Mikko Rantanen is the most underrated player in the league (by far)

[Kaako Kappo]

And people dared to say that he's a product of MacKinnon. That entire line has been product of Rantanen this season.

 

[maacoshark]

Great story bro.
13 points. 11 are primary points. And It's not about the points it's just the overall play he's been showing.

All people look at is points. I think he is looking good. He seems to gel with MacKinnon.

 

[Ararana]

I’ll never stop praising San Jose for taking Timo Meier ahead of Rantanen. Absolute steal of a pick at 10th OA.

Rantanen will be the highest paid player on the Avs next year and worth every damn penny.

 

[Macbanan]

He's going to get the Bäckström treatment. Highly respected by his peers but the media has trouble on focusing on more than the biggest star.
That's just how it goes, it has both pro's and con's.

 

[Ainec]

his perception around the league is similar to Pastrnak

but Pastrnak finally got respect

 

[AvsFan29]

13 points and he has missed probably 5 or 6 goals he would normally put in. Badly snakebitten so far.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

One of candidates for Art Ross.

 

[Jugitsu]

He has 7 primary assists on 7 Mack goals. None on the PP

Correction: 6 MacKinnon goals and 1 Landeskog goal.

 

[cgf]

One of candidates for Art Ross.

If his shot starts connecting like it usually does and the PP gets going, he & MacK should both find themselves in the top 10 by season’s end...though I do still expect MacK to just go off at some point & end up cracking 110 this year.

 

[Freaky Styley]

13 points and he has missed probably 5 or 6 goals he would normally put in. Badly snakebitten so far.

Actually so true. He has hit the post/just missed/been robbed on a few glorious scoring opportunities so far that he's created.

From the moment I saw Mikko play, his style always reminded me of Jagr. If he can be a poor man's Jagr for his career, that's a hell of a hockey player. I just look forward to watching him in his prime.

 

[Royal Thunder]

Honestly can't argue with the thread title. There's probably no one else as good that gets as little talk as he does. It was Trocheck for a while but now he's that guy that always gets mentioned in "most underrated" threads which is when a guy stops becoming underrated IMO

As for the OP how big are your tiers that Laine is in the same tier as Matthews? They aren't close

 

[cgf]

Actually so true. He has hit the post/just missed/been robbed on a few glorious scoring opportunities so far that he's created.

From the moment I saw Mikko play, his style always reminded me of Jagr. If he can be a poor man's Jagr for his career, that's a hell of a hockey player. I just look forward to watching him in his prime.

Kid’s a hybrid of Voracek’s skill & playmaking, with Wheeler’s power game and defensive instincts.

That line is perfect together but MacK n Mikko are both such good drivers that it almost feels wrong that they don’t each have their own line.

 

[Captain Bowie]

I'm just happy I took him in both my hockey pools.

 

[Critical13]

I'm just happy I took him in both my hockey pools.

No one cares about your hockey pools

 

[Hostile Offer]

I said two years ago that he will be Voracek but better at everything and i still stand by that.

Love the Voracek comparison.

 

[Jugitsu]

As for the OP how big are your tiers that Laine is in the same tier as Matthews? They aren't close

Exactly. Laine and Matthews being mentioned in the same tier is so 2017.

 

[Captain Bowie]

No one cares about your hockey pools

Are you sure?

I'm leading my office pool by 19 points at the moment, thanks to Rantanen, Bergeron, and Aho. McDavid and Giroux have been very good for me as well. The other is a weekly head-to-head fantasy league, lost the first week but am up big half way through the second week, again thanks to Rantanen, Carlson, Ovechkin, and Seguin.

Of course no one care about someone else's hockey pool... the real question is why my post bothered you so much.

 

[cgf]

Are you sure?

I'm leading my office pool by 19 points at the moment, thanks to Rantanen, Bergeron, and Aho. McDavid and Giroux have been very good for me as well. The other is a weekly head-to-head fantasy league, lost the first week but am up big half way through the second week, again thanks to Rantanen, Carlson, Ovechkin, and Seguin.

Of course no one care about someone else's hockey pool... the real question is why my post bothered you so much.

If only you had the MacK n Mikko duo, then you'd be golden.

 

[Critical13]

Are you sure?

I'm leading my office pool by 19 points at the moment, thanks to Rantanen, Bergeron, and Aho. McDavid and Giroux have been very good for me as well. The other is a weekly head-to-head fantasy league, lost the first week but am up big half way through the second week, again thanks to Rantanen, Carlson, Ovechkin, and Seguin.

Of course no one care about someone else's hockey pool... the real question is why my post bothered you so much.

Because if everyone starts doing it, the. A quarter of the comments just become hockey pool comments.

Is that what we want? A thread full of “he’s doing well for my hockey pool” comments?

There’s a sub forum for that.

 

[trick9]

I think he's right up there with Kucherov as the best RW in the game today.

Criminally underrated.

 

[Royal Thunder]

I think he's right up there with Kucherov as the best RW in the game today.

Criminally underrated.

Pastrnak too (not the underrated part)

 

[Captain Bowie]

Because if everyone starts doing it, the. A quarter of the comments just become hockey pool comments.

Is that what we want? A thread full of “he’s doing well for my hockey pool” comments?

There’s a sub forum for that.

So sorry to have wasted your time with my initial post, and this subsequent exchange.

 

[Critical13]

So sorry to have wasted your time with my initial post, and this subsequent exchange.

No different from your other posts

 

[Captain Bowie]

No different from your other posts

Should probably have blocked me by now then.

 

[PAZ]

Part of Rants being underrated definitely comes from last season, where he was literally just tapping in a puck from Mack or making a simple pass and getting a point

Early on he looked like Bambi on skates, falling down and making poor plays. But once Mack caught fire, Rants eventually found his game again and hasn't looked back. He's been better than Mack to start this season.

IMO Rants is in the same category as Drai.