Mikko Rantanen is out and Martin Necas is in. Despite the Avalanche trading out one of their best players, they are still a ...

While Rantanen and Marner can be UFAs on July 1, Minnesota’s Kirill Kaprizov is eligible for an extension that kicks in at ...

Seventeen days ago the hockey world, and fans around this team in particular, were stunned when Mikko Rantanen was traded to ...

Mikko Rantanen was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes from the Colorado Avalanche in a three-team deal on Jan. 24.

Plus the Panthers’ declining rush game, extreme special teams in Vegas and a couple of goalies who are deserving of some ...

Sad to see Mikko Rantanen go but at least the Avalanche didn’t pull ... Ed Helinski, Auburn, N.Y. As long as the team has ...

You could tell the trade of Mikko Rantanen really stung everyone in the Avalanche organization. After Saturday's 3-1 loss to the Boston Bruins, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar, and head coach Jared ...

Rantanen and Cale Makar, who’s got a $9 million-per-year cap hit through the 2026-27 campaign, don’t have to be an either/or proposition if the former’s payments get deferred. With Mikko ...

The Avalanche did not want to trade Mikko Rantanen. No one ever wants to trade ... MacKinnon's current cap hit, Cale Makar's future cap hit and the continued uncertainty around their captain ...

Rantanen set up a Cale Makar tally in the third period, which ultimately forced overtime. The 28-year-old Rantanen has gone six games without a goal but still has four assists in that span to ...

EDMONTON -- When it rains or pours. Although this saying is closely associated with bad luck, it can also be used for good luck. Case and point: Edmonton Oilers forward Jeff Skinner. When the ...

Let’s say, eight years at $101 million. Everybody gets what they want. Mikko Rantanen, the good solider and Nathan MacKinnon’s literal right-hand man, becomes a $100-million player.