Hurricanes Mikko Rantanen 'Blindsided' by Trade, Would Have Taken 'Pay Cut' to Remain With Avalanche
Mikko Rantanen on Avalanche contract talks and shock of being traded: ‘Everything happened so quick’
NHL News: Mikko Rantanen makes bold statement, aimed at Avalanche, after being traded to Hurricanes
Weekend NHL rankings: The Mikko Rantanen blockbuster shakes up the league
The word “blockbuster” gets thrown around a little too often in today’s NHL, often for trades unworthy of the term, in the same way that anything might feel like a five-star meal to a starving man. But the deal that dropped on Friday night? That one deserves the title, no questions asked.
NHL Power Rankings, Week 17: Mikko Rantanen, you are a Carolina Hurricane
After a busy seven days in the National Hockey League, the movement in ClutchPoints' NHL Power Rankings is significant in Week 17.
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Mikko Rantanen is the game breaker the Hurricanes needed
The Carolina Hurricanes knew if they wanted to go deep in the Stanley Cup Playoffs, they needed another game breaker among the top-six of the lineup. GM Eric Tulsky has found one in spades.
Mikko Rantanen traded to Hurricanes in NHL blockbuster
The Hurricanes wasted no time making their major cup-chasing move. Despite the NHL Trade deadline being over a month away, Carolina added the most-significant firepower imaginable by acquiring Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche in a complicated three-way trade involving the Chicago Blackhawks.
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Colorado Avalanche's final contract offer to Mikko Rantanen leaked
Colorado Avalanche's final contract offer to Mikko Rantanen before trading him to the Carolina Hurricanes was leaked by the renowned insider Elliotte Friedman.
Three Big Things The NHL's Mega Mikko Rantanen Trade Tells Us
Welcome to NHL trade deadline season. The blockbuster trade of Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes surprised the hockey world Friday evening and has big takeaways.
Avs GM MacFarland felt ‘timing was right’ to deal star forward Mikko Rantanen
Facing the prospect of Colorado’s star winger Mikko Rantanen becoming an unrestricted free agent after this season, general manager Chris MacFarland felt the timing was right to deal him away and bolster the Avalanche’s roster for the future.
Avalanche trade sniper Mikko Rantanen in three-team NHL blockbuster
The NHL's sixth-leading scorer heads to Carolina, while Martin Necas, Jack Drury, and picks head to Colorado, with Chicago also involved in the deal.
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Flynn’s Take: Aftermath of Mikko Rantanen Trade, What Happens Now?
Three days after the blockbuster trade of Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes for Jack Drury and Martin Necas — it still hasn’t sunk in for fans and/or media. As a journalist, I have to handle it with a neutral perspective and look at the situation from all viewpoints.
NHL trade tracker 2024-2025: Hurricanes land Mikko Rantanen, Taylor Hall in three-way blockbuster trade
The first major domino on the NHL trade market has fallen. On Jan. 24, the Colorado Avalanche dealt elite winger Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for forwards Martin Necas and Jack Drury.
Why didn’t your team trade for Rantanen? Tiering NHL teams that could’ve/should’ve been in the mix
If the Avalanche had opened up a good old-fashioned bidding war on Mikko Rantanen, here are teams that would have been the best fit.