The Colorado General Manager glowed with Mikko Ranta and opened the reasons for his trade.
Mikko Rantanen He has already played in his new company in Carolina Hurricanes, but his surprise transfer backgrounds are still in North America.
Colorado General Manager Chris Macfarland commented on Sunday For The Athletic the background of trade. He admitted that Rantanen was not easy and praised the Finnish abilities.
– It was difficult. He is Mikko Rantanen and everyone knows his incredible abilities. He is an elite pier and his gaming speaks for himself. It doesn’t matter where the NHL city lives, everyone knows Mikko Rantanen, Macfarland glowed to The Athletic.
According to Macfarland, it may not be possible to say that Colorado could not have signed an extension with Rantanen. However, he admits that the agreement was challenging.
Cale Makar in the mind
GM also raised so Rantanen, Nathan MacKinnon than Cale Makarin meaning and reminded that Colorado will also have a Makar contract situation to be resolved in the future.
– Mikko is a great player and has the right to be an unlimited free agent. And we knew it would be a potentially difficult deal, Macfarland explained to abandon Rantanen.
Article written by journalist Pierre Lebrun It read between the lines that the Colorado did not find it sensible in the long run to pay Rantanen, MacKinnon and Makar so much in the club’s salary cap.
According to media data, Rantanen would have pursued an annual salary of up to $ 14 million, while MacKinnon’s contract is worth $ 12.6 million. Makar will also receive a valuable agreement in the future.
Rantanen was ready to flex
Respected insider supplier Lebrun wrote in his second articlethat Colorado’s internal pay cap and exceeding MacKinnon’s salary were ultimately an obstacle to the negotiations.
According to Lebrun, the wage gap between the parties was large enough for the Colorado that he would lose a Finn without equivalent in early July when his current contract expires.
Rantanen said to Ilta-Sanomat was ready to accept their market value for a lower price. He referred to the views that his salary request would have been too high.
– I don’t think it’s true. I don’t want to talk about exact amounts, but I was ready to come quite a lot against my market value. That’s why this shop came as a surprise, Rantanen told IS.
Surprise
Rantanen’s shops were refined in all silence and came as a surprise to many clubs. Macfarland begins that Rantanen had a list of clubs in his contract where he should not be sold.
The situation was also influenced by the fact that the teams would not necessarily be ready to give up their top players without confidence in Rantanen’s future. Also, Avalanche did not give the clubs the opportunity to talk to Rantanen Agent about a possible extension agreement.