Rantanen vs Necas points race to end of season.

[AvsFan29]

After sleeping on it, I think Rantanen will be fine. Just based on eye test, he has both had opportunities and created them for others and in fact looked better than in his games with Colorado from the start of the year. His career average shooting% is 16.3 and currently he is at 4.8 with Carolina, and his career average oiSH% is 12.5 (different teams I know) but currently at 4.5. With just normal luck he'd have 3+3 instead of 1+1 and there would be no panic.

A huge percentage of his goals were scored on 1 timers in Colorado. If he's not getting those 1 times in Carolina, then his s% will drop substantially.

 

[Ulysses31]

haven't watched much avs over past 2 decades BUT years ago during DRW dark days, i followed leafs pretty closely (babcock and half of keefe era).

Marner always stood out as a great talent, who didnt play up to his potential in the playoffs but some1 who could drive his own line from the wing.

With all that said it seemed like their was a consensus rantanen > marner.

while i half expect for marner to choke in the playoffs again (maybe not this year BC contract year), would be hard to imagine him struggling as mightily as rantanen is now if he was traded.

 

[Jixer19]

haven't watched much avs over past 2 decades BUT years ago during DRW dark days, i followed leafs pretty closely (babcock and half of keefe era).

Marner always stood out as a great talent, who didnt play up to his potential in the playoffs but some1 who could drive his own line from the wing.

With all that said it seemed like their was a consensus rantanen > marner.

while i half expect for marner to choke in the playoffs again (maybe not this year BC contract year), would be hard to imagine him struggling as mightily as rantanen is now if he was traded.

Way to somehow bring Leafs and Marner into a thread about Rants and Necas, so good job I guess?

Anyways, I fully expect Rants to pick it up after 4 nations and wouldn't surprise me to see him do well in playoffs for the Canes

 

[Ulysses31]

Way to somehow bring Leafs and Marner into a thread about Rants and Necas, so good job I guess?

Anyways, I fully expect Rants to pick it up after 4 nations and wouldn't surprise me to see him do well in playoffs for the Canes

honestly im just curious about what rantanen will sign for and his situation.

Hypothetically, if i was a GM would b more comfortable targeting marner as a UFA just BC plain fact i have watched him play over 100x the hockey i have seen rantanen play.

curious ppls opinions into trade deadline/off-season etc who recent play will affect rantanen's UFA value/ chance of signing with canes (and for how much) etc

 

[not a troll]

honestly im just curious about what rantanen will sign for and his situation.

Hypothetically, if i was a GM would b more comfortable targeting marner as a UFA just BC plain fact i have watched him play over 100x the hockey i have seen rantanen play.

curious ppls opinions into trade deadline/off-season etc who recent play will affect rantanen's UFA value/ chance of signing with canes (and for how much) etc

Cold streak or not I take Rantanen over Marner ten times out of ten.

 

[Crossfire Hurricane]

A Rantanen 13m contract would age so poorly.

That's probably slightly above average first liner money in 3 years.

 

[Leafshater67]

That's probably slightly above average first liner money in 3 years.

The “the cap is going up” posts are getting out of hand. It’s not doubling.

 

[Big Daddy Cane]

We (fans) have been slow to adjust to gradual cap inflation. This upcoming period of rapid spikes will result in a lot of consternation and ridicule.

Here’s what $13 mil is equivalent to each year relative to the flat cap we got used to (using $82.5 mil):

25-26: $11.23 mil
26-27: $10.31 mil
27-28: $9.49 mil

 

[OilersFanatics505]

A huge percentage of his goals were scored on 1 timers in Colorado. If he's not getting those 1 times in Carolina, then his s% will drop substantially.

In Necas’ 2nd game with the Avs he rang two one timers off the crossbar on the power play.