Rumor: Rantanen Extension is Close???

[cinchronicity]

OK. This is just to move the dialogue along. But a serious question. I'd like to hear people's opinion.

Would the Avs be better off with Shesterkin at $11M or Mikko at $13M?

I understand this is never going to happen as the Rangers just gave Panarin a boatload and are not going to give Mikko more. I'm just wondering what people think about a purely hypothetical situation. Would this specific Avs team ( including Landy and Nuke) be better off with an elite goalie, expecially considering that the Avs would essenitally be a 3 line / 2 pair team plus a bunch of plugs, regardless of which player was signed. But that team would have ( at least arguably) the leaguewide best 1C, 1D, and 1G.

Personally, I still believe the best move would have been to 'offer sheet' Swayman at $9M, at the same time moving Mikko for pieces to pay the RFA fee and find an average wing or the next Lehky.

 

[Ceremony]

OK. This is just to move the dialogue along. But a serious question. I'd like to hear people's opinion.

Would the Avs be better off with Shesterkin at $11M or Mikko at $13M?

I understand this is never going to happen as the Rangers just gave Panarin a boatload and are not going to give Mikko more. I'm just wondering what people think about a purely hypothetical situation. Would this specific Avs team ( including Landy and Nuke) be better off with an elite goalie, expecially considering that the Avs would essenitally be a 3 line / 2 pair team plus a bunch of plugs, regardless of which player was signed. But that team would have ( at least arguably) the leaguewide best 1C, 1D, and 1G.

Personally, I still believe the best move would have been to 'offer sheet' Swayman at $9M, at the same time moving Mikko for pieces to pay the RFA fee and find an average wing or the next Lehky.

I said Shesterkin for Rantanen in the trade thread after the first game and I wasn't entirely kidding. Panarin has one year left after this so they probably can't fit Rantanen cap-wise, but they absolutely could use him.

 

[Balthazar]

Would the Avs be better off with Shesterkin at $11M or Mikko at $13M?

It entirely depends who replaces Shesterkin in net in scenario A and who replaces Mikko on the wing in scenario B.

For the same cap hit I'd rather have Shesterkin + Drouin than Mikko + some shitty 2M goalie, for example.

 

[LTCPain75]

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[Arto Kilponen]

OK. This is just to move the dialogue along. But a serious question. I'd like to hear people's opinion.

Would the Avs be better off with Shesterkin at $11M or Mikko at $13M?

I like the idea of bringing in something fresh. The conversation has been stale for quite some time and we are probably not going to get any news (and I mean news, not speculation articles) any time soon.

I think neither Rangers or Avalanche would like that trade using a comment "That's our franchise cornerstone we are not going to move him, end of discussion".

I think Shesterkin would be better at that kind of value-for-price. But that requires those top wingers to return, some "I guess Nichushkin could maybe possibly come back" and "There is a chance Landeskog returns some day and might be what he used to be" isn't enough.

 

[arun]

Im hearing an extension is close





To 13.5M x 8

 

[Mighty Makar]

Im hearing an extension is close





To 13.5M x 8

Gross!

 

[henchman21]

Im hearing an extension is close





To 13.5M x 8

Do you happen to bag groceries?

 

[arun]

Do you happen to bag groceries?

No