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96 M$ : Mikko Rantanen had refused the same contract in Colorado
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96 M$ : Mikko Rantanen had refused the same contract in Colorado
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Since last night, the case of Mikko Rantanen has been widely discussed in the NHL. The Hurricanes and the Stars had an agreement in place late last night, but this agreement was conditional on Rantanen reaching a long-term agreement with the Stars.

And that, that was not easy at all. The Stars did not want to give him more than $12 million per year, and Rantanen’s team wanted more.

In the end, Rantanen agreed to sign a $96 million contract over eight years. So, he will make $12 million per year.

What’s interesting in all this is that, according to Georges Laraque, the offer that Rantanen accepted today is identical to the one the Avalanche offered him before trading him.

He discussed this around 1 pm today on BPM Sports.

Laraque notes that the information came from Teemu Selanne, a Finnish compatriot of Rantanen. Slightly lower figures had circulated, but the offer that was on the table for Rantanen was $96 million over eight years.

We know that the Avalanche does not want a player to earn more than Nathan MacKinnon’s annual salary of $12.6 million, so an offer of $12 million per year to Rantanen made sense.

In the end, Rantanen wanted more, so he was traded, and in the end, after two teams and far from what he knew (he was well-established in Colorado, after all), he decided to sign the same contract he had refused in Colorado.

It should be noted that the tax reality in Texas is not the same as in Colorado, which may have played a role in the decision. That being said, we can also think that after seeing three teams refuse to pay him the salary he wanted, he finally understood that he may not be worth $13-14 million per year, and he got tired of constantly being on the move.

Now that Rantanen has signed his big contract, he will have to relaunch his season in Dallas. His time in Carolina will have been a moment to forget, but now, he will have to play big hockey with his new team.

At least, he feels that the fit is good for him in Dallas. Let’s see what it will bring.


Rapid Fire

– Don Sweeney admits: it was a difficult day.

– Still.

– Minor transaction between the Bruins and the Devils.

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