Oilers, Dallas Stars and Rantanen
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Oilers Spoil Mikko Rantanen Stars Debut
Rantanen has goal, assist in Stars debut, Oilers hang on for win
EDMONTON -- Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist in his Dallas Stars debut, but the Edmonton Oilers hung on for a 5-4 win at Rogers Place on Saturday. The forward was traded to Dallas by the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday, and then signed an eight-year, $96 million contract.
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Oilers build 4-goal lead, hold off Stars
Trade deadline acquisition Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist in his debut for Dallas, which had its four-game winning streak stopped. Wyatt Johnston, Jamie Benn and Matt Dumba also scored for the Stars. Jake Oettinger stopped 22 shots.
After the 5-4 defeat against the Edmonton Oilers, Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen issued a strong statement to the locker room.
Mikko Rantanen, a top NHL forward, has signed an eight-year, $96 million deal with the Dallas Stars. Despite the Edmonton Oilers' strong interest and a potentially higher offer, trade assets fell short.
NHL Trade Talk on MSN1h
Growing Theory: Oilers Could Make a Run at Marner in OffseasonAfter failing to acquire Mikko Rantanen at the trade deadline, there is a growing theory out there that the Edmonton Oilers could pivot toward targeting a different elite winger this offseason—Mitch Marner.
Dallas fell into a sizable hole and couldn’t recover against Edmonton, but saw plenty of positives from its newest acquisition
The Stars, meanwhile, will debut their own newest player: Mikko Rantanen. He'll make his Stars debut against a team that nearly acquired him on Friday, the fourth time he'll face the Oilers this season on his third different team.
As reported by TSN’s Ryan Rishaug, the Oilers made a huge push to trade for Rantanen. They were also reportedly willing to sign him to an extension bigger than the eight-year, $96 million deal he ended up inking with the Stars.
NHL Network analyst Brian Lawton said on Oilers Now today that the Oilers were "aggressively" pursuing Mikko Rantanen in conversations with the Carolina Hurricanes before the star winger was sent to Dallas.
Moving aside from the potential Rantanen signing itself, I want to focus on the fact that the Edmonton Oilers were prepared to sign a top end pending free agent and were willing to use 12.5+ million in cap space to do so.
Mikko Rantanen scored his first goal as a Dallas Star on Saturday night in his debut. MIKKO RANTANEN SCORES HIS FIRST GOAL AS A DALLAS STAR 🤩🤩🤩🤩 #TexasHockey (via @victoryplustv) pic.twitter.com/oEGNS935DO
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