Wonder what the risk is to Rantanen’s next contract if he doesn’t sign with anyone and has a poor rest of the season and playoffs. He would still be one of the top two free agents this summer (along with Marner) when the cap is taking a big jump. Would he lose the chance to get a >$13 million AAV contract like the one he is rumoured to be offered from Carolina? I doubt it… but if it even cost him $1.5 million in AAV, that along with not getting an eighth year in his contract could cost him over $20,000,000 over the length of his contract.
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