Brent Severyn on the Stars' Mikko Rantanen trade, Stanley Cup odds

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Brent Severyn, former NHL player and Dallas Stars analyst on Victory+, joined RJ and Bobby to break down the team's blockbuster move for Mikko Rantanen, whether he's the piece the team needs to get them over the hump in the playoffs, where injured Stars like Miro Heiskanen and Tyler Seguin are in their recovery, and more!

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00:00Let's get your initial take on the MECO deal.

00:18What does he bring to the stars?

00:19Oh boy.

00:21Yeah.

00:22We, we heard his name about two weeks before the deadline that started to come out that

00:26he might be available or he wasn't going to sign with Carolina or they're looking to trade

00:30him.

00:31And, you know, obviously our ears perked up here in Dallas and Jim Neal has a way of finding

00:35these players or being able to bring them in and make the deal.

00:38And you talk about a guy, he's 28 years old, he's big, he's burly.

00:44He is your prototypical player.

00:45If you were to build, just build a playoff player, this is the guy you would build.

00:51He's got experience.

00:52He's big.

00:54He can dish the puck.

00:55He can score.

00:56He can work your power play.

00:57Like, it's amazing.

00:58He does it all.

00:59And for Jim Neal to be able to bring them in and then sign them to that big contract,

01:04it's pretty amazing.

01:05And there was a high price to it, obviously, obviously with the first round pick and the

01:09Stan Colvin that had to go the other way, but man, he made his team so much better and

01:14the depth that they have and the ability to battle in playoffs and have three or four

01:20lines coming at you.

01:21It's very exciting for us that do follow hockey quite a bit, that they brought him in and

01:26supplements what the stars have right now.

01:29So it's just, it's the perfect player to insert at this time of year for what he can do in

01:35playoffs and also what he can do in the regular season to get you there.

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