Ex Colorado Avalanche head coach Joe Sacco talks Landeskog, Makar and more | DNVR Avalanche PodcastFormer Avalanche head coach Joe Sacco joins the DNVR Avalanche podcast to talk shop about the Avs, Boston, the NHL and more.DON’T FORGET TO SUBSCRIBE TO THE POD! iTunes link– Stitcher Link– Pocket Casts Link– Spotify LinkPart of me didn’t think writing this article was worth the time. Still, Mikko Rantanen is the new scapegoat for some Avalanche fans, who seem to find new and unrivaled levels of delirium every season, so here we are. If you think the Colorado Avalanche should trade Mikko Rantanen, please give me your potential return in the comments. Let me explain why trading one of the League’s top 10 forwards would be terrible for business.
If Mikko went without an extension from the Colorado Avalanche, 31 other teams would be chomping at the bit to secure his services. He’s 27 years old and in the middle of his prime, coming off back-to-back 100+ point seasons. To put things in perspective, only seven other players in the League accomplished that last regular season. For more perspective, only 126 NHLers have ever scored more than 100 points.
When he scored 105 points in the 2022-23 season, he did so without his linemate Nathan MacKinnon for an eleven-game stretch in which he carried an otherwise depleted and injured Avalanche team to the postseason.
Guys like Mikko don’t just fall into an organization’s lap. I think I’ve made my point with one paragraph, but in case it hasn’t been hammered home, Mikko is among the top ten all-time in PPG in the playoffs. You know the
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