The difference between satisfaction and displeasure is often in the subtlety of Mikko Rantanen’s tone after an Avalanche game. He typically has a measured calmness, regardless of his team’s result.
When he scores a hat trick to steal two points for Colorado, like he did last weekend in St. Louis, “in the moment he’s fired up about it, but then he’s nonchalant,” teammate Artturi Lehkonen told The Post. “Like, I feel like he doesn’t stay there (in that moment). He just starts focusing on the next one.”
Rantanen “stayed there” Thursday night, and not out of happiness.