Honestly, that's pretty great work by Carolina re: the Rantanen deal given the situation (if he wasn't interested in extending w/ the Canes). Have a hunch they were not super impressed with his fit on the team - it was only 13 games, but he was still slightly below replacement level there. - ThreadSky

evolvingwild.evolving-hockey.com • 5 days ago

Honestly, that's pretty great work by Carolina re: the Rantanen deal given the situation (if he wasn't interested in extending w/ the Canes). Have a hunch they were not super impressed with his fit on the team - it was only 13 games, but he was still slightly below replacement level there.

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bwoar.bsky.social•5 days ago

It's a good haul for Necas, on the surface. Not sure it helps them compete right now - if Stankoven isn't a fit it will be downright bad.

It's decent asset mgmt. but not good for a team's cohesion to jerk around like this. Canes gonna cane, though

evolvingwild.evolving-hockey.com•5 days ago

I do want to emphasize that 13 games is basically no time at all to evaluate a hockey player, but let's just say he didn't jump out to me either.

plev.bsky.social•5 days ago

Still, for a team that is trying to win this season, they are inarguably worse than before they got into the Rantanen business.

evolvingwild.evolving-hockey.com•5 days ago

That's probably also true

plev.bsky.social•5 days ago

Real shame for them that they couldn’t get Guentzel done. He was such a good fit

mdotanton.bsky.social•5 days ago

Turning down the deal offered also probably doesn’t help

gilephotography.bsky.social•5 days ago

They got pretty screwed over losing necas and Drury for a few weeks of rantanen and the (albeit decent) return for rantanen from the stars. Either mikkos a bonehead or his agent is and Carolina isn't getting back what they had in Necas and Drury.. just my take anyway as an avs fan.

zachj10.bsky.social•5 days ago

Putting on a Carolina jersey instantly zaps you of your finishing ability.

dohertybastard.bsky.social•5 days ago

Life is a lot different without MacKinnon. 🤣

iambkob.bsky.social•5 days ago

Interesting to see the difference in play from Hall and Rantanen, Hall looks like a good fit while Ranatenan looked uninterested in really competing

yukonhcornelius.bsky.social•5 days ago

They made chicken salad out of chickenshit, but if they can't flip one or more of these picks, it might feel close enough to even in aggregate on paper but just out of sync with where they are in their larger contract cycle.

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