Summer 2025: Rantanen or Marner

[BleedWell]

There were 4 big names becoming UFAs next summer. Edmonton and the Rangers already signed their guys.

Two remains: Mikko Rantanen and Mitch Marner.

If you had the cap space next summer which player would you sign for your team?

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[elmaco]

Rantanen ainec

 

[Mulletman]

Marner. He can play elite hockey without being carried by MacKinnon and Makar!

 

[olli]

Rantanen should be an obvious answer for almost every team. His numbers get boosted from playing with Mack but he’s proven to raise his game in the playoffs unlike Marner.

 

[Jixer19]

Marner. He can play elite hockey without being carried by MacKinnon and Makar!

Wait, I thought MacK was carried by Rants and Makar? Or wait, was it Makar is carried by MacK and Rants? Can never keep up with who carries who.

To the question though, Rants (just cause of playoffs), maybe this is the year Marner shows he can excel there also, shall see

 

[Connor McConnor]

Both players have proven they can run the show when the star on the team is injured so this just comes down to the player and Rants is just more suited for playoff success

 

[gritdash60]

A player who has 2 100+ point seasons and great playoff performances, and 3 hatricks this year, vs a dude who has some points.

What a conundrum, i cant vote.

 

[dirtydanglez]

this is going to be rantanen in a landslide.

 

[Hollowmoon]

Rantanen.

 

[HeadLiceHatty]

This is gonna get ugly. Marner is an elite winger though, great stripper of the puck too

 

[missionAvs]

Rants can't skate properly but this is still him clearly IMO.

 

[Fatass]

Marner plays in more situations. Imo he’s Much better defensively, including PK. More a well rounded game.

 

[MoreMogilny]

A player who has 2 100+ point seasons and great playoff performances, and 3 hatricks this year, vs a dude who has some points.

What a conundrum, i cant vote.

Lol what a bizarre way to phrase your preference “3 hat tricks this year” like that has ever been a way people have measured players against each other

“A dude that has some points” is an intentionally misleading way of describing Marner

Marner has seasons of 94, 97, and 99 points.

And his “some points” equals out to 677 points in 604 games. Vs Rantanen’s 659 in 604. Marner averages 92 points/82 games vs Rantanen’s 89 points/82 games. So those “some points” are actually more than Rantanen’s. I’ll give him the edge in hat tricks.

Two superstar wingers. I would give the edge to Rantanen due to his playoff performance as Marner can’t really boast here. Even if the Avs have been loaded, Rantanen has demonstrated on numerous runs that he can produce significantly. If teams were swapped it would be difficult to say Marner could do the same thing.