RW/C Mikko Rantanen (2015, 10th, COL)

[CoachBadkitten]

Really excited! Wanted this guy for so long.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Never thought the Avs would take him at 10, but very happy they did. Hope to be able to put him in the AHL too.

 

[TheStranger]

Man I am so hyped after today. Colorado, in my opinion really turned things around today. Not that they were in the basement or anything but it's like a fresh new outlook on the team after today.

 

[Lemonlimey]

Agreed stranger. Im dancing in my socks. The return on Rhino coupled with this Rantanen kid...I thought today would be horrible but I'm feeling so overwhelmingly positive for the first time in some while!

 

[Big Ed]

Sad to see one of my favorites from this draft go to Colorado.

 

[Lemonlimey]

Did anyone else feel the television presenters were somewhat undercutting of Rantanen? Meier, picked directly before, they raved over (and with good reason, Timo is terrific), but then with Rantanen they are making a strange point about how Calgary traded for Dougie Hamilton so they wouldn't fail and regress like Colorado? What does that have to do with this moment? And then someone chimed in "he might get you 20 goals, if so you'll be happy with this pick". Well ya, 20 goals is nothing to sniff at, but lets be real Mikko Rantanen has a higher ceiling than that.

 

[Leafs87]

Really nice pick

 

[a mangy Meowth]

Did anyone else feel the television presenters were somewhat undercutting of Rantanen? Meier, picked directly before, they raved over (and with good reason, Timo is terrific), but then with Rantanen they are making a strange point about how Calgary traded for Dougie Hamilton so they wouldn't fail and regress like Colorado? What does that have to do with this moment? And then someone chimed in "he might get you 20 goals, if so you'll be happy with this pick". Well ya, 20 goals is nothing to sniff at, but lets be real Mikko Rantanen has a higher ceiling than that.

They usually cut to commercial for our pick. Huge upgrade

 

[falconski]

Did anyone else feel the television presenters were somewhat undercutting of Rantanen? Meier, picked directly before, they raved over (and with good reason, Timo is terrific), but then with Rantanen they are making a strange point about how Calgary traded for Dougie Hamilton so they wouldn't fail and regress like Colorado? What does that have to do with this moment? And then someone chimed in "he might get you 20 goals, if so you'll be happy with this pick". Well ya, 20 goals is nothing to sniff at, but lets be real Mikko Rantanen has a higher ceiling than that.

Welcome to national broadcasts of the avs (other than NBCSNs weird love affair with Tyson Barrie, everyone else underrates him, they think he should be in Norris talks)

 

[R S]

Can't believe he was still there at 10. Super pumped.

 

[Freudian]

 

[Colorado Avalanche]

From my favourite team in Finland and to my favourite NHL team. **** yeah.. I couldnt be more happy. Excited!! Great to have Rantanen and I think he will be great player for us. Exactly what Colorado needs anyway, depth and size on right wing.

Sakic even mentioned he might make it to the team next season!

 

[Curufinwe]

Flyers and CBJ were going to go with Dmen unless Provorov was gone at 7.

 

[Keeptdos]

Hate this as Wild fan. Any other team would have been fine...

 

[Pepper]

Apparently he's currently 96kg with 7.4 fat-%. Not bad for a 18y old.

 

[Lemonlimey]

Hate this as Wild fan. Any other team would have been fine...

Mikko can be the bridge of hope which buries our ancient enmity!

 

[fr9dd9]

Whats The possibility to see mikko in The nhl this fall?

 

[Jeff_Dyck_#1]

whats the possibility to see mikko in the nhl this fall?

60,09%

 

[TheFinnishTrap]

60,09%

Wrong, it's 63,387%. Trust me I'm from HFBoards.

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Flyers and CBJ were going to go with Dmen unless Provorov was gone at 7.

I think the Avs were worried San Jose was going to take Rantanen, which is why they would have looked to jump past them.

 

[tigervixxxen]

I didn't think the Avs would pick him either but excited to have him. Think they might have him playing in the NHL sooner than later.

However coach Roy got what he wanted.
Rantanen was top in Roy's wish list and his wish came true.

I haven't heard this before. So Rantanen was Roy's favorite?

 

[cgf]

Whats The possibility to see mikko in The nhl this fall?

It's still very unclear how the lines will actually play out, but it seems rather likely that our third line has either Grigorenko or Soderberg centering it and Comeau on one wing. That third spot on that line should be an open question where Mikko could certainly be in the mix with Dennis Everberg, John Mitchell, and Borna Rendulic.

Everberg was a very good penalty killer for the team last season (something made all the more valuable after the departure of O'Reilly); so he could/should have the inside track, and Roy does seem very fond of him, having said that he believes the kid could be an elite third liner. But Rantanen is a much more talented player than Everberg, and one who brings a lot of the same things that Roy loves about the big Swede. If Patrick feels comfortable in his other PK options I could see him being unable to send Rantanen away if the kid looks ready. Especially since Roy is going to want to have enough talent in the lineup to ensure that Grigorenko doesn't have to push Tanguay or Soderberg out of the top 6 to have some skill to play with.

Should be a very interesting time in camp and I hope he has a great showing

 

[QJL]

Just signed his ELC per nhl.com

 

[The Mars Volchenkov]

Surprised no one has been talking about it, but Rantanen appears to almost be a lock to play for the Avs this year. They moved MacKinnon back to C, opening up a RW spot for Rantanen, whose been the best forward for the last two games. He looks a lot like Landeskog in terms of how he plays, but not nearly as physical.

 

[Howboutthempanthers]

Surprised no one has been talking about it, but Rantanen appears to almost be a lock to play for the Avs this year. They moved MacKinnon back to C, opening up a RW spot for Rantanen, whose been the best forward for the last two games. He looks a lot like Landeskog in terms of how he plays, but not nearly as physical.

Wow, that's good to hear on both counts (good to see MacK get back to center). It's no secret I wanted Rantanen with our pick and was extremely upset when Colorado announced their pick right before us. But I do like to be made to look correct in my player assessment though.