Rantanen vs Necas points race to end of season.

[LaineBOOM]

Wow I just saw this thread for the first time. I cant believe how bad Rantanen has been, and how good Necas is.

 

[bleedgreen]

Wow I just saw this thread for the first time. I cant believe how bad Rantanen has been, and how good Necas is.

I'm a Canes fan that also loves the Avs and lives in CO, not much of a team bias - and I very much want Necas to get the recognition he deserves as a player.

The difference isn't as stark when you look beyond the pts totals. Im not much of an advanced stat guy but articles have come out showing Rants has been the Canes most dangerous player who until last night wasn't getting any bounces. Now that the Canes adjusted the pp there should be more going for him and he broke out a bit with two pts last night. Necas has played well but not quite as well as he did early this season for the Canes - he's capable of a whole other level. He was leading the NHL in scoring early on and doing it mostly all by himself. Last night he had three assists where he was really just moving the puck around the perimeter on the pp, he didn't make any big plays and got the assists off being on a lethal pp. These were the pts Rants used to get which inflated his totals. Rants has had a slow start but theres a lot more nuance going on here than what's being presented.