Mikko Rantanen vs Zach Werenski

Which one would you rather add to your team?


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FlyTimmo

pit <3
Jul 10, 2013
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Rantanen is Far from a franchise winger, dude is plain trash defensively and relies on MacKinnon for his offense

You can have a do-over if you want. He isn't Bergeron or Couturier, but he isn't "plain trash defensively"...

Also you can make a similar argument about Werenski regarding playing with elite talent. He spent the vast majority of his career playing with Seth Jones getting fairly generous minutes. The sample size is small considering it doesn't happen often, but Weresnki's stats don't look nearly as good when separated from Jones.
 

Connor McConnor

Registered User
Nov 22, 2017
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6,011
I like Rantanen but gotta go with the top pairing D guy everytime over a winger, even if he's a horse.
 

VoluntaryDom

Formerly DominicBoltsFan / Ⓐ / ✞
Oct 31, 2016
23,285
5,532
Tampa FL
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Idk Rantanen significantly outscored his I XGF which points to luck, also not generating many shots. High (likely unsustainable) secondary assists production as well. And both his SCF% and HDCF% drop by over 10% (!) without MacK. Idk I’m not really sold on Rantanen.
 

Tralfamadore

Don't Panic.
Sep 25, 2011
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6,948
Could depend on team need but teams are more likely to need top pairing d men then top pairing wingers.
 

klozge

Avs
Jul 19, 2009
5,869
2,809
Espelkamp, Germany
I don't think MacKinnon would have had the season he just had without Rantanen and I think the D will actually become a strength of the Avalanche over the next two, three years. That's why I voted Rants.
 

cgf

FireBednarsSuccessor
Oct 15, 2010
59,984
19,055
w/ Renly's Peach
Werenski in general, but knowing the chemistry he has with MacKinnon...if we didn't have him...I'd have to take Mikko.
 

IPS

Registered User
Sep 28, 2017
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Werenski for Toronto, no questions asked. Rantanen is not needed in Toronto.
 

VoluntaryDom

Formerly DominicBoltsFan / Ⓐ / ✞
Oct 31, 2016
23,285
5,532
Tampa FL
Frankly who gives a **** at this point when you clearly have an agenda lol
I have no agenda. I attempt to be unbiased. This year+last Alex Killorn has a higher primary scoring rate than Rantanen, as well as 9% higher xGF%, despite not playing with Nathan MacKinnon. Yet I would be called a homer for saying Killorn>Rantanen.
 
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