Daily Faceoff: Tyler Yaremchuk and Frank Seravalli on the he stated, he stated state of affairs between Mikko Rantanen, his camp, and the Carolina Hurricanes.
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Yaremchuk: “The opposite one I wished to ask you about. And hear, it’s type of simply been percolating during the last couple of days. And it was an Ask DFO yesterday as properly that we didn’t get to from Adam.
However Rod Brind’Amour, extra type of airing soiled laundry within the media with the Rantanen factor. Then Rantanen’s agent went on Sportsnet yesterday and was like, ‘Nope, he’s misinformed.’
I don’t know the best way to body this as a smoke or fireplace, so can I simply put it on a tee for you? What do you make of the confrontation right here?”
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Seravalli: “I’d say that one of the best ways I can body the Mikko Rantanen state of affairs is that, nearly everybody on this complete entanglement is sad, apart from the Dallas Stars. Slightly bit sad, proper?
So the Colorado Avalanche, they’ve to maneuver on from Mikko Rantanen they usually’re most likely not blissful about that. Then you definately’ve bought the Carolina Hurricanes, who we’ve been saying and demanding of them for some time that they don’t have a recreation breaker. They lastly exit and get one, they make their large play and push put the franchise report contract on the desk, and he slips by way of their fingers like sand. So that they’re sad. They’ve bought to commerce their recreation breaker.
Then you definately’ve bought Mikko Rantanen who finally ends up with, I do know he results in a spot the place he likes in Dallas and clearly picked, however nonetheless finally ends up with eight years and $96 million. Positively nothing to sneeze at, however most likely may have gotten considerably near that and stayed in Colorado. So he’s bought a tinge of unhappiness additionally, having bounced to those completely different locations in between and, and the being the focus in all of it has most likely been actually uncomfortable for him. So he’s sad.
After which, by way of all of that, the Colorado Avalanche find yourself with Rantanen of their division, in order that they’re sad much more so. They’ve bought to stare down the moose for the subsequent 9 playoff runs. That’s powerful.
What’s one of the best ways to border the Brind’Amour state of affairs? And I’ve heard individuals ask me this query earlier than, which has been, is he not in lockstep together with his entrance workplace? The reply to that’s no, a whole false alarm.
Nevertheless, there’s undoubtedly a distinction of opinion when it comes to how these two sides, the Rantanen camp and the Carolina Hurricanes, view the state of affairs. They got permission to speak to him earlier than the commerce from Colorado to Carolina. Now, the Rantanen camp would say, and there, his agent, Andy Scott has been unequivocal in saying that they advised the Hurricanes that their focus was on remaining in Colorado.
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The Canes consider that they bought a solution that stated, if we make the commerce, that sure, you’ll be on a relative short-list of groups the place he would contemplate signing. Which one is true? Solely these two sides know, and clearly there’s variations of opinion when it’s he stated, he stated.”
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