That certainly isn't even remotely true
If they move no one, and include Wags, Koval, Behrens, Malinski, and Annunen on the roster, they have $7,260,417 in cap space to resign Mitts, maybe one of Duhaime/Trenin, or go find a 4W/add Ritchie on his ELC, and maybe go find a bottom pairing D. Keep Wags in Loveland, and that adds another $775k.
It's pretty f***ing unfair to paint Rantanen as this difficult person to negotiate with, when it really was a bunch of these big-name RFAs (Tkachuck, Laine, Point, Rantanen, Marner) who were all up during that offseason, and ALL OF THEM took until just the training camp to sign. Marner signed first, and the rest followed within a week. It was a waiting game to see who sets the market. And Rantanen wasn't even the last person to sign, and he signed for less than Marner, while having a better case than him.
Kings with PLD in about T-minus 6 weeks?
A valid option. Not the one I think they’ll take, but that would get it done.
3 other guys that play the same way not including Landy? Hahaha do you even watch him play?That certainly isn't even remotely true
People are way too obsessed with him. It would be one thing if the Avs didn't have anybody else on the team that played like him, but they do. They have like 2, maybe 3 other guys on the team that play the same way and at least 1 of them are actually better at it then him. And thats not even counting Landy.
He's like our 7th or 8th most important player. And if Landy can come back at even just 80% of the player he used to be, he replaces Lehky entirely.
I would say that all of those players were difficult to negotiate with. Laine and Cheese ended up forcing their way out. Marner has always gotten top dollar. Point waited until the last minute to sign and then got a pretty high dollar deal after. I think it is perfectly okay that Rants negotiates for what he can. Just doesn't change that he has been difficult.
1st and B-/C+ prospect for a later first team... so yeah 2 1sts is out of the question. mid to high teens 1st is probably straight up value.
I'm saying Colton is surely not being moved.
Oh please, you know damn well that the agents are the ones doing the negotiation, and they reflect on the market at hand. The last time they negotiated, it was a special class of RFAs. The players themselves don't really get involved, especially at that age.
Behrens doesn't play a risky game. He's actually pretty steady and good as a defensive guy if you have him play that role. He's just not nearly as experienced enough to be the guy to babysit Malinski.
Rantanen held out from training camp. That has not been a common occurrence for the Avs. To spin that and say well Rants was easy once everything else got done is where the narrative is being turned.
Do you watch our team play?
Yup totally agree… it’ll be one or the other most likely. IMO the Avs would be best off to get a rugged RD bottom pairing guy to pair with Behrens over Malinski. But JMFJ is easier to keep around for a minimum paycheck.
Miles "donkey" Wood plays like Arturri Lehkonen?
Why do you ignore the circumstances of that being a special summer for RFAs, and why do you keep projecting that the same thing will happen this time around? Point signed 5 days earlier than Rantanen, he signed his third deal at the end of July. Tkachuk signed 3 days before Rantanen, he signed his third deal during the third week of July (in conjunction with the trade to Florida). Laine signed one day before Rantanen, he signed his third deal the same day Tkachuck did (third week of July).
That’s the rub though.
I’m not saying he’s going to take until he’s a UFA to sign. I’m saying he’s going to want to get paid. He’s proven he’s willing to push it to get paid more. This time the Avs just know they can’t wait forever for him to come down. Just like those names. Teams know they have to pay up, so they do.
This is the situation that has me concerned also. They really need some insight into Landeskog's health/prognosis in July, not in October.
