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Mikko Rantanen

Position	Right Wing / Center	Current Team	Dallas Stars
Shoots	Left	Current Contract	8 years ($12.0M CapHit)
Height	6'4"	Expires	2032-33
Weight (lbs)	228	Expiry Age (Jun 30)	36
Age (DOB)	29 (Oct 29, 1996)	Expiry Status	UFA
Drafted	2015, Round 1, Overall 10 (COL)

Date	Team	Transaction
Mar 28, 2026	Dallas Stars	Activated from IR
Feb 23, 2026	Dallas Stars	Placed on IR
Mar 7, 2025	Dallas Stars	Signed 8 years @ $12.000M AAV starting in 2025-26
Mar 7, 2025	Dallas Stars	Acquired from Carolina Hurricanes
Mar 7, 2025	Carolina Hurricanes	Traded to Dallas Stars
Jan 24, 2025	Carolina Hurricanes	Acquired from Colorado Avalanche
Jan 24, 2025	Colorado Avalanche	Traded to Carolina Hurricanes
Sep 28, 2019	Colorado Avalanche	Signed 6 years @ $9.250M AAV starting in 2019-20
Jul 14, 2015	Colorado Avalanche	Signed to an entry level contract.

Status History Coming Soon

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About Player Cards

Player cards present an infographic of a players performance using a series of Player Archetypes developed for Puckalytics.com and TheStanleyCap.com. The boxes in the rink image show the archetype ratings for the season specified in the card while the graphs to the right show the five-year trends for those archetypes.

Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI, Skating (even strength) and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

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Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Core Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	Producer	Playmaker	Shooter	Sniper	Rebound	Rush	Skating	Defend
2015-16	COL	9	-	-	-	-1.82	-2.10	-2.06	-	-5.34
2016-17	COL	75	-0.29	-0.74	0.41	1.44	-0.06	1.80	-	-0.37
2017-18	COL	81	0.85	1.24	-0.21	1.26	0.65	0.50	-	-0.21
2018-19	COL	74	0.83	2.22	-0.87	-0.17	-0.93	-0.52	-	0.98
2019-20	COL	42	0.76	0.39	0.41	1.26	0.52	-1.28	-	-2.35
2020-21	COL	52	1.39	0.19	1.59	1.84	0.73	0.44	-	0.13
2021-22	COL	75	0.24	0.89	-0.54	0.26	-0.17	-0.10	-0.19	-0.78
2022-23	COL	82	1.13	-0.49	2.18	1.94	-0.90	-0.43	-0.67	-0.74
2023-24	COL	80	0.84	0.36	0.58	1.04	-1.12	-0.94	-0.60	-0.47
2024-25	CAR, COL, DAL	82	0.24	0.79	-0.57	-1.16	-0.24	0.29	-0.85	0.05
2025-26	DAL	64	1.60	0.94	1.04	1.53	-0.84	1.29	-0.53	1.02

Situational and Secondary Archetypes

Season	Team(s)	GP	5v5 TOI	5v4 TOI	4v5 TOI	Possession	Drive	Suppress	Faceoffs
2015-16	COL	9	-1.63	-2.03	-1.94	-2.05	0.35	6.19	-
2016-17	COL	75	1.15	0.87	-1.99	-0.21	1.02	2.26	-
2017-18	COL	81	1.37	1.18	-2.00	1.10	1.24	-0.05	51.3
2018-19	COL	74	2.16	1.38	-1.95	1.27	1.59	0.10	-
2019-20	COL	42	1.27	1.19	-1.90	0.86	1.49	0.53	-
2020-21	COL	52	1.96	1.38	-2.18	1.61	1.20	-1.40	-
2021-22	COL	75	2.13	1.54	-1.98	1.46	1.66	-0.33	46.3
2022-23	COL	82	2.56	1.74	-1.89	0.40	1.95	2.12	49.0
2023-24	COL	80	2.78	1.94	-1.98	0.75	1.37	0.64	53.8
2024-25	CAR, COL, DAL	82	2.12	1.56	-2.12	0.70	0.95	0.19	52.9
2025-26	DAL	64	1.48	1.90	-1.98	-0.06	0.51	0.89	44.0

About Archetypes

Player archetypes are a look at a players strengths and weaknesses in his game when compared to other players around the leeague. Except for Faceoffs, the values shown are the players z-score (standard deviation from the mean) for the specific metric used to calculate the archetype values. When calculating z-scores forwards were compared to forwards and defensemen were compared to defensemen. Positive values indicate the player is above average and shaded in blue, while negative values indicate the player is below average and shaded in punk. The five year trend charts show a range of -4.0 to 4.0.

