Losing player like Logan Stankoven a “necessary evil” for great success

We have heard of The player, The GM and the chief coach. Now the rank of the stars is weighing The successful Dallas agreement for Mikko Rantanen.

The stars made the massive agreement for Rantanen, classified by NHL.com as the 12th player in hockey at this time, in exchange for Logan Stankoven, a favorite of fans.

In an appearance on Tuesday in “The sweet point” in SportsRadio 96.7 FM/1310 The ticket (KTCK-AM), He asked the experienced veteran of the stars Matt Duchene about the trade, so it cost him hiding his emotion.

Duchene expressed his approval for trade and admiration for the stars, General Manager Jim Nill, along with the good wishes for the 22 -year -old, Stankoven, with his new team, saying that including Stankoven in the agreement It was a “necessary evil” to gain such talent.

Listen more than Duchene below.

Question: Then, the stars come from a great exchange last week on the deadline. Was he worried about all that? you Were they going to be changed?

Matt Duchene: “No, it wasn’t. I have a trade in my contract. I knew I was not going anywhere, which is good.

“I think that when you are adding a player like (Rantanen), you must be very careful not to interrupt what you have. And either me or any other person who has been, you know … boys who are established players, I think you have to be very careful with that. That’s why there was no guy in the deal. You want to add, you don’t want to add a little and interrupt what is happening.

“If it is an agreement of type one by one, it is risky to do it, right? We are trying to add to this, and that is what Jim did. I mean, it has been incredible what it has been able to do on the deadline for the last two years, although (the former defense of the stars Chris Tanev) did not stay, the agreement (Nill) made for him was absolutely incredible. We gave up very little. And, you know, the treatment he made for me, obviously.

“It’s hard to see Stank IR, and will have a great career. But, you know, it is a kind of necessary evil when you are exchanging (a player) who would have been a free Top 3 agent this year.

“It is a big problem for us and it is great to have (Rantanen). I go with him, I met him since he was a rookie in Colorado. We played together three years, I have always loved your game. He and I have remained in contact over the years, so I sent him a text message on Friday morning, I sent him a text message the previous night because it was when the rumors began. Then he sent me a text message that morning, keeping me informed and updated above all. He sent me a text message a couple of hours before (the news) broke.

“Simply a really surprising addition, and I think it really makes us dangerous to the playoffs. The most important thing now is to play as we are capable and stay healthy. Those are both. However, it is crazy, how to play against him in Colorado every year, he is in the division, you know, we are rivals of Colorado. It is a great confrontation. And then, suddenly, we have one of his boys, and now he is on our side.

“Great things. He took us all by surprise, I think we are all surprised. Even seeing him in the room is so strange to me, as I said, I met him since he was a child. Now you see that great mutant Finn by walking through our room. It’s like, Caramba. How did this happen?

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