Rumor: Rantanen Extension is Close???

[Pokecheque]

I hate the salary cap.

Also, Milan Hejduk got screwed. He never made more than 4M in a season.

Now that I think about it, this is probably what's been driving my disdain for how much Mikko is going to get. Mikko's a much better player than Hejduk, but 10M/season better?

You should love the salary cap. It's why the Avs got Devon Toews, and probably also why they were able to get MacKinnon and Kadri to play for dirt cheap.

I wish it were more a soft cap system like the NBA where you always have room to sign your own players, but alas, I think the Avs have been fairly smart when it comes to cap management, but then again I think they've had to be because ownership isn't nearly as willing to bail them out of their mistakes like, say, Vegas.

 

[Balthazar]

Again, don't think he ever would've been given the green light for that.

A green light from whom? Sakic? Kroenke?

As far as we know CMAc is the GM and doesn't need a green light to make hockey moves.

 

[Ceremony]

Guys, I’m starting to think OP may have been misinformed

OP was talking relatively. Relative to the eventual heat death of the universe, a Rantanen extension is imminent.

 

[SoundwaveIsCharisma]

OP was talking relatively. Relative to the eventual heat death of the universe, a Rantanen extension is imminent.

Thank goodness, I think it would be a bad decision for them to extend Rants right before the inevitable heat death of the universe.

 

[sethro109]

You should love the salary cap. It's why the Avs got Devon Toews, and probably also why they were able to get MacKinnon and Kadri to play for dirt cheap.

I wish it were more a soft cap system like the NBA where you always have room to sign your own players, but alas, I think the Avs have been fairly smart when it comes to cap management, but then again I think they've had to be because ownership isn't nearly as willing to bail them out of their mistakes like, say, Vegas.

We lost Rob Blake, Adam Foote, Alex Tanguay and Peter Forsberg because of the salary cap. F*** the salary cap.

 

[RoyIsALegend]

The Avs were traditionally a top 5 spending club before the cap was introduced.

f*** the salary cap.

f*** poor teams.

f*** parity.

 

[katfude]

I like salary caps as a concept. Look at the MLB right now.

But god damn, why is it every time they implement them or make them stricter, they absolutely hose great Colorado teams?

 

[Foppa2118]