Chris Nichols of Nichols on Hockey: Darren Dreger was on WGR 550 talking about the Colorado Avalanche and their pending restricted free agent forward Mikko Rantanen. Dreger notes that he believes the Avalanche talked to Rantanen’s reps before the season and were comfortable around $6 million. (* meaning the Avs comfortable at that number and not Rantanen)
“Oh my goodness,” agreed Dreger. “It was low then, and it’s absurd now. Then there might have been some dialogue, informal or otherwise, at some point in the season where Colorado was creeping up to around 8.