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 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 He’s 28 years outdated. He’s making $9.25 now, what are you pondering if you say monster extension?”
Dave Pagnotta: “You’re in all probability , you recognize, one thing much like proportion sensible 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 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 initially of this season.
Clearly, a few of these guys that I discussed is likely to be lower above, however no less than there’s a powerful vary and a powerful ceiling to grasp the kind of {dollars} {that a} man like Rantanen could find yourself getting. The identical as Mitch Marner in Toronto.
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Very comparable conditions, two totally different gamers stylistically, however by way of total impression, they’re going to be form of neck and neck by way of what kind of {dollars} they’re going to finish up getting, and I feel the Rantanen aspect of issues, you can definitely 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, no less than optically, to have quieted down with respect to these discussions. However Rantanen goes to be in line, definitely 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 definitely the Avs wish to keep away from.”
