Rantanen Eyeing Huge Extension With Colorado or in Free Company
Dave Pagnotta of the Fourth Interval was on Sirius XM NHL Community Radio on Wednesday and was requested about Mikko Rantanen of the Colorado Avalanche and what his new extension may seem like along with his present group or one other group if he will get to free company.
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Martin Biron: “One of many different headline in your web site at TheFourthPeriod.com is Rantanen in line for a monster extension? He’s 28 years previous. He’s making $9.25 now, what are you considering whenever you say monster extension?”
Dave Pagnotta: “You’re most likely , you understand, one thing just like share smart of the cap that guys like his teammate Nate McKinnon pulled in and his first yr was final season, like what Auston Matthews is pulling in. A few of these guys that are actually strolling into these big-time extensions are hovering round 15% of the wage cap, similar with the Leon Draisaitl that locked in initially of this season.
Clearly, a few of these guys that I discussed may be minimize above, however at the least there’s a powerful vary and a powerful ceiling to grasp the kind of {dollars} {that a} man like Rantanen might find yourself getting. The identical as Mitch Marner in Toronto.
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Very comparable conditions, two totally different gamers stylistically, however when it comes to general influence, they’re going to be form of neck and neck when it comes to what kind of {dollars} they’re going to finish up getting, and I believe the Rantanen facet of issues, you possibly can actually make the argument that he’s going to be in that 12 to 13 vary, on an AAV, on a long run deal, seven, eight years, relying on what It finally ends up coming to.
So little backwards and forwards, issues seem, at the least optically, to have quieted down with respect to these discussions. However Rantanen goes to be in line, actually for one heck of an enormous deal as soon as he will get it, whether or not it’s in Colorado or if he hits the open market in the summertime, which actually the Avs wish to keep away from.”
