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Mikko To Dallas


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Yeah, whatever happened to "team before self?"

I'd rather have Cups, but more and more these guys want the $$$ and to win the championships.  Mikko won't find it with Dallas this year, he found it with the Avs because they had Makar on a rookie contract.

Anyways, I love the Canes...nothing changes that and despite the hate RBA gets I'd rather have him on our bench than basically all but 2 other current NHL coaches.

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1 hour ago, KillerKat said:

Rod`s system made Mikko want to leave. There I said it.

Word is it wasn’t on the ice mostly, it was the area once he got to be around for a week or so that he informed the team that not only would he not sign before the deadline but that he wasn’t interested in signing with Carolina at all. 

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2 hours ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

So the other weird thing is Mikko basically accepted the same deal from Dallas that he refused to sign in Colorado?  Why didn’t he just sign the extension with them?  If 12mm AAV isn't enough, why not wait until the offseason?

Only thing I can think of is he got spooked that his value would plummet in the last stretch of the season with the Canes.

He realized nobody was paying him the 15 million he wanted and wanted to go to a safe team like Dallas where other dudes could carry him like MacKinnon did while avoiding taxes

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11 hours ago, PNW_PantherMan said:

So the other weird thing is Mikko basically accepted the same deal from Dallas that he refused to sign in Colorado?  Why didn’t he just sign the extension with them?  If 12mm AAV isn't enough, why not wait until the offseason?

Only thing I can think of is he got spooked that his value would plummet in the last stretch of the season with the Canes.

The same deal in Dallas was worth about 800k per year more than in Colorado and 500k more than NC

 

Over an 8 year deal that's about 5.5m more take home on the same "deal"

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5 minutes ago, organicrusty1201 said:

lets hope she hates it in Texas and makes his life miserable

Yep also makes what I’ve heard from friends around the team make a ton of sense. It was totally off ice and it was recent decision not to sign, they just got in town recently with the GF and bam, decided not to sign with Carolina.
 

They talked to him and his camp pre Colorado deal and they said he would sign and gave Carolina the price. Carolina met the price and pretty much immediately offered it to him. 

 

So yeah, totally the GF not liking the area.  Oh well, how the cookie crumbles sometimes. 

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Just to add this. 
what I heard was correct, they did talk to Mikko and his agent prior to the Colorado trade and got feedback that he would accept a contract from Carolina. Friedman confirmed it on his podcast. 

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