Chris MacFarland pointed to Rantanen’s pending free agency and the club’s desire to get deeper after three years of being short in that department as reasons for the trade. The NHL’s salary cap ...

Since being acquired Jan. 24 in a shocking trade that brought him and Taylor Hall to the Hurricanes and shipped out Martin ...

It's been two weeks since the Avalanche shocked hockey by trading Mikko Rantanen. No ... up the rankings during the second half of his draft year. That didn't make him the sure-fire selection ...

Rantanen missed Saturday's game against Utah, but his ailment was seemingly a minor one. His availability is crucial for a Finland squad that will be without star blueliner Miro Heiskanen (knee). The ...

The Avalanche made one of the biggest trades in Colorado sports history last week when it sent away star forward Mikko ...

It’s hard to imagine the Carolina Hurricanes making a bigger splash than the blockbuster trade for Mikko Rantanen — maybe they can invent a time machine and shove Wayne Gretzky into it?

Will he re-sign in Carolina after this season -- and if not, where else? And what will other contenders do to keep pace ahead ...

The Colorado Avalanche traded Mikko Rantanen on a Friday. The market for Rantanen’s future services changed the following Friday. A large spike in future salary cap ceilings had been speculated ...

Carolina Hurricanes right wing Mikko Rantanen (96) celebrates his goal against the Chicago Blackhawks during the second period at the Lenovo Center on Thursday. Imagn Images It’s hard to imagine ...