After the way Mikko Rantanen played Thursday night, the Hurricanes really had no choice but to cut their losses and hope his departure is addition by subtraction.
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With the NHL’s trade deadline now in the rearview mirror, we’re going to pinpoint below the league’s teams that are shaping up as true Stanley Cup contenders. In alphabetical order:
Necas scored 40 seconds into the second period, and just three seconds after a San Jose penalty. MacKinnon won the faceoff back to Makar, and then Necas blasted a one-timer from him into the net for his fifth goal with the Avs and 21st of the season.
When Mikko Rantanen showed up at Rogers Place Saturday morning, with his third different logoed equipment bag in the last six weeks — Colorado Avalanche, Carolina Hurricanes and now Dallas Stars — he felt right at home,
The Avalanche won again, but they also swung for the fences with their latest trade. That still wasn’t the biggest news of the night. Could a division rival be getting their hands on Mikko Rantanen before the deadline?