Mikko Rantanen’s agent Andy Scott strongly denies the speeches of Carolina’s head coach Rod Brind’amour on how the contract negotiations and the player trade finally progressed.
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Mikko Rantanen’s transfer from Carolina Hurricanes to Dallas Stars is still talking in the NHL. The decision of the Finnish star striker was by far the biggest topic of the NHL transfer window last week.
At the beginning of the year, Rantanen was traded from Colorado to Carolina. Rantanen did not want to commit to an extension agreement with Carolina, so Hurricanes traded this forward.
With Dallas, Rantanen signed an eight -year and $ 96 million agreement that enters into force when Rantanen’s current agreement after this season ends.
After the transfer of Hurricanes head coach Rod brind’amour Ladd hard text about Rantanen’s transfer.
According to the head coach, he had not previously met a player who would have directly said he wouldn’t want to be in Carolina.
“Mikko said when he arrived that there were four teams where he can play, but we’re not one of them,” Brind’amour said Adam Gold 99.9 in The Fan program.
– Mikko is the only player I have been dealing with and has said that this is not for him. I see that there are other things about this, Brind’amour said, who said he appreciated Rantanen’s honesty.
Rantanen himself told immediately after the transfer In an interview with the TSN channel wanted to look at their options. Factors other than hockey were based on the Dallas choice.
– I was in a situation where I had to think about my life in the longer term. Not only on the ice, but also outside, Rantanen comments in an interview.
The agent is sharply denying
Now Mikko Rantanen’s agent Andy Scott has commented on Brind’amour’s speeches on the Fan Hockey Show, write Sportsnet.
“We respect Rod Brind’amour a lot as both a player and as a coach, but in this situation he is completely wrong,” Scott outlined.
Rantanen never wanted to move away from Colorado, but when the transfer happened, Rantanen kept her mind open, Scott says. Scott denies that there would have been any list of clubs in which Rantanen wants or does not want to play.
– We only focused on Colorado, so there was no list. When Mikko was then traded in Carolina, I met him the following days, and he kept his mind completely open to Carolina.
However, according to Scott, Rantanen simply felt that Carolina was not the right team for her game style.
Carolina is not known in the same way for the style of reel management as Colorado or Dallas.
In Colorado, Rantanen made 25+39 = 64/+12 in 49 matches this season, while in Carolina 13 matches produced 2+4 = 6/-3.
Scott emphasized the right of the Stanley Cup winner to make “knowledge -based” decisions on the future.
– He had the right to decide where he will play his career for the next eight years. He pondered it a lot. Up to four countries in the tournament, after which he had not yet decided.
– And finally he made his decision. At that point, we helped Carolina by giving a list of teams he could go to. It’s the truth. This is how it progressed.
Scott still emphasizes his own perspective, that is, the fact that Rantanen’s camp specifically treated Carolina well.
In Scott’s opinion, Rantanen could have quite well outlined that he was waiting for the summer, making him for the first time an unlimited free agent.
In this case, Rantanen could have signed a contract for any club and get more than Dallas’s $ 12 million for the season.
– The fact that he was ready to sign an extension agreement with Dallas at this stage was a big deal for Carolina. Carolina would not have received the same value if Mikko had not been ready to sign. In fact, Dallas would not have agreed to trade unless he had been prepared to sign the extension agreement.
Now Carolina received the first (2026) and third round (2027) booking, first round reservation (2028) and an attacker Logan Stankoven.