The Mikko Rantanen trade on Friday, Jan. 24, 2024, was one of the biggest trades we have seen in a very long time. As news trickled in individually about who wasn’t involved in the trade, picks, and conditions,

The Colorado Avalanche stunningly traded Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night, and he was reportedly blindsided.

The trade is a stunning midseason swap of point-per-game players in their primes, an anomaly in the NHL trade market in the salary-cap era.

The NHL’s trade season is upon us, and the weather forecast is cloudy, with a chance of blockbuster deals. The Colorado Avalanche sent shockwaves through the NHL last weekend, facilitating a three-team trade to move superstar winger Mikko Rantanen.

Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on Saturday Headlines on what happened to Mikko Rantanen and the Colorado Avalanche that lead to the trade to the Carolina Hurricanes. Ron MacLean: “What happened Elliotte?

BOTTOM LINE: The Carolina Hurricanes face the New York Rangers in Metropolitan Division play on Tuesday. New York has a 6-7-0 record in Metropolitan Division games and a 24-21-4 record overall. The Rangers have scored and allowed 148 goals this season for an even scoring differential.

Artturi Lehkonen scored the tiebreaking goal with 14.7 seconds left and the Avalanche defeated the Rangers 5-4 on Sunday.

This in from NHL insider Andy Strickland of St. Louis, his prediction on the Cam & Strick podcast that the Edmonton Oilers will sign Mikko Rantanen this summer. Rantanen, who is in the Top 10 NHL players,

Colorado Avalanche's final contract offer to Mikko Rantanen before trading him to ... the highest-paid winger in the NHL, surpassing Artemi Panarin's $11.64 million annual salary.

ELMONT, N.Y. — Mikko Rantanen skated to center ice at UBS Arena and a familiar sound emanated from his teammates near the bench. “Moooose.” Rantanen scooped up the puck on his stick ...

Mikko Rantanen was just as surprised by the news of him being traded to the Carolina Hurricanes as everyone else was on Friday. As contract extension speculation was just heating up, the Colorado ...