The value shown for Faceoffs is the faceoff winning percentage rather than their z-score with winning percentages below 50 in pink shades and above 50 in blue shades.

All archetypes are 5v5 except 5v4 TOI, 4v5 TOI and Faceoffs (all situations). Archetypes use regular season data only.

Archetypes Summary

Producer - Measures a players ability to produce goals and assists, adjusted for quality of teammates.
Playmaker - Measures whether a players points come from passes.
Shooter - Measures whether a players points come from shots (goals or assists on rebounds from his shots).
Sniper - Measures the to score above the expected goal rate.
Rebound - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rebounds (forwards only).
Rush - Measures the percent of a players shot attempts that come from rush plays
Skating - An indicator of a players skating ability, or speed bursts above 20mph per mile skated.
Defend - An indicator of a players ability to suppress shot quality against.
5v5 TOI - The percentage of his teams 5v5 TOI that the player was on the ice for.
5v4 TOI - Powerplay ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 5v4 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
4v5 TOI - Penalty Kill ice time, calculated as the percentage of his teams 4v5 ice time that the player was on the ice for.
Possession - An indicator of a players ability to improve his teams puck possession game.
Drive - Measures a players ability to drive puck possession and generate shot attempts for his team.
Suppress - Measures a players ability to suppress opponent puck possession and shot attempts against.
Faceoffs - Faceoff Winning Percentage (min. 75 faceoffs taken).

Read Introducing Player Archetypes on HockeyAnalysis.com for more details on archetype calculations.

Data Sources

Salary data is from TheStanleyCap.com
Shooting and Skating (except Sh%AE) are from NHL Edge
Other statistics are from Puckalytics.com and derived from data from NHL.com

5v5 Individual Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	G/60	A/60	Pts/60	xG/60	GAE/60	Sh%	xSh%	Sh%AE	%SA Rush	%SA Reb.
2015-16	COL	9	78:53	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.46	-0.46	0.00	6.79	-6.79	0.00	0.00
2016-17	COL	75	1044:40	0.86	0.63	1.49	0.58	0.28	15.15	10.17	4.98	7.75	4.93
2017-18	COL	81	1130:22	0.74	1.38	2.12	0.50	0.24	13.33	9.05	4.28	4.96	6.38
2018-19	COL	74	1130:00	0.48	1.59	2.07	0.53	-0.05	7.20	7.95	-0.75	3.05	3.05
2019-20	COL	42	585:44	0.92	1.23	2.15	0.62	0.30	13.64	9.21	4.42	1.11	7.78
2020-21	COL	52	769:26	1.40	1.25	2.65	0.75	0.65	16.98	9.08	7.90	4.67	8.00
2021-22	COL	75	1156:10	0.83	1.50	2.34	0.76	0.07	11.19	10.30	0.88	3.83	5.74
2022-23	COL	82	1345:49	1.43	0.94	2.36	0.84	0.59	15.76	9.26	6.50	2.93	4.40
2023-24	COL	80	1358:04	1.06	1.33	2.39	0.75	0.31	13.71	9.73	3.98	1.91	4.58
2024-25	DAL	20	293:24	0.20	1.84	2.04	0.81	-0.61	3.57	14.20	-10.63	7.32	9.76
2024-25	COL	49	793:42	0.76	1.21	1.97	0.78	-0.03	11.63	12.06	-0.44	2.34	4.69
2024-25	CAR	13	202:01	0.30	0.59	0.89	1.14	-0.84	4.17	15.98	-11.82	0.00	10.00
2024-25	CAR, COL, DAL	82	1289:07	0.56	1.26	1.82	0.85	-0.29	8.70	13.18	-4.48	2.87	6.70
2025-26	DAL	64	945:53	1.01	1.27	2.28	0.71	0.31	18.60	12.98	5.63	4.65	5.43

