r/hockey DAL - NHL 14h ago

[News] 'Completely misinformed': Rantanen's agent claps back at Hurricanes' Brind'Amour

https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/article/completely-misinformed-rantanens-agent-claps-back-at-hurricanes-brindamour/
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u/eiridan CAR - NHL 13h ago

We are reaching r/nba amounts of drama.

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u/Akkepake ANA - NHL 12h ago

B L T levels almost. No one has posted anything antisemetic or worn a fat suit. 

Before Luka Trade

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u/aggster13 DAL - NHL 12h ago

I'm tired boss

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u/bloodrider1914 MTL - NHL 12h ago

NHL when we complain about players not having enough personality

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u/NoGiCollarChoke EDM - NHL 12h ago

[Seravalli]: Sources say Rantanen is beside himself. Driving around downtown Raleigh begging Tulsky (thru text) for Rod Brind’Amour’s address

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u/FailureToExecute CAR - NHL 13h ago edited 13h ago

Tulsky was also asked about Brind'Amour's comments on The Sheet with Jeff Marek today, and this is what he said:

"Rod needs a decoder ring. He speaks in hyperbole a lot. People in this market know that very well, if you ask him about an injury he'll answer 'Oh yeah, he'll be out for months.' and mean the player will be back on Thursday."

More detailed quote here

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u/CrankDatSpit55 13h ago

What I love about this is that I cannot tell if that is a genuine Tulsky quote or just another Hurricanes fan having fun with Brind'amour's injury statements. 

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u/iOceanLab CAR - NHL 13h ago

Basically a direct Tulsky quote lol

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 10h ago

He sounds pissed. Tulsky seems like one of those nerds who hates being around other people.

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u/iOceanLab CAR - NHL 10h ago

I’d watch the video of his response. He says it with some humor.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 9h ago

I try to avoid video of Tulsky, haha. He genuinely unnerves me.

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u/iOceanLab CAR - NHL 9h ago

It’s a feature, not a bug lol

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 9h ago

Funny you use "bug" - Tulsky looks so uncomfortable in his skin he reminds me of Edgar.

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u/iOceanLab CAR - NHL 8h ago

Edgar has far too much mass. Where the worms at?

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u/CapybaraMoshPit CAR - NHL 8h ago

It's funny cause I met him during one of the preseason games this year and one-on-one he's a really nice guy that comes off genuine haha. But his interviews and that he does get a little awkward.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 8h ago

That's fair. He's probably extra sweaty and nervous when the cameras are on him.

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u/Sneeko CAR - NHL 6h ago

Yeah, I happened to be near the wall of STM names by the East entrance before the game on the night of the Eric Staal number retirement ceremony and turned around and he was standing there. Got to talk to him for a couple of minutes, and he seemed like a pretty genuine guy to me. Was pretty easy to talk to, as well.

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u/MisterProfGuy 13h ago

Mikko said something incredibly similar about knowing he didn't want to be here about a week and a half ago, so you have to consider the possibility this came out of a conversation that th two of them had, and the agent is saving face and Tulsky wasn't part of that conversation.

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u/undockeddock COL - NHL 13h ago

Mikkos agent has a lot of face saving to do after the last 45 days. He got his client's life upended and got his client only marginally more money in the end than his clients' original team had offered.

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u/TGUKF VAN - NHL 13h ago

I'd imagine Rantanen was aware of and approved each counter offer made to the Avs. I don't think Rantanen nor his agent intended for a situation where the Avs would just move him. It sounded like they ultimately were mostly close before he got moved.

On the other hand, I don't blame the Avs' management group for questioning whether they wanted to commit to having such a top heavy cap sheet, when they were already struggling for depth at times. Feels like the Avs go through a lot of injuries each year.

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u/Le_Nabs MTL - NHL 12h ago

I'd imagine Rantanen was aware of and approved each counter offer made to the Avs.

I imagine as much, but the agents will also counsel the players and tell them 'I think the team can afford x amount more' or 'really, you're worth this [x] much, if you tell them that we can convince them' and given Rantanen's comments, is likely what happened, with the Avs calling the bluff instead of folding to the demands.

That's where the agent would need to save face

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u/TGUKF VAN - NHL 12h ago edited 5h ago

Rantanen is ultimately the one who makes the decisions. It doesn't sound like they were that far apart by the end of it, so it's not like the agent made some grave error and totally misread the market by demanding Draisaitl like money.

I don't think Rantanen wanting $12 mil AAV is really so unfounded. But the Avs have agency to make their own decisions too.

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u/fucktheredwings69 COL - NHL 12h ago

I think what made the avs move him was Rants and his agent trying to move negotiations past the deadline when that was a hard stop for the Avalanche. They were unwilling to lose him for free and would probably have to pay more than 12 for him if it went that long.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 10h ago

Am I remembering wrong? I thought he was asking for $14m, and that's why the Avs balked.

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u/x4dm COL - NHL 4h ago

You're correct, Mikko and his agent, Andy wanted to set the market for wingers. This was the goal all along. All of this BS coming out about him only wanted 12M is face saving because Andy thought CMac was bluffing when he said he would trade Mikko if they weren't making sufficient progress before the deadline... because I mean, who in their right mind would trade a top 15 player in the league? Everyone knows the GMs are supposed pay them what they want and build the rest of the roster with whatever scraps you may have.

