk.lol

 

[tucker3434]

It was Necas that hit two posts today too, right? The PP was looking great. So far so good there.

Don't think I'll get used to seeing Rantanen in a Canes jersey though.

 

[the valiant effort]

Some folks would have you believe the Avs sent Rantanen away for Poolparty or something

 

[Stickpucker]

50-50 here.lol

Rants gets his best friend Aho and they will probably be on a line together at 4 nations in some intense games. That chemistry is built in.

Necas arrived to a locker room and media clips of his linemates visibly furious about the whole thing. That Bednar interview was tough to watch. Same with MacK. Rants walked into several warm Finnish hugs because he was the upgrade.

What did Bednar have to say?

 

[Czechboy]

What did Bednar have to say?

Nothing bad but he is clearly gutted.

 

[Oilslick941611]

Even if he doesn’t, the reality was they were not getting a deal done. If Rantanen really wanted 13.5+, he’s better gone.

yah, once the initial shock of the trade was over, it made perfect sense from the Avs perspective, however there is still an arguement that they could have gotten better value from the trade.

 

[The Merchant]

Why would you do this to Avs fans?

 

[Bruce Granville]

Zero points for Rantanan. Guaranteed.

 

[centipede2233]

Rants production is gonna tank man. Going from Mack and makar to brindamours system. Good luck getting 13 mil plus on your next deal rants, good effin luck

 

[wayninja]

This is all moot, this has been 4d chess from the Avs. They'll flip Necas for more assets and re-sign Mikko in the offseason.

 

[Avs2022]

This is all moot, this has been 4d chess from the Avs. They'll flip Necas for more assets and re-sign Mikko in the offseason.

Or keep Necas and sign Rants to a 9million/year when he gets 7 points the next 30 games and use Landy's LTIR money.

 

[a mangy Meowth]

This is all moot, this has been 4d chess from the Avs. They'll flip Necas for more assets and re-sign Mikko in the offseason.

We just have to activate his secret phrase when the time is right

 

[centipede2233]

This trade likely cost rants millions….

 

[Muffin]

Does Necas have more points than Rantanen this year if you remove all their empty net points?

 

[TatteredTornNFrayed]

Will even be interesting just to watch the usage differences, and how that may impact how they look on their new teams

Rantanen avg TOI on Avs: 22:30
Necas avg TOI on Canes: 18:05


So far, (not much sample size yet)

Rantanen TOI on Canes (game1) 18:54

Necas TOI on Avs
(game 1) 25:08 (highest forward)
(game 2) 19:34 (highest forward)

 

[Czechboy]

Does Necas have more points than Rantanen this year if you remove all their empty net points?

I'll look into it but I have to ask.. is this empty nets thing some ongoing thing against avs fans?

 

[wayninja]

I'll look into it but I have to ask.. is this empty nets thing some ongoing thing against avs fans?

Kucherov is the REAL victim

 

[Cousin Eddie]

It was Necas that hit two posts today too, right? The PP was looking great. So far so good there.

Don't think I'll get used to seeing Rantanen in a Canes jersey though.

2 posts, 1 crossbar.

 

[WhiskeyYerTheDevils]

Does Necas have more points than Rantanen this year if you remove all their empty net points?

Yeah I believe so

51 for Rantanen
56 for Necas

 

[BusQuets]

I'm more interested in MacKinnon's play than either of Rantanen or Necus. He seemed pissed off by the trade and the 1st two games MacKinnon has looked bad without Rantanen.

 

[Lonewolfe2015]

Pay Rantanen $13.5 million or pay Necas $10.5 million? But they do get one more year of cheap Necas out of it.

Avs probably extend Necas this offseason. And with only a year of this points pace, I have to guess he's in the $9.5/yr range versus $10.5, unless the cap going up is that inflationary.

I can't find a single example of a cup winning team paying a winger more than Ovechkin's slightly over $9.5m, which is similar to Stone and Tkachuk. Every other position there are examples. Even Kane started his after their last cup.

Seems risky to have a winger that high on your payroll if you wanna win in the cap era.

 

[forsbergavs32]

Necas looked great so far so I hope it continues. Also hope Mikko succeeds with the Canes

 

[Joe Sakic]

Both assists were him handing pucks to Makar to snipe. If that continues, he’ll end up with a ton of points.

That's kind of how it works on our team.