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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Rantanen is elite. 617 points in 570 games and he's produced when MacKinnon has been out of the lineup.
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Yeah I think he flies a little under the radar due to MacKinnon and Makar. Didn't have a particularly good series against the Jets but finished with 2 goals and 7 assists, + 6 and won 54.6 % of his faceoffs (in comparison to MacKinnon's 41.8 %, what's up with that?). The guy has 96 points in 75 playoff games. Not otherworldly, by pretty good. Obviously MacKinnon is the better player, it's not disputed by anyone, but Rantanen is elite. Interestingly, there's a lot of chatter that COL won't be able to afford him after his contract runs out after the next season as they probably and understandably will build around MacKinnon and Makar.
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