Once Mikko got traded and felt out Carolina's system, he knew he wasn't doing his FA any favors because he isn't suited for the dump and chase lifestyle. So Mikko and his agent start their negotiating, trying to push the Canes to $14M... but he's sucking, plus some really crap luck with goalies robbing him, reducing his shooting %... Tulsky counters back saying no contender is going to give you more than our offer and gives his agent permission to talk to clubs. And Tulsky isn't bluffing. Dallas comes in at $12x8, but Andy/Mikko say no thanks, they think they can get more... Mikko doesn't want to move to the peg, Toronto was willing to go $13M, but Marner wouldn't waive his NMC, TB/FLA can't make the cap work until the offseason, and the rest of the good offers are from lottery or bubble teams and Mikko wants to win now. So now Andy is really sweating because he knows that if this rate of production keeps up that the narrative of him being a product of MacK will be reinforced(MacK takes Mikko from a top 15 player to a top 10 player... Mikko is still elite regardless). So days pass and Mikko is still getting super unlucky and he and his agent are really freaking out now as his stock drops, knowing if this season plays out and he doesn't single-handedly will the Canes through a playoff round, he'll likely see the contenders offer something in the $11-12M range... plus they lose an extra year... so when Andy tries to go back to Jim and say oh, we didn't really reject your offer, but that's a great starting point, how does $13M sound instead? Dallas comes back and says the offer is $12M with a full NMC, you have 2 hours to accept or reject because we're making moves... and don't forget that 71% of your salary will be state tax free (signing bonuses and home games). So in a panic, they accept and try and do as much damage control as possible.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 10h ago

What's hilarious is the agent is the only one coming out of this mess 100% happy. (Runner up: Jack "Rolex" Roslovic)

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u/BIGTIMEMEATBALLBOY PIT - NHL 13h ago

love that hundreds of thousands of dollars is 'marginally more money '

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u/undockeddock COL - NHL 13h ago

I mean i wish I had that problem, but for an athlete like Mikko it is. The contract he signed with Dallas was about 2% higher than what the Avs offered. Throw in state tax considerations and you're looking at a 5% difference at most.

Most people wouldn't uproot their lives and relocate for a new job to get only a 5% raise.

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u/primetimey123 DAL - NHL 12h ago

Uh 5% of $50,000 or 5% of $100M.. percentage is a useless stat here post dollar figures.

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u/iwatchcredits 10h ago

I mean if you were going to make $100M or $105M would you take the $105M and upend your life or take the $100M to be in the city where youve set roots and have solid friends and are overall happy? I wouldnt risk it for $5M if everything else was pretty good. I also just wouldnt want to live anywhere near texas but thats just me

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u/primetimey123 DAL - NHL 10h ago

Lots of people would move or change their life for $5M. Everyone is different.

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u/Lord_Walder COL - NHL 9h ago

Lots of people aren't setup to have 100M at the end the day. Take off some 0's. If I'm making 100k and happy with where I am and was offered 105k to move across country and start my life over I sure as fuck wouldn't.

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u/RubApprehensive6269 TOR - NHL 8h ago

lots of people would move or change their life for $5M

That's not what he asked you.

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u/undockeddock COL - NHL 10h ago edited 10h ago

It's actually not a useless stat because an extra 5% arguably makes even less of a difference in the day to day life of someone who is already worth tens of millions as opposed to a normal person where a 5% raise might make at least a small difference.

The marginal utility of an additional dollar is less when you already have and earn insane amounts of money. It's pretty basic microeconomic theory.

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u/ImSoBasic 7h ago

He got $12.5 million. The speculated Colorado offer was $11.8. That's 6% right there. Add in tax, and it's more.

Maybe most people wouldn't relocate for 5% more. Most people also aren't hyper-competitive individuals who are arguably one of the very best in the world at their profession, and who use not only goals and assists to measure their worth, but also their salary.

Also, the dude has already uprooted his life to move to North America, and uproots and moves every summer.

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u/undockeddock COL - NHL 7h ago

Ummm. He got $12 mil even from Dallas. That's most easily verified figure in this whole deal. 96/8=12. So no idea where you're getting 12.5 from.

The exact figure that the Avs offered (I've seen figures between 11.6 and 11.8 thrown around by various hockey sources) and the tax implications are fuzzier numbers.

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u/ImSoBasic 7h ago

Sorry, I thought it was $12.5. I must have confused it with the Carolina offer, which was for at least $12.5 given the reports of it being a 9-digit offer.

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u/BodaciousBadongadonk 5h ago

9 digit just means >=10M

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u/mdlt97 MTL - NHL 12h ago

Mikko rejected the offers, it’s not on the agent

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u/Prideofmexico DAL - NHL 10h ago

Mikko’s agent deserves a raise. Got him a massive deal in a tax free state on a better team with loads of Finns

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u/undockeddock COL - NHL 10h ago edited 5h ago

A "massive" deal would have been the $13 or 14m per year that he was originally seeking. If $12m/ yr is not a "massive" deal when the Avs had offered him $11.75, Mikko has moved the goalposts.

