The Colorado Avalanche Are Dealing With A Classic Case Of "We Should Have Kept Mikko Rantanen"

Obviously we all know by know that the Colorado Avalanche prioritized their future over winning a Cup this year.

Granted, they weren’t expecting for Rantanen to end back up in the Western Conference this year.

But rewind that tape a little bit to the zone exit.

Mikko Rantanen is an absolute moose.

He bullied Drouin off the puck.

That let’s Rantanen bank it off the boards and sends Marchment in on the rush.

All because Mikko Rantanen is a moose who pulled Drouin’s underwear over his head.

It’s as dominant of a secondary assist that you’ll ever see.

I know sometimes it’s easy to look at secondary assists as a joke.

But this is the exact reason why they’re a stat in the first place.

None of that happens without Mikko Rantanen making those initial few plays.