The Carolina Hurricanes Mikko Rantanen saga was quite an ordeal over the past week, finally concluding with him being traded to the Dallas Stars for Logan Stankoven, two first-round picks and two third-round picks on Friday afternoon.

The fallout from the Trade Deadline is starting to settle, revealing more about the Carolina Hurricanes attempt to flip star winger Mikko Rantanen. The Dallas Stars ultimately won the sweepstakes, landing Rantanen and an eight-year extension in exchange for top young forward Logan Stankoven,

Events of recent weeks have underlined that if the Leafs want to keep the pending UFA, they're going to have to bid against others to do it.

Several important transactions were completed today on this deadline in the NHL. Most of the big players available on the market have changed addresses (Mikko Rantanen, Brock Nelson, and Dylan Cozens to name a few).

A mass shooting at a pub in Toronto has left at least 12 people struck with gunfire, police announced in a post to X Friday night.

With the NHL trade deadline set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. EST, the Toronto Maple Leafs just might have a trick or two up their sleeve.

Amid turmoil happening with the Stars' co-occupants at American Airlines Center, there is a chance to grab fans.

Rantanen was reportedly blindsided by the late-January trade that saw him move away from the NHL team, where he won the Stanley Cup in 2022 and had spent his entire career since being taken 10th overall in the 2015 draft. In 12 games with the Hurricanes, Rantanen has put up two goals and four assists for six points.

Meantime, Marchand’s departure in Boston, coupled with Charlie Coyle’s trade to Colorado, signaled the Bruins’ transition toward youth while mired in a 1-6-2 skid that has them in jeopardy off missing the playoffs for the first time in nearly a decade.

On Deadline Day on Friday, Mikko Rantanen was traded to the Stars by the Carolina Hurricanes and then signed an eight-year, $96 million deal with Dallas. The contract has an average annual value of $12 million.

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In the early hours of deadline day, Elliotte Friedman writes about the status of a Mikko Rantanen trade to Dallas, and what to watch out for on the last day of trading.