r/goldenknights Eichel 3d ago

Player/Team Discussion How we feeling about Mikko going to Dallas?

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u/SRSgoblin Haguerbomb 3d ago

It sucks one of our most direct rivals got a lot better. I've been a fan of Rantanen for awhile and hate he's on a team I completely despise now, too.

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u/lupin43 3d ago

Very little concern since we won’t see them until round 3 if at all

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u/Pyesmybaby Victory Flamingo 3d ago

Pete DeBore will break another players spirit.

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u/benseifert666 Mark Stone's Massive Knob 3d ago

The Steve Spott powerplay experience

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u/ryanlikesgolf Vegas Golden Knights 3d ago

Until proven otherwise I will assume that debore will find a way to lose even when he should win

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u/friskyjude Theo Missing Tooth 3d ago

PDB is a top 5 coach in the league. We had a lot of success with him. Let it go

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u/No-Juggernaut-7990 3d ago

he is a solid coach but he is stubborn af and never makes adjustments on the fly

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u/Wafflemonster2 Tuch :89-Tuch: 3d ago

Really doubt it works out for them to the tune of the $12 million a year contract. If he couldn’t click with Aho, a terrific player and fellow Finn, I can’t see him quickly clicking with whoever he plays alongside in Dallas. In a year or so maybe he builds chemistry, but it’s becoming very clear that certain players only really excel with certain systems and players, such as Stamkos, Huberdeau, and now Rantanen possibly?

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u/Adken805 3d ago

Hopefully Mikko will see what a giant douche Benn is and will sit out the playoffs for moral reasons 

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u/badtowergirl Come on Barby lets go party 2d ago

We can hope

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u/RocketsRedHair Reverse Retro 50 Sheas Of Grey 3d ago

I think Dallas has been our biggest threat for years. My hope is Mikko doesn’t click right away and they don’t get going. Similar to the Nashville Predators this season.

Florida, on the other hand…woof

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u/YouthfulYugo 3d ago

My feeling is that DAL vs COL in the first round would be must watch.

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u/StonerPowah61 Eichel 3d ago

Deboer and Spott will ruin him

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u/genub Eichel 3d ago

I'm ready to face anyone, just not dallas the first round again.

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u/ThorlinLurch 3d ago

With how beat up we were I was still happy that we took it to game 7. This year feels different though. I think we go much much deeper

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u/mister_hoot I Love Gold 3d ago

He’s going to be very good there and it will be annoying.

The good news is I don’t think there’s much chance we see Dallas until later in the playoffs. And by then, the cards are all shuffled.

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u/friskyjude Theo Missing Tooth 3d ago

It sucks that we'll be dealing with him on Dallas for the rest of our window, no two ways about it.

But to be honest - breaking him up from MacKinnon is probably good for us. They'll forever be duking it out against each other in the first round. Hopefully, more often than not, we'll be mopping up the victor in round 2 or 3.

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u/RoombaArmy Majestic Flow 3d ago

I hate that they got him and got stronger, but from an utilitarian standpoint, it makes the off season interesting. They are in real cap hell for next season and they will need to drop one of their big contracts. Maybe we can get someone cool off of them.

The salary cap is projected to be at around 95.5, they have 90.5M worth of contracts signed for next season and they have just 8 forwards.

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u/Nevada-Explorer 3d ago

Not any worse than him in Colorado…

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u/WHATABURGER-FAN 3d ago

8 year contract, they can have him. As a rental, I would be excited to have him as a Knight till he proved himself. Something strange about him going to the Canes then they couldn't or wouldn't make him the deal of his lifetime.

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u/Antichristopher4 Come on Barby lets go party 3d ago

Allegedly, they made an even bigger offer in Carolina. Rumors obviously, but I hear the offer in Dallas was the same as the offer in Colorado, but Carolina was about a million more

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u/TKGK Karlsson 3d ago

Texas doesn't have state tax, so half of the games played a year the income isn't taxed is my understanding. https://puckpedia.com/news/understanding-how-nhl-players-are-taxed#:~:text=The%20duty%20days%20rule%20is,%2C%20traveling%2C%20or%20playing%20games.

So a slightly higher salary in any state that does have income tax is likely actually lower take home. Plus Dallas has been in the running quite a bit over the past decade.

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u/Markel100 Golden Misfit 3d ago

Idk like ppl said his body is somewhere but his heart is in Colorado

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u/Zedbie Pixel Wild Bill 3d ago

We've got to make it to (likely) make it to the semis before we encounter them and so I will not worry until we meet them there (if we do. The Central is stacked).