Speculation: Will we sign Antti Raanta?

[RABBIT]

I would certainly hope so. I would pretty much be willing to give him his demand (barring he doesn't demand something completely ridiculous.)

I want something around 4 years, and i would offer 4M per if it required that.

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[moosemeister]

I would sign him tomorrow if our owner wasn’t broke

 

[rt]

I think he'll re-sign. It's one of very, very few spots in the league he's guaranteed a starter spot. He got married a few years ago, and just had a baby last year. The tax situation here is beneficial compared to other teams. Plus, he gets to spend winters in Arizona and summers in Finland. He's at the settle down and sign a long-term deal stage.

 

[RABBIT]

I think he'll re-sign. It's one of very, very few spots in the league he's guaranteed a starter spot. He got married a few years ago, and just had a baby last year. The tax situation here is beneficial compared to other teams. Plus, he gets to spend winters in Arizona and summers in Finland. He's at the settle down and sign a long-term deal stage.

i hope this is the case that he's making as well

 

[RemoAZ]

They should be negotiating now. If he doesn't sign by the deadline, they should trade him. I'd imagine a playoff team that needs help in goal would cough up a high pick if he stays healthy and keeps playing well. They can always try to sign him again in the off season.

 

[Summer Rose]

We damn well better.

 

[BigDoaner]

I’d love to read sign him- What do you think he thinks?

- Look at our record

- He got smacked hard enough in a car accident to take him out of a few games

- His house was infested with scorpions

The stronger we finish, the better odds that we re sign him

Maybe I’m just being paranoid!

 

[ParisSaintGermain]

Hopefully it is just a fluid situation as likely Raanta would like to sign a deal here and Chayka would like to have him signed.

However with injuries and various fluke situations, they might need a little time to put a dollar figure.

Ultimately if Raanta does not want to even consider signing he will be traded in next 10 days no doubt. But there has been zero indication or even half a rumour of this.

 

[SniperHF]

Even if you're mixed to negative on the initial trade I think locking down Raanta would wipe away some of that.

 

[cobra427]

Lets see how he plays the rest of the year. I am not convinced yet that he is a solid starter.

 

[Ebb]

I'm guessing he will sign elsewhere in free agency; I'm guessing other teams will be more likely to get him to the finals and that he'd get a decent contract out of another team. I'd be fine with him staying, but I just don't think it will be in the cards.

 

[moosemeister]

If Chayka isn’t signing him by the deadline, trade his ass immediately. Get something from a team like NYI who are desperate

 

[RABBIT]

He got pissed tonight. Said he yelled at the bench after they left him out to dry on the 2nd goal then immediately after allowed a breakaway.

STAY. PLZ.

 

[moosemeister]

Raanta for Captain

 

[RABBIT]

I think he likes it here

 

[XX]

He has consistently been one of the best teammates around at every stop. They should find a way to sign him for as long as possible to a reasonable AAV. Worst case scenario he ends up being a slightly overpaid 1B type.

 

[varano]

He has consistently been one of the best teammates around at every stop. They should find a way to sign him for as long as possible to a reasonable AAV. Worst case scenario he ends up being a slightly overpaid 1B type.

I agree with him being signed as long as possible. I disagree with the 1B comment. He's shown that he is quite good.

 

[Jakey53]

Lets see how he plays the rest of the year. I am not convinced yet that he is a solid starter.

Can we afford to do that though? I don't want to lose him for nothing, and if he wants to test the waters I trade him at TTD and get a good return and take a shot at him in free agency.

 

[JustaFinnishGuy]

Love how people are not convinced he's not a solid starter.. For starters, let's see his SV% on this horrible Yotes team.
.920? That's amazing to have a better sv% than .910 on a team like the Yotes.
Then you look up his back up statistics from CHI and NYR and realize that he just might be great on his own.

 

[Jakey53]

He has consistently been one of the best teammates around at every stop. They should find a way to sign him for as long as possible to a reasonable AAV. Worst case scenario he ends up being a slightly overpaid 1B type.

Slightly overpaid 1B type? IF Raanta is signed and bombs he will be a grossly overpaid 1B type.

 

[Jakey53]

I agree with him being signed as long as possible. I disagree with the 1B comment. He's shown that he is quite good.

He has. I believe he is a #1 talent.

 

[Mosby]

If you look at the goalies who have played as many games as Raanta, only seven have a better save percentage. And none of those guys are on the 31st placed team.

Raanta is at .920. The $6-million man Mike Smith btw is at .921.

 

[Kaibur]

You would hope they've already extended a long term extension offer.

 

[Jamieh]

It's risky when the body of work is one year. He has not shown that he can be number one for 60 plus games yet. We saw last year with Talbot that doing it one year does not a starter make. I like him a lot but would be very leery of either term or dollars at this point?? I'm not really sure the Coyotes have much choice though as rolling the dice again also carries significant risk?? Hopefully both sides reach a reasonable deal.

 

[_Del_]

You have to try to sign him. If he wants stupid money or doesn't want to be here, you have to trade him at the deadline. There's no reason to hold on to him for the home stretch just to lose him. Pick up assets and make a run at someone else in the off season via trade or free agency. I'm fine with placeholder goalies at the moment. We aren't going anywhere (in the standings anyway). Don't panic and fold like they did after Smith's one good year in his contract year.