5v5 On Ice Stats

Season	Team(s)	GP	TOI	SAF/60	GF/60	xGF/60	SAA/60	GA/60	xGA/60	GF%	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
2015-16	COL	9	78:53	38.79	0.00	2.24	60.09	5.32	3.41	0.00	39.62	0.53	1.20	-3.97
2016-17	COL	75	1044:40	41.98	2.58	2.20	47.04	3.45	2.76	42.86	44.31	0.40	0.74	-2.63
2017-18	COL	81	1130:22	43.74	3.08	2.36	44.48	2.34	2.49	56.86	48.63	0.44	0.21	2.97
2018-19	COL	74	1130:00	47.79	2.87	2.65	41.63	1.96	2.39	59.34	52.60	0.34	0.10	2.34
2019-20	COL	42	585:44	48.76	3.18	2.73	42.00	2.87	2.42	52.54	52.97	0.42	0.24	1.58
2020-21	COL	52	769:26	50.30	3.90	2.92	30.10	1.72	1.71	69.44	63.09	0.29	-0.16	4.69
2021-22	COL	75	1156:10	50.75	4.31	3.07	40.63	2.49	2.32	63.36	56.99	0.72	-0.06	7.27
2022-23	COL	82	1345:49	49.26	3.34	3.09	45.39	2.72	2.72	55.15	53.22	0.57	0.44	0.72
2023-24	COL	80	1358:04	49.97	3.84	3.07	42.59	2.87	2.40	57.24	56.12	0.65	0.07	5.21
2024-25	DAL	20	293:24	39.47	3.07	2.57	49.90	1.84	2.92	62.50	46.76	0.30	0.05	2.62
2024-25	COL	49	793:42	45.58	3.10	3.08	37.57	2.65	2.51	53.95	55.09	0.78	0.36	3.49
2024-25	CAR	13	202:01	49.90	1.48	3.39	32.08	2.08	2.15	41.67	61.13	0.63	-0.27	7.99
2024-25	CAR, COL, DAL	82	1289:07	44.87	2.84	3.01	39.52	2.37	2.55	54.46	54.16	0.65	0.17	4.35
2025-26	DAL	64	945:53	35.33	2.85	2.71	40.28	2.03	2.57	58.44	51.27	0.39	0.23	1.58

NHL Edge Stats

		Skating				Shooting					Zone Time
Season	GP	Top Speed	Bursts>20/mi	Avg. Speed	ES Avg. Speed	Top Speed	Avg. Speed	%Long Range	%Mid Range	%High Danger	ES DZ%	ES NZ%	ES OZ%
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Legend

Percentile 0-25

Percentile 25-50

Percentile 50-75

Percentile 75-100

Forwards are compared with forwards and Defensemen are are compared with Defensemen.

5v5 Lines

Season

Season	Teammate	Teammate	Team	TOI	GF/60	GA/60	GF%	xGF/60	xGA/60	xGF%	xGF Rel	xGA Rel	xGF% Rel
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Glossary

Type	Statistic	Definition
Individual	G/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes.
Individual	A/60	Assists per 60 minutes.
Individual	Pts/60	Points per 60 minutes.
Individual	xG/60	Expected Goals per 60 minutes.
Individual	GAE/60	Goals Above Expected (G/60 - xG/60).
Individual	Sh%	Shooting Percentage.
Individual	xSh%	Expected Shooting Percentage.
Individual	Sh%AE	Shooting percentage above expected (Sh% - xSh%).
Individual	%SA Rush	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be on the rush.
Individual	%SA Reb.	Percentage of shot attempts determined to be from rebounds.
On Ice	SAF/60	Shot Attempts For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	GF/60	Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	xGF/60	Expected Goals For per 60 minutes.
On Ice	SAA/60	Shot Attempts Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GA/60	Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	xGA/60	Expected Goals Against per 60 minutes (lower is better).
On Ice	GF%	Goals For Percentage = Goals For / (Goals For + Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF%	Expected Goals For Percentage = Expected Goals For / (Expected Goals For + Expected Goals Against)
On Ice	xGF Rel	xGF/60 when On Ice - xGF/60 when not On Ice.
On Ice	xGA Rel	xGA/60 when On Ice - xGA/60 when not On Ice (lower is better).
On Ice	xGF% Rel	xGF% when On Ice - xGF% when not On Ice.

Individual and On-Ice stats from Puckalytics.com (starting in 2015-16). NHL Edge Stats from edge.nhl.com (starting in 2021-22). Edge statistic definitions can be found at the Edge Stats Glossary.

