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 might appear to be together with his present staff or one other staff 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 pondering once you say monster extension?”
Dave Pagnotta: “You’re most likely taking a look at, you already know, one thing just like share sensible of the cap that guys like his teammate Nate McKinnon pulled in and his first 12 months was final season, like what Auston Matthews is pulling in. A few of these guys that at the moment are strolling into these big-time extensions are hovering round 15% of the wage cap, similar with the Leon Draisaitl that locked in in the beginning of this season.
Clearly, a few of these guys that I discussed may be lower above, however at the least there’s a robust vary and a robust ceiling to grasp the kind of {dollars} {that a} man like Rantanen could find yourself getting. The identical as Mitch Marner in Toronto.
NHL Rumors: What Will Mikko Rantanen Make with the Colorado Avalanche?
Very related conditions, two totally different gamers stylistically, however by way of total influence, they’re going to be type of neck and neck by way of what sort of {dollars} they’re going to finish up getting, and I believe the Rantanen aspect of issues, you could possibly 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 forwards and backwards, 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 a giant 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 need to keep away from.”