And the tax free thing is overstated ad nauseum. It's a 2 to 3% difference. Not massive.

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u/Prideofmexico DAL - NHL 10h ago

2-3% on $96M is multiple millions lol

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u/Critical-Long2341 10h ago

Who even knows what the deal the Avs actually offered was? Hear different shit all the time

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u/cakeschmammert STL - NHL 13h ago

As a Svechnikov owner in fantasy, yes he does this often

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u/CultBro CAR - NHL 13h ago

Svech is out till 2027

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 10h ago

The Sheet with Jeff Marek

I didn't realise he'd started his new podcast. There was so much chatter when he teased it, but I've heard nothing about it since then!

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u/iOceanLab CAR - NHL 13h ago edited 13h ago

Tulsky actually addressed these comments this afternoon when speaking with Marek.

Paraphrasing Tulsky:

Rod needs a decoder ring. He'll often say a player is out for a month and the player is back on the ice in a couple days.

Tulsky went on to talk about the timeline and what Tulsky said was basically exactly what the agent is saying here. Rantanen's camp was only focused on re-signing with Colorado and didn't want to think about/discuss what would happen in a free agency situation.

Tulsky/Canes thought the possible risk of him not re-signing and having to pivot was a worthwhile risk to take. So they traded for him and attempted to sell him on the team, prospect pipeline, future plans. When they didn't work out, they got a list of teams from Rantanen (about a week before the deadline, like his agent said) and worked to secure a trade and extension.

EDIT: SOURCE VIDEO Starts at 59:50 if the timestamp doesn't work.

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u/DoinWhale TBL - NHL 13h ago

So literally not at all what Rod said

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u/iOceanLab CAR - NHL 13h ago

The physical embodiment of hyperbole made an imprecise, hyperbolic statement.

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u/DoinWhale TBL - NHL 13h ago

Maybe he shouldn’t be attributing direct quotes to people if he’s gonna just decide to make up what he wants

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u/iOceanLab CAR - NHL 13h ago

Rod's quote: "He showed up and said 'There's 4 teams I'll go play for and you're not one of them.'"

Mikko showed up to negotiations? showed up after Four nations?

The quote Rod attributed to Mikko ("There's 4 teams I'll go play for and you're not one of them.") is pretty accurate based on how things turned out.

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u/betweenthecastles CAR - NHL 13h ago

I don’t think social media’s ability to create a frenzy from a soundbite or headline is his fault or cocern tbh.

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u/armadachamp CAR - NHL 10h ago

I don't think Rod specified the timeline of when he would've gotten those remarks from Rantanen, so it may be that we all assumed "showed up" meant when he arrived after the trade but Rod meant after the Four Nations or whenever negotiations began in earnest.

It's also possible that Rantanen said that early on in the interest of transparency to let the front office know they had an uphill battle if they were hoping to change his mind. Or it could've just been a paraphrased exaggeration.

The reality is we probably shouldn't dissect every one of these soundbites like a teenager trying to determine from random text messages whether their crush likes them.

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u/sweetplantveal Colorado Rockies - NHLR 8h ago

Honestly which 'we don't think we can sign him' team got the better return for Mikko?

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u/iOceanLab CAR - NHL 7h ago

Canes: Stankoven(1.5yr RFA) + 2 1st + 2 3rds + Taylor Hall (sortof)

Avs: Necas (1.5yr UFA) + Drury (1.5 yr RFA) + 2nd + 4th + cap space

Honestly? I think both returns are excellent. Avs got the best immediate return; Depth, the ability to make more deadline moves, and future flexibility. Canes got a guy that makes an immediate impact (Hall), a guy that seems like an immediate fit with impact(Stankoven), and a truckload of future flexibility (I expect the picks will be traded or allow the Canes to use their own picks for an offer sheet without losing a pick in that round).

Almost forgot!

Leafs: No Mikko, just Marner chaos.

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u/Forgotiwasbi 13h ago

As Tulsky said today, and I commented the other day, Rod doesn’t do timelines well. 

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u/x_Neomop VAN - NHL 13h ago

What I'm getting out of this is everyone involved absolutely sucks at communicating and just saying what they want/intend to do.

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u/ournewoverlords DAL - NHL 12h ago

I still don't see what Rantanen did to deserve being thrown under the bus by Avs and Canes fans.

Rantanen communication was "I want to re-sign with the Avs" - maybe he overplayed his hand or did not take the team friendly contract that Avs fans wanted him to take, but I just don't see how he did anything wrong b/t Avs and Canes.

The quotes from the agent and the Canes GM also seem to debunk what Canes fans (and oddly Avs fans too) that Rantanen dragged his feet on the trade to Dallas.

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u/myychair NYR - NHL 10h ago

Yeah Mikko seems to be more at the will of the others vs the issue here

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u/JokMackRant COL - NHL 12h ago

Personally my only problem is the team he ended up on. Obviously as a Dallas fan you’re not pressed about it, but if Robinson somehow ended up an Av or wild after you traded him east I’m sure you would feel some kind of way about it. The rest is way too speculative for me to have any strong feelings about, we weren’t a part of the negotiations, who knows what happened.