News and Opinions

Colorado Avalanche star played through gruesome injury in NHL playoffs at Mile High Sticking (Fri May 8, 2026)
Stars' Mikko Rantanen finished season with torn MCL; team wants Jason Robertson, Jamie Benn back at NBC Sports (Thu May 7, 2026)
Stars forward Mikko Rantanen finished season with torn MCL; team wants Robertson and Benn back at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu May 7, 2026)
The Stars and the Hurricanes both won their trade deadline deal one year later at Blackout Dallas (Sun May 3, 2026)
Stars forward Mikko Rantanen fined $5,000 for cross-checking Wild's Kirill Kaprizov at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri May 1, 2026)
3 Takeaways From Stars’ Disappointing Game 6 Loss to Wild at The Hockey Writers (Fri May 1, 2026)
Stars Need to Find More 5-on-5 Offense to Advance Past the Wild at The Hockey Writers (Tue Apr 28, 2026)
Improving the Red Wings - Path 2: Swing for the fences at Octopus Thrower (Mon Apr 20, 2026)
It seems that Mikko Rantanen forgot the playoffs started Saturday at Blackout Dallas (Sat Apr 18, 2026)
How the Stanley Cup will be won: Wyshynski's predictions for the entire bracket at ESPN (Sat Apr 18, 2026)
Necas proves Avalanche won Rantanen trade with Hurricanes at Mile High Sticking (Wed Apr 15, 2026)
Stars Week Ahead: Schedule & Storylines – Rantanen Returns, Hughes Call-Up, Clinched and More at The Hockey Writers (Mon Mar 30, 2026)
4 Takeaways From the Stars’ Trip to Pennsylvania at The Hockey Writers (Mon Mar 30, 2026)
Jack’s Daily: Spellacy Scores in Windsor’s Win; Rantanen’s Return; Gudas Grudge Match at Chicago Hockey Now (Sun Mar 29, 2026)
Rantanaen scores in return from injured reserve, Stars top undermanned Penguins 6-3 at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Mar 28, 2026)
Mikko Rantanen's return rejuvenates the Stars' offense in the win over the Pens at Blackout Dallas (Sat Mar 28, 2026)
Game Preview: Dallas Stars @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3/28/2026 at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sat Mar 28, 2026)
Game Preview: Dallas Stars @ Pittsburgh Penguins 3/28/2026 at Pens Burgh (Sat Mar 28, 2026)
Do the Flyers have the assets to pull off a blockbuster trade this summer? at Broad Street Hockey (Fri Mar 27, 2026)
Mikko Rantanen Won’t Play vs. Islanders In First Meeting Since Injuring Alexander Romanov at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Mar 26, 2026)
Mikko Rantanen won't play against the NY Islanders in the first matchup since injuring Alexander Romanov at Eyes on Isles (Tue Mar 24, 2026)
Mikko Rantanen’s Late-March Return Timeline & How It Impacts the Stars at The Hockey Writers (Mon Mar 16, 2026)
Olympic injuries to Rantanen and Faksa affected how Dallas Stars approached NHL trade deadline at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Mar 6, 2026)
Dallas Stars Must Battle For Home-Ice Advantage Without Mikko Rantanen For Now at The Hockey News (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
Stars' Rantanen out weeks after Olympic injury at ESPN (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
Dallas Stars place winger on IR following injury at Olympics at Blackout Dallas (Tue Feb 24, 2026)
Mikko Rantanen injury update: Stars place top scorer on injured list at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Feb 23, 2026)
Stars' Rantanen to miss time after injury in Italy at ESPN (Mon Feb 23, 2026)
Mikko Rantanen gives out some fresh apples in the landslide win over Italy at Blackout Dallas (Sat Feb 14, 2026)
Team Finland gets right in 4-1 victory over rival Sweden at Mile High Hockey (Fri Feb 13, 2026)
Rantanen & Lehkonen: Old friends reunite to face Slovakia at Mile High Hockey (Wed Feb 11, 2026)
A Dallas Stars Fan’s Guide to the 2026 Winter Olympics at The Hockey Writers (Wed Feb 11, 2026)
The Finnish Mafia really brings a massive boost to Team Finland's line pairings at Blackout Dallas (Wed Feb 11, 2026)
Olympic men's hockey preview: Everything you need to know about all 12 teams at ESPN (Wed Feb 11, 2026)
Gameday #50: Mush returns, Coyle hits 1000 at Jackets Cannon (Thu Jan 22, 2026)
Almost a year later, the Rantanen saga is a positive for (almost) everyone involved at Cardiac Cane (Sun Jan 11, 2026)
Sharks special teams rockets them past the Stars at Fear the Fin (Sun Jan 11, 2026)
Rantanen jeered in Raleigh return, Canes cruise at ESPN (Wed Jan 7, 2026)
'Settled' Rantanen set to face Hurricanes as Star at ESPN (Mon Jan 5, 2026)
A Rally in Raleigh — Brent Burns, Jack Drury, and Martin Nečas shine in Carolina return at Mile High Sticking (Mon Jan 5, 2026)
Blackhawks vs. Stars: Dickinson Questionable, Preview, & How To Watch at Chicago Hockey Now (Thu Jan 1, 2026)
Stars Weekly: Dominant December, Mikko Rantanen, Power Play Success, & PWHL Takeover at The Hockey Writers (Mon Dec 29, 2025)
Mikko Rantanen’s Case to Be Finland’s Captain at 2026 Olympics at The Hockey Writers (Sun Dec 28, 2025)
Blackhawks vs. Stars: Preview, Lineups, How To Watch, + Foligno Back? at Chicago Hockey Now (Sat Dec 27, 2025)
The 10 Biggest In-Season Trades in NHL History at The Hockey Writers (Sat Dec 20, 2025)
Jake Oettinger got a good birthday present with a 5-3 win against the Sharks at Blackout Dallas (Fri Dec 19, 2025)
