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

[BusQuets]

Very intriguing prospect. Doesn't seem to have any weaknesses and hard to find comparable player in the nhl atm.

 

[masinaLFC]

Very intriguing prospect. Doesn't seem to have any weaknesses and hard to find comparable player in the nhl atm.

I have been thinking about comparable and propably the closest imho is Jamie Benn... no weaknesses

 

[fr9dd9]

I did not take much notice of him before wjc, im verry intrigued by him now. He reminds me in some ways about armia.

 

[thomast]

I did not take much notice of him before wjc, im verry intrigued by him now. He reminds me in some ways about armia.

No... Armia is(or was)a perimeter player, who can flash high-end plays. Rantanen is always inside the game, goes to the dirty areas, when he passes the puck he goes straight to the net. He seems to play canadian style of hockey. Always heading to the net with or without the puck. You know his presence always when he is on ice. Can't say same about Armia who can be at the perimeter for entire game and you won't even notice him. Rantanen also has very good hockeyIQ. Seems to do little things right and he knows when to pass the puck away. Rantanen is different calibre of prospect than Armia ever was. Despite the numbers in FEL.

 

[fr9dd9]

No... Armia is(or was)a perimeter player, who can flash high-end plays. Rantanen is always inside the game, goes to the dirty areas, when he passes the puck he goes straight to the net. He seems to play canadian style of hockey. Always heading to the net with or without the puck. You know his presence always when he is on ice. Can't say same about Armia who can be at the perimeter for entire game and you won't even notice him. Rantanen also has very good hockeyIQ. Seems to do little things right and he knows when to pass the puck away. Rantanen is different calibre of prospect than Armia ever was. Despite the numbers in FEL.

Whatever, when he is on the ice I sometimes thinks about armia. Think its mostly about hes apperance

 

[BusQuets]

I agree with Thomas. When i see Armia play i think Semin and when Rantanen it's more like JVR(who might a good comparable).

 

[Bluejaysfan*]

I have been thinking about comparable and propably the closest imho is Jamie Benn... no weaknesses

He isn't as physical as Benn in my opinion. I see a lot of JVR in him.

 

[thomast]

I agree with Thomas. When i see Armia play i think Semin and when Rantanen it's more like JVR(who might a good comparable).

Pretty good comparison.

 

[Jack DiBiase]

JVR is actually a damn fine comparison. I haven't even thought about that before.

 

[satchmo]

Im gonna have to eat some of my words. Rantanen does earn his own thread and he probably will go in the first round. Didnt expect such a strong showing.....

 

[JJTT]

Im gonna have to eat some of my words. Rantanen does earn his own thread and he probably will go in the first round. Didnt expect such a strong showing.....

 

[thomast]

JVR is actually a damn fine comparison. I haven't even thought about that before.

Or Blake Wheeler.

 

[FinPanda]

Im gonna have to eat some of my words. Rantanen does earn his own thread and he probably will go in the first round. Didnt expect such a strong showing.....

Good job, Rantanen.

 

[Periwinkle]

Really happy for Rantanen's strong showing. Sometime good coming out of the sad TPS mess.

Hopefully this will boost his Liiga scoring, too.

 

[JJTT]

Really happy for Rantanen's strong showing. Sometime good coming out of the sad TPS mess.

Hopefully this will boost his Liiga scoring, too.

Just put him on the same line with Lasch plz.

 

[kelsier]

He was very good in the game against the Swedes. Had a good tournament underneath already, but the last game really topped it out. Strong on the puck. Skated and dangled past Swedes and scored a goal. I'm suprised if he falls under top15. Even top10 isn't out of the question. Earlier his ability to score goals was questionable but that didn't seem to be the issue in the WJC. Was the best player without a question.

 

[Periwinkle]

Just put him on the same line with Lasch plz.

Wouldn't say no to that. I mean, it's not like TPS has a lot to lose either way.

 

[Unkki]

Wouldn't say no to that. I mean, it's not like TPS has a lot to lose either way.

Lasch's line has been changing almost every game lately, so I approve this. Lasch - Koskiranta - Rantanen would be nice.

After this tournament it is hard not to see Rantanen as a TOP15-prospect. I think that pick 6.-10. is closer than 16.-20.. If you compare Rantanen to e.g. Zacha or Crouse, who are higher in almost every rankings, I have to say that Rantanen was better than either of those players in this tournament (yeah, Crouse still has some games left, but so far).

 

[thomast]

The scouts have been saying that Rantanen is in the mix with Crouse, Strome, Zacha, Kylington and Marner right after Hanifin with his performance at WJC.

 

[YARR123]

The scouts have been saying that Rantanen is in the mix with Crouse, Strome, Zacha, Kylington and Marner right after Hanifin with his performance at WJC.

Is there a source for this?

 

[Erikfromfin]

Is there a source for this?

This website homepage had couple short podcasts... Marc Lapointe said his going somewhere around in top10..

http://www.hockeysfuture.com/articles/117037/2015-wjc-podcast-group-b-finland-heads-to-rematch-with-sweden-after-win-over-germany/

 

[FinPanda]

Can some mod edit that C to RW?

 

[JJTT]

Can some mod edit that C to RW?

You can do it yourself. Edit the first post from the first page and the Title from there.

 

[FinPanda]

You can do it yourself. Edit the first post from the first page and the Title from there.

Thanks!

 

[JJTT]

Playing for TPS tonight. 1st line LW with Lucenius and Simek.