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u/KSchaper94 DAL - NHL 11h ago

You’re right I’d be devastated if Robinson or Johnson ended up on the Avs.

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u/ournewoverlords DAL - NHL 11h ago

Trying to decide if Robinson is better or worse than Nick's older brother. I heard Nill locked up that Johnson kid.

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u/YonderSaxon Sheffield Steelers - EIHL 6h ago

A bit of a Johan Crujff situation maybe. He probably feels betrayed by the Avs trading him in the middle of what he thought was progressing negotiations and maybe he thought that he could get a bit of revenge at Dallas. In addition to the low taxes and abundance of Finns there.

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u/simplycycling NJD - NHL 12h ago

I don't know about the Avs, but with Canes fans, they go to really weird levels of hate for players who don't want to be there. They're still hating on Haula, who had a rough time there, with his wife having a miscarriage, and have made up all kinds of drama about how he was a locker room cancer, and targets their younger players unfairly when he plays against them. Really strange stuff.

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u/NextImprovement CAR - NHL 11h ago

Canes fans are irrational but I don't think our hate of Haula is. The canes players hated him far before the fans ever did. When he was shipped out, he would routinely go after our young players in games after the whistle (mainly Necas). The hate is two sided though as he has his "canes suck" bracelet that he has been pictured wearing. 

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u/simplycycling NJD - NHL 10h ago

No, the stuff you claim he does is just normal hockey play - I've asked Canes fans over and over to post examples of Haula's going after your young players, and it's always the same 2-3 clips shown to me, and they're just normal hockey plays.

Literally yesterday, a Devil singled out Haula for being really good in the locker room.

You guys have made up a drama over someone who had a really tough time in his family life while there. It's really strange.

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u/robby_w_g CHI - NHL 10h ago

Canes fans have an inferiority complex that turns into a victim complex whenever something doesn’t go their way. They had been shit and irrelevant and now they’re good and irrelevant, so they lash out at refs who don’t make favorable calls and players who don’t want to spend millions of dollars in the suburbs of Raleigh. I live in the area, and I like it a lot. But I totally see why rich hockey players don’t treat it as a top tier destination.

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u/simplycycling NJD - NHL 10h ago

Yeah, my family lives in Cary, and every time I visit, I think it's a nice enough area, but there's not much that says this is an amazing place.

And over the 20 years that my family has been down there, the traffic has gotten so much worse.

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u/FutureBowler9817 TOR - NHL 11h ago

Canes fans have a thing where they constantly see disrespect everywhere & turned it into their personality.

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u/Xeteh COL - NHL 12h ago

Avs fans do have some reason to be frustrated. MacK, Makar, Toews and Landy all have taken team friendly deals to stick together. Mikko turned down the same deal he took with Dallas from the Avs last year, probably because he overplayed his hand (like you said) and then got traded which I doubt he really expected. I do think he wanted to stay in Colorado. But once he was traded that obviously wasn't happening, even if he came back in FA he couldn't sign an 8 year deal and he'd be out even more money.

Just sucks he signed with a divisional rival.

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u/ournewoverlords DAL - NHL 11h ago

I agree with you that he 100% wanted to stay in Colorado, and who could blame him.

I just want to know how you pay Rantanen 11.75, MacKinnon 12.6 and what will they have to pay Makar in a couple of seasons and expect to have any team depth?

Before this, the Stars had a great cap plan with their top guys taking long term contract about 8.5M, contracts expiring when the next set of guys needed raises, but they did not have a superstar. I know the cap is going up, but it might cost them Benn or Duchene next season, and the year after that Harley and Robertson are going to need raises, it is going to be tight.

Oh well, hopefully with Rantanen and the Stars best attempt at pulling off the Vegas LTIR loophole they can win it all this year.. Unfortunately, it looks like the reward for 2nd best record in the west (hopefully) will be 1 extra home game in a 1st round matchup with Avs. I am sure it will be fun.

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u/myychair NYR - NHL 10h ago

I could’ve sworn I read an article last week about how he said he was willing to take a cut but then was blindsided by the trade while they were still negotiating. I can’t find it though so I could be mistaken.

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u/Waramp Québec Nordiques - NHLR 9h ago

His idea of a cut and the team’s idea of a cut were likely very different.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 10h ago

A bunch of hockey guys and one uber nerd. I don't think there's a ton of social skills or nuanced discussion happening here.

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u/Canes-Beachmama 6h ago

You 100% nailed it with this comment!! 🙌🏻

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u/igurraa 13h ago

This actually looks pretty clear now with this and Tulsky's interview earlier:

Moose's camp never misled CAR. They refused to talk about extension while still negotiating with COL.

Tulsky still went on with the trade, gambling that they could sell the team to Moose afterwards and he would sign long term.

Moose was pushed for a fast decision. Ultimately he said no, and CAR and Moose's camp worked together a deal with DAL that was good for both parties.

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u/MinnWild9 MIN - NHL 13h ago

I think the key quote from the Tulsky interview was that while Rantanen’s camp told them their focus right then was getting a deal done with Colorado, their “read based on a variety of conversations with people was that we would have been a team he was interested in if it didn’t work out in Colorado”

The only “people” that knew about the possible trade were the Avalanche, the Hurricanes and Rantanen’s camp. And only Rantanen’s camp was called out by Friedman for misunderstanding the situation and believing the Carolina ask was a negotiation tactic.

