Until they did…
No state income tax wins again!
He made Colorado think they’d get laughed out of the negotiating room for even offering $12M.
God that has to be such a kick in the dick to Eric Tulsky and the Carolina Hurricanes.

I’m not a mathematician.
What a move for Dallas, though.
This automatically puts them right at the top of the contenders in the Western Conference.

Winnipeg is a wagon.
The Oilers still have McDavid.
Colorado and Vegas are monsters.
The playoffs in the West are about to be a BLOODBATH.
But Mikko Rantanen is a cold blooded killer once the playoffs star.
He’s been over a point-per-game in the playoffs in each of the past 6 seasons.
25 points in 20 playoff games when the Avs won the Cup in 2022.
21 points in 15 games back in the bubble.
He has 101 career playoff points in 81 career playoff games.
Sidenote: Here’s the return for Carolina.
Stankoven and two 1st round picks.
Don’t get me wrong, that’s an absolute haul.
Stankoven is awesome, and two 1st’s is huge.
That’s pretty brutal.