It Was Just Confirmed For The Colorado Avalanche And Mikko Rantanen And It's Surprising
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A surprising announcement was made involving the Colorado Avalanche and Mikko Rantanen and it's been confirmed.
The Colorado Avalanche ended up trading one of their superstars ahead of the NHL trade deadline and shocked everyone in the hockey community.
A couple months before the NHL trade deadline, the Colorado Avalanche shocked the NHL when they announced that they were trading Mikko Rantanen.
No one saw this coming, but the Avalanche did end up trading him in a three-team trade with the Carolina Hurricanes, and the Chicago Blackhawks.
Here are the full details on the trade:
The Carolina Hurricanes acquired forwards Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall in a blockbuster three-team trade with the Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.
Colorado received forwards Jack Drury and Martin Necas, along with a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft from Carolina, which acquired Chicago forward prospect Nils Juntorp.
Chicago acquired a third-round pick in the 2025 Draft from Carolina. The Blackhawks will also retain 50 percent of Rantanen's $9.25 million salary.
Colorado received forwards Jack Drury and Martin Necas, along with a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft from Carolina, which acquired Chicago forward prospect Nils Juntorp.
Chicago acquired a third-round pick in the 2025 Draft from Carolina. The Blackhawks will also retain 50 percent of Rantanen's $9.25 million salary.
The Avalanche did not want to trade him to a Western Conference team because they did not want to face him in the playoffs.
Well things didn't go the way he wanted, and he ended up getting traded to the Dallas Stars the day of the trade deadline.
It Was Just Confirmed For Mikko Rantanen And The Avalanche
Rantanen was once again traded by the Carolina Hurricanes to the Dallas Stars.
A recent announcement has now confirmed that the Colorado Avalanche are going to be facing off against Mikko Rantanen in the first-round of the playoffs, as they will officially be playing each other.
#GoJetsGo have locked up both the Central Division and the no. 1 seed in the Western Conference.
Confirmed #StanleyCup Playoffs Round 1 matchup: #TexasHockey vs #GoAvsGo
Confirmed #StanleyCup Playoffs Round 1 matchup: #TexasHockey vs #GoAvsGo
This is exactly what the Avalanche wanted to avoid, but now they are going to have to get through Rantanen and the Stars to make it past the first-round.
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