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Keeler: Mikko Rantanen got robbed. Avalanche’s star winger was NHL’s biggest All-Star snub, despite best offensive start of his career.

How is Mikko Rantanen not an All-Star again? Asking for a friend. OK, about 20,000 of them.

“I don’t know,” Avalanche coach Jared Bednar replied Monday night when asked if Rantanen, his resplendent right winger, gets enough respect in league circles. “I would say probably not, based on what he’s done for us over the last few seasons, especially.

“He’s really come into his own. I don’t know. That line (Rantanen plus Nathan MacKinnon and Gabe Landeskog) is talked about as being one of the best, if not the best, in the league, so they get credit there.