Rantanen vs Necas points race to end of season.

[FinPanda]

1+1 for Rantanen now. I guess he just didn't want to play in Carolina lol.

 

[Nogatco Rd]

Finnish Huberdeau

 

[Ozakar]

That’s a long post to confirm that a guy who is just standing around waiting for his contract to expire will score less than the one playing with the highest scoring F and highest scoring D in the league.

I’m not sure that’s the explanation. I suspect he intentionally played bad to force a trade to Dallas. He’s already at two points (1 goal, 1 secondary assist) after first game for new team (has signed an extension for the Stars already).

 

[dirtydanglez]

necas - 15gp, 5g, 11a, 16pts
rants - 14gp, 3g, 5a, 8pts

i expect rantanen to get back to near 100pt pace again. he fits better in dallas.

 

[benfranklin]

1+1 for Rantanen now. I guess he just didn't want to play in Carolina lol.

Howd he look 5v5? PP is obviously his bread and butter and I expect that to improve in DAL now, but Edm is pretty meh defensively. I was hoping theyd beat up on them.

 

[benfranklin]

necas - 15gp, 5g, 11a, 16pts
rants - 14gp, 3g, 5a, 8pts

i expect rantanen to get back to near 100pt pace again. he fits better in dallas.

My nervousness for Rantanen never touching his Avs numbers in Dallas still is the spreading out of ice time due to depth. Last nght is a good example. He hit 21 min, but DAL also had 3 PP's and no PK's. Im curious if that 20-21-22 average is consistent there for him.

 

[Tryamw]

necas - 15gp, 5g, 11a, 16pts
rants - 14gp, 3g, 5a, 8pts

i expect rantanen to get back to near 100pt pace again. he fits better in dallas.

Well he also acts like he cares which the last 2 games he most definitely did not.. I mean his play would have been 3rd 4th line in the A.. From those 2 games NOTE Not saying he dogged all the games.. but the ones after he decided to not be in Carolina

 

[lionsDen]

Well he also acts like he cares which the last 2 games he most definitely did not.. I mean his play would have been 3rd 4th line in the A.. From those 2 games NOTE Not saying he dogged all the games.. but the ones after he decided to not be in Carolina

Mikko was pretty upset after being traded. It affected him. Mikko in Dallas is now the enemy. Hopefully Necas continues to gel with this team

 

[BullLund]

Howd he look 5v5? PP is obviously his bread and butter and I expect that to improve in DAL now, but Edm is pretty meh defensively. I was hoping theyd beat up on them.

He had some pretty great moments, he was being double shifted after Hintz injury and the momentum definitely changed in Dallas's favor.

Made a lot of good plays but Dallas struggled to get their sticks on the puck.

 

[CanesUltimate11]

My hunch says rants point total about to go up.

I will say though.. a lot of blame is on the canes system. Necas was .ppg in same system and led NHL in scoring for a week or so in that system.

As an Oiler fan.. I expect Dallas to tear shit up. If they meet avs.. that will be a bloodbath. And this thread will be fun as well. Imagine a direct head to head playoff scenario!?? I would geek the f*** out lol

Shouldn’t that tell you that it’s more the player than the system? If one guy puts up the same numbers in both systems and one guy bombs in one system and thrives in the other that screams player issue not system issue.

 

[benfranklin]

Mikko was pretty upset after being traded. It affected him. Mikko in Dallas is now the enemy. Hopefully Necas continues to gel with this team

Sounds like Mikko and his agent were playing hardball for an extra $500k-1.5M and the Avs called the bluff. Sad all around.