Mikko Rantanen looks to lay down the law in Minnesota tonight at Blackout Dallas (Thu Dec 11, 2025)
Jets battle back down 3-0 early in the 2nd but lose a close 4-3 battle against the Stars at Jets Nation (Wed Dec 10, 2025)
Mikko Rantanen Has Rewired the Dallas Stars at The Hockey Writers (Wed Dec 3, 2025)
What Mikko Rantanen learned from last season's double-trade campaign at ESPN (Wed Dec 3, 2025)
NHL's Top 10 Plays Of November: Quick, McDavid And More Amaze at Yahoo Sports NHL (Tue Dec 2, 2025)
NHL's Top 10 Plays Of November: Quick, McDavid And More Amaze at The Hockey News (Tue Dec 2, 2025)
Arrival of Martin Necas has been good for Avalanche superstar at Mile High Sticking (Wed Nov 26, 2025)
The Dallas Stars look to win tonight's game in Edmonton for Mikko Rantanen at Blackout Dallas (Tue Nov 25, 2025)
Avalanche better off with Necas than Rantanen, research proves at Mile High Sticking (Tue Nov 25, 2025)
Stars Weekly: Rantanen, Robo, Special Teams, & Keeping Up With the Avs at The Hockey Writers (Tue Nov 25, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: The Goalies Are Alright; Rantanen Suspension; Devils Beat Wings at Colorado Hockey Now (Tue Nov 25, 2025)
Flames News & Rumours: Maloney, Kadri, Andersson & More at The Hockey Writers (Tue Nov 25, 2025)
NHL Wrongly Declines Further Discipline for Mikko Rantanen at Yahoo Sports NHL (Mon Nov 24, 2025)
Stars’ Mikko Rantanen to serve one-game suspension during Tuesday game against Oilers at Oilers Nation (Mon Nov 24, 2025)
Mikko Rantanen Will Not Face Further Discipline For Boarding at Colorado Hockey Now (Mon Nov 24, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: Shutout Streak; Georgiev’s Next Move; Rantanen the Villain at Colorado Hockey Now (Mon Nov 24, 2025)
Stars Mikko Rantanen Receives Automatic Suspension at The Hockey Writers (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
Mikko Rantanen est suspendu par la LNH at HABSolument Fan (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
Terrible nouvelle pour Alexander Romanov suite au coup de Mikko Rantanen at HABSolument Fan (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
Stars' Rantanen gets automatic one-game ban at ESPN (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
Rantanen Slapped With One-Game Suspension Following Recent Misconducts at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
Rantanen Slapped With One-Game Suspension Following Recent Misconducts at The Hockey News (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
NHL finally punishing Mikko Rantanen days after his dirty hit on Alexander Romanov at Eyes on Isles (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
Mikko Rantanen will be suspended by the league for his aggressive hit on Coronato at Blackout Dallas (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
Sunday Scramble: Rantanen’s bizarre mean streak, Maloney’s mystifying mindset, and the Avs’ dominance at Oilers Nation (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
After Injuring Islanders’ Alexander Romanov, Mikko Rantanen Faces More Scrutiny For Dangerous Plays at Yahoo Sports NHL (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
Top-5 : Mikko Rantanen de nouveau expulsé d’un match pour un coup vicieux at Dans Les Coulisses (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
Will Mikko Rantanen face a suspension for hit on Flames forward Matt Coronato? at Flames Nation (Sun Nov 23, 2025)
Elliotte Friedman thinks that the Colorado Avalanche are already past the Mikko Rantanen drama at Mile High Sticking (Sat Nov 22, 2025)
NHL Notebook: Hellebuyck out 4-6 weeks, Rantanen fined for embellishment, and more at Canucks Army (Fri Nov 21, 2025)
Stars' Mikko Rantanen Fined For Embellishing Against Canucks And Senators at Yahoo Sports NHL (Fri Nov 21, 2025)
Stars' Mikko Rantanen Fined For Embellishing Against Canucks And Senators at The Hockey News (Fri Nov 21, 2025)
The Stanchies: Canucks play their best game of the season, lose 4-2 to Stars at Canucks Army (Fri Nov 21, 2025)
Mikko Rantanen's gesture proves he didn't mean to injure Romanov at Blackout Dallas (Thu Nov 20, 2025)
NHL Notebook: A pair of star defencemen sidelined, Rantanen won’t receive supplementary discipline, and more at Canucks Army (Thu Nov 20, 2025)
NHL dropped the ball on Rantanen's cheap shot of Islanders Romanov at Eyes on Isles (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
There will be no supplemental discipline for Mikko Rantanen after a scary hit on NY Islanders' Alexander Romanov at Eyes on Isles (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Source: No further discipline for Stars' Rantanen at ESPN (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Patrick Roy confronts Mikko Rantanen after dangerous hit on Alex Romanov at Habs Fanatics (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: Patrick Roy Rages at Rantanen; Suspension Incoming?; Bedard and Team Canada at Colorado Hockey Now (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
'That's My Coach': Fans React To Patrick Roy's Fiery Response To Rantanen Boarding Romanov at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