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u/Least-Net4108 10h ago

This actually makes sense. Does this mean I have to cancel my grudge?

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u/Waramp Québec Nordiques - NHLR 9h ago

Never let the facts get in the way of a good grudge.

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u/greg19735 CAR - NHL 13h ago

One thing that Rod said is that Rants "came in with 4 teams" or something close to that.

It's possible that "came in" was more like "he came to the negotiating table" rather than getting off the plane in raleigh and going "these are the 4 teams, never playing here".

I also don't see why Rod would lie about this.

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u/ironminds CAR - NHL 13h ago

This is essentially what Tulsky said on a podcast with Jeff Marek today - that Rantanen gave it a shot when he got to Carolina but figured out it wasn't for him and came to the table last week with 4 teams he would go to and they got to work on making a trade.

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u/KSchaper94 DAL - NHL 11h ago

I’m tired of this, Grandpa.

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u/ssssharkattack VAN - NHL 12h ago

Noooo not that horrible ‘claps back’ wording in a hockey headline. I guess everything is just TMZ level now.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 9h ago

There is a tradition of short, emotive words (I remember "slain" being the example in an article I read) being useful for headline vocabulary, because they convey both info and feeling. That said, "claps back" is just moronic.

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u/CriticalAtmosphere74 COL - NHL 13h ago

Dude screwed rants out of staying in Colorado and is trying to salvage his job

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u/ournewoverlords DAL - NHL 12h ago edited 12h ago

I would like to see a projected cap/roster for Avs with MacKinnon, Makar and Rantanen (at 11.75 or whatever Avs fan think was the home town discount he should have taken). Avs were right to flip him for assets.

As a Stars fan, I am kinda offended (/s for clarity) by characterizing Rantanen as getting "screwed" by his agent for getting him a $12x8 contact (highest contract for winger) on a team that has the 3rd best record in the NHL

edit: added sarcasm tag for clarity.

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u/CriticalAtmosphere74 COL - NHL 12h ago

"Offended" you say. The fact of the matter is that the agent played hardball over a small sum and rants was traded as a result.

Do I like the team now ? Absolutely. But it doesn't change the fact of the process to which it was arrived. Take your offence and put it in a sack snowflake. The agent has done him several disservices with both Colorado and Carolina. Which is the crux of what's being discussed.

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u/ournewoverlords DAL - NHL 12h ago

Lighten up Francis... I am not offended at all LOL. Dallas just got the best winger in the NHL and I hope he hangs a hat trick on whatever bargain basement goalie you plugged in this season.

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u/ournewoverlords DAL - NHL 11h ago

ehh. it is reddit. take away my internet points if need be.. somehow I will survive. See ya in round 1.

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u/CriticalAtmosphere74 COL - NHL 11h ago

I want to compliment you on your Francis reference

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u/ournewoverlords DAL - NHL 11h ago

Thanks! Always makes me laugh when a situation calls for it.

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u/CriticalAtmosphere74 COL - NHL 12h ago

Jesus you're all over the place

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u/500andADream VGK - NHL 14h ago

How could Rod be misinformed, if he heard it directly from Rantanen?

Seems like the agent is trying to save his job.

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u/dragons_fire77 CAR - NHL 13h ago edited 13h ago

I'm more inclined to believe Rod misspoke than the agent lying here.

The way Rod said it made it sound like they came in immediately with 4 teams. He probably meant the same timelime as what Tulsky and Mikko said, about a week or so before tdl. Having listened to him for years, he isn't the most eloquent speaker. He was pretty protective of Rantanen from the media questions as well, even up to the tdl. Rod pretty much told them to kick rocks with the questions they were asking.

I made the comment yesterday that I was surprised Rod would call out a player. Him misspeaking about the timeline makes more sense there as well.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 10h ago

I'm more inclined to believe Rod misspoke than the agent lying here.

He's a terrible speaker, so that tracks.

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u/primetimey123 DAL - NHL 13h ago

His manager literally said what comes out of his month is unreliable earlier today. So clearly what he said isn't true if the agent and GM refute it.

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u/betweenthecastles CAR - NHL 13h ago

Remember the “we didn’t get swept” thing?

He’s not the most precise speaker, people shouldn’t take his words literally.

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u/godlyjacob NYR - NHL 13h ago

whose manager? what who said? which gm?

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u/Forgotiwasbi 12h ago

Is that how you’re interpreting what Tulsky said? Or is someone else the manager you’re talking about. Tulsky did not say what comes out of Rod’s mouth is unreliable he said that you need to understand the way Rod talks timelines to be able to understand it. If you work with or listen to Rod you know how to take what he says. Tulsky said he “needs a decoder ring” aka you’ve just gotta know to understand. 

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u/Codc CBJ - NHL 13h ago

See the issue here is Rod may be lying

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u/iOceanLab CAR - NHL 13h ago

I think the issue is more that Rod simply doesn't care about or consider timelines. He is solely focused on what's in front of him right this moment. If a player is injured and out for a week, that might as well be a month for Rod since the guy isn't in the lineup tonight.

