Value of: Rantanen @ 50% retention

[BHawk21]

Rantanen going to Dallas IMO

 

[Galaxydoggystyle]

The way GM's give out contracts and the salary cap going up Rantanen might as well just wait for the biggest contract offered when free agency opens up because it only takes one GM to offer him some insane contract.

 

[Rschmitz]

Lightning apparently in the mix somehow, I don’t understand but seems a little unfair to the rest of the league if we managed to pull that off

 

[Fatass]

What did the Canes offer that isn’t enough?

 

[CanesUltimate11]

What did the Canes offer that isn’t enough?

I don't think they've made an offer yet. Per the GM they wanted to give him time to settle in and adjust before talking contract. I think he's only been in Raleigh like 3 days between joining the team during a road trip and the 4 Nations.

The number some of the talking heads (Friedman specifically I think) throw out was 100+ million so starting at 12.5x8 I guess.

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

40. Mikko Rantanen
Right Wing, Carolina Hurricanes
Age: 28
Stats: 55 GP, 26 G, 40 A, 66 Pts
Contract: Pending UFA, $4.625 million AAV
Scoop: The Canes pulled off the blockbuster deal almost exactly one month ago, snatching Rantanen from Colorado on Jan. 24. One month later, they haven’t come to an agreement on an extension. Rantanen’s production has slipped in Carolina, too, with just two points in six games – even if his underlying numbers suggest he’s played just as well (or better!). Carolina won’t be afraid to flip him if they can’t extend him, and the closer we get to March 7 without a deal, the more likely it is. Chicago already retained half, so Carolina could knock Rantanen down to just a $2.313 million cap hit for the remainder of this season if they wanted. Juicy!

 

[McHelpus]

Come on down to Edmonton

 

[chaz4hockey]

Putting Mikko aside, If he is flipped then to the Canes, it's really a Necas (had 1 year left but probably was gone) & Drury (replaceable) trade for XXXX.

Could be the best way to get value for the Necas-Drury pair or as someone said earlier a Garth Snow return.

Time will tell.

 

[DistantThunderRep]

Lightning apparently in the mix somehow, I don’t understand but seems a little unfair to the rest of the league if we managed to pull that off

Tampa has a better chance of trading for and signing Jesus. Not McDavid, I mean Jesus of Nazareth.

 

[The Burdened]

Why not keep him and challenge for the Stanley Cup this year?
It's like people are so enamored with futures and assets that they lose sight that the goal of this all is to win a championship.

 

[ThreeOfAPerfectPair]

Why not keep him and challenge for the Stanley Cup this year?
It's like people are so enamored with futures and assets that they lose sight that the goal of this all is to win a championship.

Not Carolina's philosophy. They want to be perennial contenders.

 

[Rockenator]

The way GM's give out contracts and the salary cap going up Rantanen might as well just wait for the biggest contract offered when free agency opens up because it only takes one GM to offer him some insane contract.

All this talk about other teams in the mix for Rantanen (outside of the Hurricanes) is just noise. There's no way Rants signs an extension without going to free agency. What's the point? Mikko is in the driver's seat. I don't care if he doesn't produce like he did in Colorado for the rest of the year. That won't deter teams from chasing him. He already had his heart broken (as well as many Avs fans) by being traded from Colorado to Carolina. An agent who didn't advise or didn't want to advise Rantanen of the seriousness of the situation and his only saving grace is to let Rants get the biggest contract he can at a place that is acceptable for him to play. End of story. And, if by some chance he does get dealt by Carolina before the trade deadline, good luck for that team in signing him to an extension. Unless they blow him out of the water with an offer, Rants will just sit back, let his head settle and start looking at offers. The wine and dine period for him.

 

[SeanMoneyHands]