'That's My Coach': Fans React To Patrick Roy's Fiery Response To Rantanen Boarding Romanov at The Hockey News (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Morning Chirps: Bedard & Celebrini make history, Roy threatens Rantanen at Blackhawk Up (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Top-5 : Quand Patrick Roy pogne les nerfs… après Mikko Rantanen at Dans Les Coulisses (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Patrick Roy explose de rage contre Mikko Rantanen at HABSolument Fan (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Roy rips into Stars' Rantanen for 'disrespectful' hit at ESPN (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Islanders blast Mikko Rantanen for 'disrespectful' boarding penalty on Alexander Romanov at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Islanders’ Alexander Romanov Injured After Mikko Rantanen Boarding Major vs. Stars at Yahoo Sports NHL (Wed Nov 19, 2025)
Flyers @ Stars: How to watch, lineups, and gamethread at Broad Street Hockey (Sat Nov 15, 2025)
Stars’ Big 3 Clicking as Dallas Heads to Montreal at The Hockey Writers (Thu Nov 13, 2025)
Top Lines in Colorado Avalanche History at The Hockey Writers (Thu Nov 13, 2025)
The Dallas Stars leave Ottawa by winning in overtime and earning two points at Blackout Dallas (Tue Nov 11, 2025)
Afterwords: 1 Line = 1 Win at Defending Big D (Wed Nov 5, 2025)
Top-5 : Trois buts et une passe pour Cutter Gauthier (et les Flyers doivent s’en mordre les doigts) at Dans Les Coulisses (Wed Nov 5, 2025)
NHL Rumors: Will Jason Robertson Take Less Than Mikko Rantanen at NHL Rumors (Tue Nov 4, 2025)
Martin Necas helped Avalanche fans move on from Mikko Rantanen, en route to extension at Mile High Sticking (Thu Oct 30, 2025)
Avalanche land long-term successor to Mikko Rantanen in blockbuster move at Mile High Sticking (Thu Oct 30, 2025)
Ethen Frank leaves game against Dallas Stars after crashing into Mikko Rantanen at Russian Machine Never Breaks (Wed Oct 29, 2025)
The Hurricanes wrap up their road trip with a few players staring at revenge games at Cardiac Cane (Sat Oct 25, 2025)
Rick Tocchet sees shades of Mikko Rantanen in Flyers’ Owen Tippett at Broad Street Hockey (Mon Oct 20, 2025)
Recap: Rantanen Haunts Former Team in 5–4 Shootout Thriller at Mile High Hockey (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
The Aftermath: Avalanche Secure Point, But Lose to Rantanen, Stars Again at Colorado Hockey Now (Sun Oct 12, 2025)
Game Preview: Avalanche Meet Rantanen, Stars For First Time Since Playoffs at Colorado Hockey Now (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
Deen’s Daily: Rantanen Back at Ball Arena; Burns Milestone; Suspension for Drouin at Colorado Hockey Now (Sat Oct 11, 2025)
Dix minutes : le temps qu’il a fallu à Jared Bednar pour oublier Mikko Rantanen at HABSolument Fan (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Dallas Stars begin the 2025-26 season with a win thanks to Rantanen's performance at Blackout Dallas (Fri Oct 10, 2025)
Bold Predictions for the 2025-26 Dallas Stars Season at Defending Big D (Thu Oct 9, 2025)
How the Avalanche can keep Martin Nečas and avoid a Mikko Rantanen repeat at Mile High Hockey (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Why the Avalanche will win the Cup, and where the other 31 teams finish at ESPN (Wed Oct 8, 2025)
Seth Jarvis's episode of Faceoff: Inside the NHL gave fans plenty of bang for their buck at Cardiac Cane (Sun Oct 5, 2025)
Bold Prediction: Martin Necas will outscore Mikko Rantanen this season and in the playoffs at Mile High Sticking (Sat Sep 27, 2025)
Ovi breaks another Gretzky record? A draft lottery surprise? Bold predictions for every NHL team at ESPN (Wed Sep 24, 2025)
The Dallas Stars play one of two games against the Wild this week tonight at Blackout Dallas (Tue Sep 23, 2025)
Dallas Stars 2025-26 Season Preview: Top-6 Forwards at The Hockey Writers (Sat Sep 20, 2025)
5 Reasons for Stars fans to be optimistic this season at Blackout Dallas (Thu Sep 11, 2025)
Stars' Mikko Rantanen Might Have Too High Expectations Heading Into 2025 at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Sep 4, 2025)
Mikko Rantanen Starting First Full Season with Stars at Dallas Sports Nation (Thu Sep 4, 2025)
Rantanen Facing Fine, Laine Extension, & More NHL Rumors at The Hockey Writers (Thu Aug 21, 2025)
Nathan MacKinnon leads Colorado Avalanche in all-time overtime goals, and it’s not close at Mile High Sticking (Wed Aug 20, 2025)
Mikko Rantanen could dethrone Jason Robertson's record at Blackout Dallas (Tue Aug 19, 2025)
Stars Weekly: Bastian Signs, Robertson and Rantanen Praised, & Khudobin Retires at The Hockey Writers (Mon Aug 11, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche could have dodged bullet by trading Rantanen at Mile High Sticking (Sun Aug 10, 2025)
Pyotr Kochetkov Admits That It Would Be ‘Foolish To Ignore’ That The Loss Of Martin Necas And Mikko Rantanen Impacted Hurricanes at Yahoo Sports NHL (Thu Aug 7, 2025)
NHL’s Top 5 Forward Lines for 2025-26 at The Hockey Writers (Wed Aug 6, 2025)
Knies points to Mikko Rantanen as an influence with eyes set on 2026 Olympic roster at The Leafs Nation (Thu Jul 24, 2025)
Colorado Avalanche seek revenge against Mikko Rantanen early in the 2025-26 season at Mile High Sticking (Wed Jul 16, 2025)
What a Blue Jackets trade for Jason Robertson could look like at Union Blue (Tue Jun 3, 2025)
Discussing the Western Conference Finals with Oil On Whyte at Blackout Dallas (Wed May 21, 2025)