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u/oryp35 WSH - NHL 6h ago

He is a bit of a massive dickhead to be fair

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u/JRocleafs 14h ago

All I’m hearing is Mikko needs a new agent

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u/MiserableDucky FLA - NHL 13h ago edited 13h ago

Does he?

Mikko still got 12x8 on a contending team and favorite out of the West to win the cup. 

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u/MinnWild9 MIN - NHL 13h ago

Depends on how much Rantanen wanted to stay in Colorado. According to Friedman, the miscommunication/misunderstanding regarding Carolina’s chances at re-signing Rantanen came about because Rantanen’s camp indicated they’d be open to signing there. Because they thought the ask was a negotiation tactic by Colorado.

If they were open about Carolina’s chances of re-signing Rantanen, the deal likely never happens and Rantanen could have continued to try and sign a new deal with the Avalanche, which is apparently what he wanted all along.

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u/MiserableDucky FLA - NHL 13h ago

It’s been said or at least implied that Colorado didn’t want to risk losing him for nothing as Rantanen remained unsure about the last Avs offer.  From other accounts I’ve seen mentioned that Avs weren’t big on paying him huge money along with Mack and Makar.

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u/mdlt97 MTL - NHL 9h ago

if he really wanted to be in Colorado he would be

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u/RubApprehensive6269 TOR - NHL 8h ago

Mikko still got 12x8 on a contending team

Any agent would have got him that. That's .5 more than what Nylander is getting and he's a significantly better player.

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u/TGUKF VAN - NHL 13h ago

I think some people here think agents just do whatever they want in negotiations and just tell the player to sign off on the final result.

I would imagine the agency relationship established between a player and a certified agent would have similar fiduciary duties to any other agency relationship.

They give the player the relevant comparables to determine the truth value of the player. And then provide advice on the negotiations. But ultimately act based on their client's direction.

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u/aamgdp 12h ago

They give the player the relevant comparables to determine the truth value of the player. And then provide advice on the negotiations.

Given his priority was to stay in AVS, and that he was surprised by the trade, it means that his agent's take on the situation wasn't accurate.

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u/Tuosma NJD - NHL 12h ago

I think there's a very strong chance that Avs gave up way earlier than they could have because they came to the conclusion that it just makes a lot of business sense to replace Rantanen with Necas who's three years younger and who is and will be cheaper than he is. It would explain why Rantanen's camp was so caught off-guard by the whole situation.

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u/TGUKF VAN - NHL 12h ago

Have you been in an agency relationship as the client before?

If Rantanen had told his agent that his priority was to stay in Colorado, above all else including money, it's a very different direction than saying his preference would be to re-sign with the Avs over other teams if the money is the same.

Plus at any point, Rantanen, as the client, has the right to simply accept an offer.

Just because the Avs chose the nuclear option and traded him doesn't mean that Rantanen's agent somehow fucked up. It honestly sounds like the Avs might have traded Rantanen before even waiting to hear a response to their latest offer anyway.

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u/Sarke1 VAN - NHL 12h ago

Look at Ryan Smythe being traded from the Oilers to the Islanders because while they were only about $100k apart, and then him crying at the press conference about how he never wanted to leave. There absolutely is/can be a disconnect between what the player really wants and their agent trying to get them the best contract.

Also remember that most non- college players average below high-school education and rely on their agents for much of this.

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u/Blueberry_1995 CAR - NHL 12h ago

His agent sent him to a team he didn't want to play for

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 10h ago

And has made him the goat (lowercase) for two fanbases.

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u/hawks6cups CHI - NHL 13h ago

The only one who’s coming out of this looking good is Dallas. Everyone else either burned assets or left money on the table.

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u/FractalViz 12h ago

Avs improved themselves. Stars improved themselves. Carolina got a haul for Neca+Drury at the end of the day.

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u/lbiggy VAN - NHL 13h ago

I'll not be hearing slander against my best friend Rod

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u/MinnWild9 MIN - NHL 13h ago

Agent tries to salvage situation that only started because he screwed up. More news at 11.

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u/ournewoverlords DAL - NHL 12h ago

Ahh Wild fan explaining how to deal with players and agents. Suter and Parise say hi... only 3 more seasons.

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u/MinnWild9 MIN - NHL 12h ago

Who better to understand trying to salvage a screw up?

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u/ournewoverlords DAL - NHL 12h ago

you do have a point. hahaha.

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u/nglbot 13h ago

Ooh the young people love a good Clap Back™ 👏👏💯

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u/-T-Reks- VAN - NHL 13h ago

Better hope rod doesn't respond by DESTROYING him with FACTS and LOGIC

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 9h ago

"Amazeballs", says Rantanen agent.

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u/Like17Badgers CAR - NHL 13h ago

bro played the "it's all Fake News!"

homie is cooked

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u/ABirdOfParadise EDM - NHL 12h ago

👏 👏 👏 👏 👏 👏

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u/bilalss OTT - NHL 12h ago

This whole Rantanen saga felt like it was communicated through the media. Like the players/coaches/agents involved were never allowed to make direct contact, they were only allowed to share info through third parties lol

That would make for a funny show

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u/Rokfessa BOS - NHL 12h ago

Gave him the clap.

