Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen hasn't played a full 82-game season since he arrived in the Big D in 2024-25. That year, with three teams, including the Colorado Avalanche and the Carolina Hurricanes, the 30-year-old skated in 82 games, finishing the campaign with 88 points. Last year, in his first full year in Dallas, he dressed in only 64 games, scoring 22 goals and 77 points.
When looking back at his statistics over the past four seasons, he went from 105 points in 2022-23 down to 104 the next year, followed by 88 points in 2024-25 and 77 points in 2025-26. Considering how talented he is and how deep the Stars' lineup is, there's no reason to think he can't reach 100 points again.
Rantanen is on pace to challenge the 100-point milestone
Currently, Rantanen is up to 21 points in 18 games, with nine goals and 12 assists. According to Elite Prospects, he’s on pace for 42 goals and 98 points. With a one-point lead over Jason Robertson, Rantanen is on pace to lead the Stars in scoring, with Robertson projected to finish with 93 points.
Despite all their successes in Texas, the Stars have had one player hit 100 points in a season, which was Robertson in 2022-23, when he finished with 109 points with 46 goals and 63 assists. He’s the only player in the past 40 seasons to reach triple digits, which begs the question: can Rantanen stay healthy so he can join one of the most exclusive clubs in franchise history?
Only four players have scored 100 points in Stars franchise history
When the Stars were in Minnesota, Bobby Smith set the franchise record with a 114-point season in 1981-82, the same year that Dino Ciccarelli scored 55 goals and finished with 106 points. Miracle on Ice star Neal Broten scored 105 points in 1985-86 with a franchise-record 76-assist campaign, while Ciccarelli produced the Stars' second-ever 50-goal year with 52 in 1986-87, finishing with 103 points.
Despite featuring a lineup loaded with future Hall of Famers from the late 1990s into the 2000s, no one, including Mike Modano, joined the 100-point club until Robertson did so in 2022-23. The three-time 40-goal scorer is set to become a free agent next summer, and another 100-point season would significantly boost his upcoming payday. Meanwhile, Rantanen, who has built a career worthy of induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame one day, would also get a boost with another spectacular season.
Usually, players heading into free agency go off in the regular season and have a great campaign to land a bigger deal. Everyone already knows how valuable Robertson is to the Stars franchise, but this could be his last hurrah, meaning that Rantanen has a chance to establish himself as the main attraction in the Big D. Ultimately, it's not whether he's capable—we all know he is— it's whether or not his body will let him.
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