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Rumor: Rumors & Proposals Thread | With Klingberg in the Mix Who Are Our 7D After the Deadline?

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Captain Controversy said:
The more I think about this Rantanen trade, the more confused I am.
Why didn't Colorado just trade other players ? They couldn't just trade Mittlestad to offset what Rantanen is going to make? It doesn't matter what it takes to keep 50 percent of your total forward offense, you do it.

Colorado is hoping that Nuke and BrokenCog return to save the aves offense?
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They don't want to pay him that much, it's that simple.
 
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Captain Controversy said:
The more I think about this Rantanen trade, the more confused I am.
Why didn't Colorado just trade other players ? They couldn't just trade Mittlestad to offset what Rantanen is going to make? It doesn't matter what it takes to keep 50 percent of your total forward offense, you do it.

Colorado is hoping that Nuke and BrokenCog return to save the aves offense?
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We might have to 'Rantanen' Bouchard next season.
 
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Jimmi McJenkins said:


This is amazing.
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Bryanbryoil said:
LHD: Ekholm, Nurse, Kulak
RHD: Bouchard, Klingberg, Emberson, Stetcher, Regula, Brown

IF Klingberg comes in and plays well I don't see any real openings in the top 6 unless we get a significant upgrade on someone. Stetcher is a good #7 because he is cheap, plays hard and can move the puck pretty well.
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I doubt regula plays this year in the nhl
 
syz said:
Landeskog has been skating, does this mean he's coming back? I feel like the Avs would've just waited until the playoffs for that though for the LTIR loophole.

It sounds like they apparently have an internal cap of "nobody gets paid more than MacKinnon" though so they were probably never gonna be able to get Rantanen down that low.
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Landeskog may not play this year but if he was back next year it would have really complicated their chances at re-signing Rantanten. Even if the cap went to $97M. Their roster before the trade would have had them with about $17.5M on 16 contracts. If the cap jumps to $97M Rantanen would be able to get his $14M somewhere.
 
I always think that "players can't make more than x player" is silly.

Sure, MacKinnon should be their highest paid player, but he signed his deal over three years ago when the cap was at it's worst. Rantanen is going to be signing a deal during the steepest rise in the cap basically ever. It would be a fireable offense for his agent to take less than MacKinnon's $12M on an 8 year deal.

Could you imagine if they forced Leon to walk/get traded because "no one should make more than McDavid" and lose him over something that's basically 1% of the cap?
 
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I am confused by the Hall deal. A few weeks ago some posters had his value at a 2nd and 4th. If I am reading the trade right, the picks was for just the retention
 
belair said:
I don't think they were even concerned about 'value' in regards to Hall. They weren't getting much more than they received by retaining 50% of Hall's contract at the deadline anyways. That would've cost the Blackhawks over $1m on actual money. So adding him as a throw in here, negating any actual cost in the Rantanen retention, is a no-brainer.

People criticizing Davidson here aren't looking at the right things. This is a rebuilding franchise with an abundance of cap space. Their GM needs to find ways to get assets while spending as little of his employer's money as possible.
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Davidson didn't know what Hall would fetch at the deadline nor did he weaponize his cap space.

Hall retained at the deadline should have been a second or third rounder.

Rantanen retained should have been a third or fourth rounder.

You're telling me Chicago needs to save actual dollars?

This is a massive fail on his part and its why his fan base is absolutely torching him right now.
 
Devilmademedoit said:
I am confused by the Hall deal. A few weeks ago some posters had his value at a 2nd and 4th. If I am reading the trade right, the picks was for just the retention
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Hall without retention had no value. In fact probably a negative value. At 50% he may well have been worth a third but I doubt much more. I don't see any way he would have gotten a 2nd plus a 4th even at 50%.

The third is basically compensation for Chicago eating roughly $1.25M in real money from the retention for Rantanen. From their perspective then it is roughly the equivalent of what they may have gotten for Hall at 50% retention.
 
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Canovin said:
People complaining about Klingberg is like people complaining about Evander coming to the Oilers at 1M. There's zero downside
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Again the downside is:

If he is our top 4 addition and we don't go get a player like Marcus Petterson. If he plays well then great, let's use that money elsewhere.

I have this negative view that the
Oilers are going to say they didn't want to move their "limited assets"
 
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