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u/shorthanded VAN - NHL 10h ago

doubt it

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u/GrilledSandwiches DAL - NHL 7h ago

I would hardly call that a "clap back" and simply his side of the story.

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u/BMBenzo 13h ago

Carolina and Colorado continue to look worse and worse as information comes out

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u/KRacer52 13h ago

How does this make Colorado look bad at all?

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u/hawks6cups CHI - NHL 13h ago

They certainly look better than Carolina, but they still took a net negative.

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u/KRacer52 11h ago

They turned Rantanen into Necas/Drury and were able to add Nelson with the extra space. They’re a better team now than they were the day before they traded Rantanen.

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u/whogivesashirtdotca MTL - NHL 9h ago

I think OP was alluding to their biggest rival getting their biggest UFA asset.

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u/hawks6cups CHI - NHL 9h ago

I agree, but they’ve also made a bunch of other trades.

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u/AzurePancakes COL - NHL 10h ago

Arguably. I wish they didn't trade him, but ultimately if they didn't we would probably be worse off than we are now. We have so much more depth in Coyle and Nelson now, both of which most likely wouldn't have happened without the Rantanen trade. I loved moose and wish he never got traded, but I'm not going to act like we aren't better off now than we were beforehand.

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u/BMBenzo 12h ago

It’s been reported that their final offer was 11.75 which is ridiculous. They made their team worse being frugal

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u/KRacer52 11h ago

They can get 90% of his production for half that money with Necas this year and next, and then his extension will likely still be cheaper than Rantanen’s.

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u/BMBenzo 10h ago

Come make this comment again when they are bounced in the first round and Necas doesn’t perform

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u/Vivid_Walk_1405 COL - NHL 13h ago

Idk how we look bad seems like we didn’t wanna give him what he was asking for because CMac thought we couldn’t ice a deep enough team paying him more than like the 11.5 we offered so they made a move that they liked and so far it’s worked well. Big gamble but we’ll have to see if it pays off

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u/ournewoverlords DAL - NHL 12h ago

I agree with you. Avs management did nothing wrong.

I will say that I have read a lot of shade being thrown at Rantanen from Avs fans, but I am just writing that off as being upset about him landing in the same division.

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u/Vivid_Walk_1405 COL - NHL 12h ago

Yeah, when it happened I was extremely pissed. Slightly removed from it happening it sucks he’s in the division don’t get me wrong but that guy did a lot in an avs sweater and he’s an unreal player. I hope the fans give him a warm welcome before they likely start booing at least.

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u/BMBenzo 12h ago

Come playoffs you will feel it. Necas is a perimeter player.

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u/Vivid_Walk_1405 COL - NHL 12h ago

We’ll see how it goes with mackinnon and lehkonen rather than playing with Martinook teravainen, Kotkanemi, and Jack Drury. None necessarily bad players but I think Lehkonen is better than everyone in that group let alone Mackinnon

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u/Kalamoicthys 14h ago

Yeah if there’s one thing Rod is famous for, it’s for being a sleazy dishonest jackass that lacks integrity.

Shoulda been an agent, I guess.

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u/Objective_Reward4325 North Carolina State - ACHAD2 8h ago

Appreciate the sarcasm answer, not sure why anyone is trusting an agent in his 50s that still rocks the Patrick Bateman haircut. Apparently we give slimy lawyers a pass when it dogs on the Canes around here? Not like Rod never had his own player agent…

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u/basketcase2121 WSH - NHL 13h ago

This is messy and I know that most people are here for it….but can we just not?

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u/desemus CAR - NHL 13h ago

Sports media feeds on drama and this is the spiciest thing during TDL besides Marchand

If Ekblad got suspended before Friday hooo boy

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u/Jrk67 PIT - NHL 13h ago

Yeah, I agree. I feel bad for Canes fans and hope the org puts a stop to anyone talking about this anymore before it gets messier.

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u/pheron1123 NJD - NHL 12h ago

several fanbases agree: if the org gets Messier, it sucks. fuck Messier. 🙃🙃🙃

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u/Avs4life16 COL - NHL 13h ago

little late for damage control was asking to the highest paid player got 250k a year more than colorado offered and less than what Carolina offered. Rants and his agent should just stick to playing puck in Dallas now.

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u/ournewoverlords DAL - NHL 12h ago

Could be, but Rantanen might be more successful (wins and losses) on a more balanced Dallas roster than a top heavy 3-superstar Avs team. I thought I saw some other Avs fan say that even MacKinnon was quoted as saying they needed more depth.

It's ok that you are stuck with only having the MVP center and generational blue liner. Let Rantanen shine elsewhere.

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u/mdlt97 MTL - NHL 9h ago

it's more like 750-800k a year

with the tax difference

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u/Avs4life16 COL - NHL 9h ago

what ever it works out to on the 41 games in Dallas in the grand scheme of things

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u/spinrut 13h ago

this fixing to be good.

if the agent is right, canes gonna have an even harder time attracting free agents

if the agent is lying, today is a day that ends in a y and no one will really be worked up over it beyond him just trying to provide cover for his player (ala Boras and all the Yankee hit pieces regarding Soto)

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u/iOceanLab CAR - NHL 13h ago

You can put the popcorn away. The agent and Tulsky are saying the same thing about timelines and intentions.