Current Contract

Mikko Rantanen signed an $96,000,000 8-year contract with the Dallas Stars and General Manager Jim Nill on March 7, 2025 with an AAV of $12,000,000. This contract will start in 2025-26 and end after the 2032-33 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 12.57% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (UFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2025-26	28	NMC	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	-	$5,600,000	$9,400,000	$15,000,000	$15,000,000	UFA
2026-27	29	NMC	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	-	$5,600,000	$5,650,000	$11,250,000	$11,250,000	UFA
2027-28	30	NMC	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	-	$5,200,000	$8,550,000	$13,750,000	$13,750,000	UFA
2028-29	31	NMC	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	-	$5,200,000	$8,800,000	$14,000,000	$14,000,000	UFA
2029-30	32	NMC	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	-	$4,400,000	$6,600,000	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	UFA
2030-31	33	NMC	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	-	$4,400,000	$6,600,000	$11,000,000	$11,000,000	UFA
2031-32	34	NMC	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	-	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
2032-33	35	NMC	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	-	$4,000,000	$6,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	UFA
Total					-	$38,400,000	$57,600,000	$96,000,000	$96,000,000

Signed: Mar 7, 2025

Team: Dallas Stars

GM: Jim Nill

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 12.57

Previous Contracts (show) (hide)

Mikko Rantanen signed a $55,500,000 6-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Joe Sakic on September 28, 2019 with an AAV of $9,250,000. This contract will start in 2019-20 and end after the 2024-25 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 11.35% of the salary cap.

Standard Contract (RFA) ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Clause	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2019-20	22		$9,250,000	$9,250,000	-	-	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	RFA
2020-21	23		$9,250,000	$9,250,000	-	-	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	$12,000,000	RFA-arb
2021-22	24		$9,250,000	$9,250,000	-	-	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	$10,000,000	RFA-arb
2022-23	25		$9,250,000	$9,250,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	RFA-arb
2023-24	26	M-NTC	$9,250,000	$9,250,000	-	-	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	$9,500,000	UFA
2024-25	27	M-NTC	$9,250,000	$9,250,000	-	-	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	$6,000,000	UFA
Total					-	-	$55,500,000	$55,500,000	$55,500,000

Signed: Sep 28, 2019

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Joe Sakic

Exp. Status: UFA

Cap %: 11.35

Clause: Player can submit a 9 team no trade list for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

Retained Salary: Chicago Blackhawks retained 50.0% of total salary on January 24, 2025

Mikko Rantanen signed a $2,775,000 3-year contract with the Colorado Avalanche and General Manager Joe Sakic on July 14, 2015 with an AAV of $925,000. This contract will start in 2015-16 and end after the 2018-19 season. In the first season of the contract the cap hit was equivalent to 1.30% of the salary cap.

