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Originally Posted by bax
Rantanen plays on a line with quite possibly the 2nd or 3rd best player in the game today.
No disrespect to Backlund, but he’s not exactly an offensive dynamo.
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Let’s do this the other way.
Tkachuk piled up over 20 of his points on the PP, on an all star unit including the best D in the game, and that other guy who got 99 points
Rantanen had 87 points in 74 games. No disrespect to Tkachuk, who isn’t even a point per game player. Almost, but not quite.
Plus head to head in the playoffs, Rantanen put up 9 points in the last 4 games, while Tkachuk had 1 assist over that span and was -5
The Avs reportedly are valuing Rantanen at 8.4-8.75 over a 6-8 year term.
Believe me, if Tkachuk wants to compare himself to other RFAs, he is going to hear some things that don’t favour his negotiating position.
Rantanen wants Marner money. Sakic does not accept Dubas bad contracts as setting the market.