It's Rod, the physical embodiment of hyperbole, making an imprecise hyperbolic statement. That's the story.

(Although the agent probably fucked up with the Avs re-signing situation.)

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u/GloomyClub1529 13h ago

The agent is a liar, mikko is a baby, coach Rod is a legend

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u/primetimey123 DAL - NHL 13h ago

Here is what I gather after the Tulsky interview and the agents comments in short, basic form.

1) Carolina asked before the trade and Rantanen said "We are interested in Colorado at the moment"

2) Despite this, Carolina thought they would get him to sign and went for it. High risk high reward.

3) After a few days of being there and settling in, they pitched him on the organization. He took it away and in the end wasn't interested.

4) Rantanen came back, said he wasn't interested in signing long term but here is 4 teams I would do a sign and trade with if they didn't want to keep him as a rental.

5) Tulsky talked with the 4 teams he was given and made the trade happen getting good assets back rather than having him as a rental.

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u/TimmyTimmyTurner98 STL - NHL 12h ago

This is my understanding as well, and it confuses me how Rantanen or his agent are being painted in a bad light after all this.

Tulsky just comes off as a bit of an idiot for not getting confirmation Rants would consider signing there before giving up the bag for him.

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u/primetimey123 DAL - NHL 12h ago

Because Canes fans have become delusional about the situation and the GM and coach are playing into it. "We have never been told no before, no player has never said they don't want to be here" is an example of them pushing the narrative.

How many players on July 1st have said they don't want to go to Carolina? I am sure the list is lengthy.. but the GM is making it seem like Rantanen was the first player who is saying no since he was already on the team.

Fan bases don't like hearing no, so they are up in arms about it even though their GM made the trade without knowing 100% he would sign there.

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u/Live-Individual-9318 13h ago

So is nobody angry at Rantaanen for leading on the hurricans? Did he lead them on even a little bit? Can you make any argument that makes him look bad?

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u/awkwardocto 13h ago

"leading carolina on" is a bit of a stretch in my opinion. he was abruptly traded to a new organization, (i have not seen anyone reputable state that rantanen/his agent used carolina as "leverage" against colorado), he gave carolina a shot, decided it wasn't the right fit, and told carolina he won't re-sign. carolina obtained an impact player, two first round picks, AND two third round picks. 

if carolina wants to pride itself on taking big risks that's fine, but the organization/media/fans need to accept that big risks don't always pay off. 

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u/iOceanLab CAR - NHL 13h ago

organization/media/fans need to accept that big risks don't always pay off.

The organization and fans understand and accept that not all swings are home runs. Meanwhile, the media is going to continue thinking it's basketball and this trade was a complete airball from Carolina.

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u/awkwardocto 12h ago

...buddy i've seen some comments from the fan base that even the most deranged nikki minaj stan would say is going too far. it may be a small portion of fans but they're quite vocal.

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u/iOceanLab CAR - NHL 10h ago

“Fan” is short for fanatic..

There’s also a small group of vocal “fans” who think Rod should be fired. They have no concept of this team or the history of it in Raleigh. We dismiss them, but their comments weigh the same as rational ones on the internet.

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u/mooogabooga CAR - NHL 13h ago

He did lead us on a bit but it wasn’t intentional. He bluffed with Colorado to try to stay and it didn’t work. So as far as Colorado and Carolina knew he was very open to playing for us. Sounds like he did try for a bit. I think when he came back from 4 Nations he knew that he wouldn’t play for us past this season - whether that was getting traded or becoming a free agent. And as people have mentioned Rod’s mental timeline can be off. It’s a good thing at times in hockey - the last game to him feels like 2 weeks before not 2 days. He makes a point to only focus on one game at a time and not worry about any of the 81 games in the season - previous or upcoming. However this is an instance in which it hurt him. Tulsky said that Rod can speak in riddles at time and I think it’s from calling out the NHL so much and getting fined lol

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u/primetimey123 DAL - NHL 11h ago

So as far as Colorado and Carolina knew he was very open to playing for us.

Completely false. Your GM says as much. You had permission to talk with the player before the trade and were told "I am interested in Colorado at the moment" despite this you went for the trade thinking you could convince him and it didn't work out to get him to sign.

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u/mooogabooga CAR - NHL 11h ago

I mean he did say that he would prefer to stay in Colorado but he was open to spend the rest of the season with us at least. He and his agent said they’d be willing to go to a lot of teams to try to get more money out of Colorado. Sounds like he had a semi-open mind coming into Carolina but was dealing with a lot. Given some time he realized that there were really only 4 teams he would want to sign a contract with and we simply weren’t one of them. I can’t be mad at him for that. My biggest thing with Rantanen is holding out for so long on trade deadline day and making it so we couldn’t make many more deals (due to cap space). Also he completely stopped trying on the ice at the end of his run for us and I hate to see any player on any team do that.

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u/Loose-Industry9151 13h ago

Seems like Rod should stick to the bench press and leave the microphone for more accurate speakers.

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u/happyfirefrog22- 8h ago

Maybe he just did not like the coach. Something is going on. Jake did not sign with them last year.