4 days ago · Mikko Rantanen, a pending UFA and key participant in the trade, apparently insisted on a $14M per-year contract, topping league-leading teammate Nathan MacKinnon's $12.6M record. Colorado, not willing to pay that price, opted to make a move for him, ultimately getting Martin Necas in return.

3 days ago · Leon Draisaitl’s $14-million AAV extension and the soon-to-be-rising cap altered the negotiations. (Rantanen is also represented by the same agency as Draisaitl: Octagon.) The Avalanche just weren’t willing to go in that area, with Nathan MacKinnon at $12.6 million and Cale Makar eligible for a ginormous extension of his own in July 2026.”

3 days ago · Leon Draisaitl’s $14-million AAV extension and the soon-to-be-rising cap altered the negotiations. (Rantanen is also represented by the same agency as Draisaitl: Octagon.)

3 days ago · According to new reports from NHL insider Elliotte Friedman, Mikko Rantanen was demanding a similar contract to Leon Draisaitl's deal for $14M. Unwilling to pay that price tag, the Avalanche found ...

1 day ago · Leon Draisaitl, who shares an agent with Rantanen, signed an eight-year deal with a $14 million average annual value cap hit, and it’s reasonable to expect a team will pay Rantanen around that ...

3 days ago · Leon Draisaitl’s $14-million AAV extension and the soon-to-be-rising cap altered the negotiations. (Rantanen is also represented by the same agency as Draisaitl: Octagon.)

Rantanen has the fourth-most points in the NHL since the start of the 2020-21 season. One of the three guys ahead of him, Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl, signed an eight-year contract worth $14 ...

4 days ago · The Rantanen camp is believed to be seeking something like the $14-million cap hit Edmonton Oilers center Leon Draisaitl agreed to, and Nathan MacKinnon is getting $12.6 million. It's tough to ...

4 days ago · However, all of that production gave the Rantanen camp plenty of ammunition to ask for a contract in the neighborhood of the $112 million, eight-year extension Leon Draisaitl signed in Edmonton in ...

4 days ago · The big question is how close Rantanen deserves to get to Leon Draisaitl’s $14 million AAV figure, which also kicks in next season. After all, there have been whispers that Rantanen is targeting ...