Entry Level Contract ( ) (0 ratings)

Season	Age*	Cap Hit	AAV	Perf. Bonus	Sign. Bonus	Salary	Compensation	Minors Salary	Status
2015-16	18	$925,000	$1,658,333	-	$92,500	-	$92,500	-	ELC
2016-17	19	$894,167	$1,627,500	$500,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2017-18	20	$894,167	$1,627,500	$850,000	$92,500	$832,500	$925,000	$70,000	ELC
2018-19	21	$894,167	$1,627,500	$850,000	-	$832,500	$832,500	$70,000	ELC
Total				$2,200,000	$277,500	$2,497,500	$2,775,000	$210,000

Signed: July 14, 2015

Team: Colorado Avalanche

GM: Joe Sakic

Exp. Status: RFA

Note: This entry level contract slid one season as player did not meet the games played threshold to start the contract.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season									Playoffs
Season	League	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-	PIM	Shots	Sh%	TOI/G
2010-11	Jr. C SM-sarja Q	TPS U16	10	7	7	14		8
2010-11	U16 SM-sarja	TPS U16										10	2	6	8		4
2011-12	Fin-U18	TPS U18	22	5	8	13		6				7	1	1	2		2
2012-13	Finland	TPS	15	2	1	3		4
2012-13	Fin-Jr.	TPS Jr.	35	10	14	24		14				9	2	4	6		4
2012-13	Fin-U18	TPS U18	5	2	6	8						1	1		1
2013-14	Finland	TPS	37	5	4	9		10
2013-14	WJ18-A	Finland	5	3	2	5	+2		12
2013-14	Fin-U18	TPS U18	2	0	2	2
2013-14	Fin-Jr.	TPS Jr.	17	5	13	18		8				3	2	1	3
2014-15	Finland	TPS	56	9	19	28		22
2014-15	Fin-Jr.	TPS Jr.										7	6	8	14		2
2015-16	AHL	San Antonio	52	24	36	60	+20	42	140	1,710.0
2015-16	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	9	0	0	0	-7	2	9	0.0	8:57
2015-16	WJC-20	Finland U20	7	2	3	5	-2	2
2015-16	WC-A	Finland	5	0	1	1	+1	2	5
2015-16	EHT	Finland	3	0	3	3	+1	2
2016-17	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	75	20	18	38	-25	22	133	15.0	18:03
2016-17	WC	Finland	10	4	6	10	+2
2016-17	AHL	San Antonio Rampage	4	0	2	2		4
2016-17	EHT	Finland	3	0	1	1	-1
2017-18	WC	Finland	8	5	6	11	+1	6
2017-18	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	81	29	55	84		34	178	16.3	18:58	6		4	4	-1		10	0.0	19:37
2018-19	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	74	31	56	87	+13	54	193	16.1	20:51	12	6	8	14	-1	4	34	17.6	21:39
2019-20	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	42	19	22	41	-2	14	107	17.8	18:57	15	7	14	21	+11	6	55	12.7	20:04
2020-21	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	52	30	36	66	+30	34	177	16.9	19:55	10	5	8	13	+5	4	32	15.6	21:22
2021-22	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	75	36	56	92	+35	56	254	14.2	20:59	20	5	20	25	+3	4	53	9.4	20:11
2022-23	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	82	55	50	105	+15	82	306	18.0	22:13	7	7	3	10	+4	2	27	25.9	21:26
2023-24	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	80	42	62	104	+19	50	271	15.5	22:54	11	4	10	14	-1	8	32	12.5	24:03
2024-25	NHL	Colorado Avalanche	49	25	39	64	+12	28	135	18.5	22:30
2024-25	NHL	Carolina Hurricanes	13	2	4	6	-3	10	40	5.0	19:49
2024-25	4 Nations	Finland	3	1	0	1	-1		6	16.0	20:35
2024-25	NHL	Dallas Stars	20	5	13	18	+4	22	37	13.5	19:07	18	9	13	22	-3	10	50	18.0	20:46
2025-26	OG	Finland	5	2	4	6	+1	2	12	17.0	18:15
2025-26	NHL	Dallas Stars	64	22	55	77		93	139	15.8	20:11	6	1	6	7	-8	12	14	7.1	22:41
NHL Career			716	316	466	782	+91	501	1979	16.0	20:24	105	44	86	130	+9	50	307	14.3	21:09