The Colorado Avalanche think the Finnish star’s record season deserves more recognition.
Mikko Rantanen broke the 100 power point barrier. Tomi Natri/AOP
Mikko Rantanen the name could not be seen in the countries of Halmi, when The biggest advance favorites were published on the NHL’s website As the winner of the Hart Trophy, i.e. the trophy for the most important player.
The list was based on the opinion of sixteen employees who write for NHL.com. Each person who voted named their own top five with points from one to five.
They formed the top three Connor McDavid, David Pastrnak and Matthew Tkachuk. Rantanen’s absence from the list upset many supporters on Twitter.
– Mikko Rantanen should easily be third on the list, but in your opinion he is not even in the top six. He just broke Sakic’s record and the 100 point mark, one wondered.
– How come Mikko Ranta wasn’t even considered… another updated.
– Rantanen does not get the recognition he deserves, a third wrote.
– Blasphemy that Nathan MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen are not in the top six, the fourth one downloaded.
Rantanen scored 55+50=105 in 82 regular season matches. He broke Colorado’s single-season scoring record.
The Finnish striker received only two points in the vote, being in 12th place.
Several supporters pointed out how important the Finn’s top season was, because the team’s superstar Gabriel Landeskog has been sidelined all season.
MacKinnon scored 111 power points alongside Rantanen and got 14 points on the NHL preliminary list.
No ambiguity
McDavid was the overwhelming number one on the list with 80 points. The Edmonton Oilers superstar scored an incredible 153 points (64+89) in 82 regular season games, the most since Mario Lemieuxand the season 1995–1996.
The attacker scored at least one point in 75 matches. At least two points were scored in 23 games.
– I have not seen anything similar. He does that year after year, but I feel like he’s only getting better. I don’t know if it’s possible, but it feels like it, Rantanen commented.
In Boston, the player Pastrnak scored 61+52=113. Tkachuk scored 40 goals and provided 69 assists in the Panthers shirt.
A total of 14 players received votes. The Finnish guard of the Nashville Predators Juuse Saros got four pins and was 11th.