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Necas is a better fit on the Avs than Rantanen on the Canes. This will give Necas the edge in points, in addition to playing with higher end talent.
 
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Unreal, Marty is going to outscore Rantanen, most likely, when this is all said and done. Necas is getting opportunities in Colorado that he never would have had in Carolina. Avs are clearly a better fit for his style. They will have 90-100 point player in their lineup next year for $6.5 million. Unreal. Back-to-back GWGs as well.

For the Canes, hopefully Mikko can figure things out. He has had a few good opportunities that just missed. I am sure things will go his way eventually. Canes definitely need a big, strong finisher and Mikko does provide that, but he isn't going to get golden opportunities and looks like he did in Colorado. Hoping he can still score at a 40-goal pace the rest of the way.

Avs are clearly the winner of this deal, so far. Great job by their management team proving people wrong so far.
 
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Teams should be wary of giving Rantanen the behemoth deal he is looking for.

He works great on a line with someone that drives the play and Mikko is there to finish the plays. It doesn't work nearly as well if he needs to be the guy. However, he wants to be the highest paid winger in the game.
 
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DrunkTurtle said:
Teams should be wary of giving Rantanen the behemoth deal he is looking for.

He works great on a line with someone that drives the play and Mikko is there to finish the plays. It doesn't work nearly as well if he needs to be the guy. However, he wants to be the highest paid winger in the game.
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Still super early in his time with the Canes to declare this.

The fact that Necas has meshed so well with the Avs as fast as he did isn’t something even the most optimistic Avs fans predicted. That said, it has made Rantanen’s VERY early struggles more noticeable.
 
DrunkTurtle said:
Teams should be wary of giving Rantanen the behemoth deal he is looking for.

He works great on a line with someone that drives the play and Mikko is there to finish the plays. It doesn't work nearly as well if he needs to be the guy. However, he wants to be the highest paid winger in the game.
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Huberdeau v.2?
 
JoeSakic13 said:
Still super early in his time with the Canes to declare this.

The fact that Necas has meshed so well with the Avs as fast as he did isn’t something even the most optimistic Avs fans predicted. That said, it has made Rantanen’s VERY early struggles more noticeable.
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I'm confident in the evaluation. Mikko wasn't really able to drive the play the last few seasons on the Avs either. Mack and Makar had to do the heavy lifting. They tried Rants on his own line here and there, but the results were noticeably worse each time so it never became a thing.

That being said, he will absolutely produce more for the Canes than in this very tiny sample size. However, the Canes don't have anyone that can create offense out of nothing like Mack/Makar so we'll see how much Mikko will score eventually.
 
Isn't it getting clearer by the game that the Canes and Rantanen aren't a match? At this point I don't see him seeing the trade deadline in Carolina. Necas hitting it off with Mack and Makar just underlines the difference on the play style and talent between the two teams.

What would be the best fit for Mikko in terms of playing style and roster and cap space?
 
Calderon said:
What would be the best fit for Mikko in terms of playing style and roster and cap space?
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Offensive team and on a line with a playdriving star where he gets to be the 2nd best player picking his spots. Also helps if the coach just lets him focus on offense.

Rantanen was basically in the best environment possible in Colorado.
 
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flyfysher said:
Oh it was discussed on the Avs forum. Necas’ salary offers the Avs flexibility to get depth so you can roll 4 lines in the POs. Brings more balance to the team and potential for Necas to play different positions.
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As if Bednar is going to do that :laugh: He'll be easily outcoached and will have no answer when his first line is shut down.
Cap flexibility will be massive next year, though, with Necas instead of Rants.
 
I’d say the one thing that might be missing with the avs first line right now is finishing, I’d imagine Mikko with Mack and Necas would go crazy.
 
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One thing I haven't seen mentioned much is how much Mack is going to benefit from Necas' transition game and zone entries. I fully expect his goal scoring to increase considering he won't have to do 100% of the work through the neutral zone and at the blueline. It'll be a nice change of pace for him to be able to trail the play a little and wait for a pass from his wingers instead of vice versa.

They've had good chemistry from the get-go, and it'll only get better as they play more.
 
Necas still have some warts to cut out, like trying to do too much, but so does Rantanen. What a talent though, he doesn't finish like Rantanen but mack is getting way more space.
 
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