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Mikko Rantanen : (only) $365k more in Dallas than in Colorado
Raphael Simard
Mikko Rantanen : (only) $365k more in Dallas than in Colorado
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After weeks of speculation, the Mikko Rantanen file has finally been settled.

He has taken the direction of Dallas, where he will spend the next eight seasons of his career. In total, he will earn $12 million annually, or $365,000 more than if he had accepted the Avalanche’s last offer.

At 5 to 7, Pierre LeBrun revealed the offers of the three teams involved in the Rantanen file.

And on his podcast Radar, he even revealed a few mystery teams in the Rantanen derby.

According to the informant, Utah, Calgary, and Anaheim were aggressive in the file. But I imagine that none of these teams were on Rantanen’s list of four clubs.

Two of the four clubs being the Stars and (probably) the Avalanche. Stéphane Gonzalez and Georges Laraque think that the Leafs and the Oilers were the other two teams, themselves.

When he was traded to the Hurricanes, the Finn was obviously shocked and did not think he would be traded by the Avalanche. He believed he had a few more negotiations ahead of him with the team that drafted him.

But to his surprise and the general surprise, he moved to Carolina. Now we know that he never wanted to be there and, even if the Hurricanes’ GM tried to convince him, he would never have given in. At least the player didn’t fake it with the organization and told them from the start that he didn’t see himself in Carolina in the long term.

But what’s most shocking in this story is the difference between the Stars’ $12 million offer and the Avalanche’s $11.65 million offer. That’s a $365,000 difference, which isn’t too reasonable, considering he wanted to stay in Colorado. The Hurricanes offered $12.5 million.

In retrospect, the big forward may have lowered his demands, seeing that no team was offering him $13 million, but it was already too late to say yes to the Avs… No, he couldn’t have been traded back to the Avalanche since he kept part of his salary. Same story for the Blackhawks, but they were never in the running anyway.

I understand that taxes are different in Texas than in Denver, but $365,000… Come on.


In a hurry

– To read.

– Wow.

– His last season?

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