Hurricanes Acquire Mikko Rantanen In Complex Multi-Team Trade
I can’t imagine being the person responsible for telling Nathan MacKinnon that you just traded Mikko Rantanen but somehow that’s exactly what happened. Rantanen and the Avs haven’t come to terms on a contract extension. Apparently, Colorado is done trying to get a deal done because they actually traded him to Carolina.
Frank Seravalli over at Daily Faceoff has reported that the Avalanche have traded Rantanen to Colorado. Oh, and somehow the Canes are also adding Taylor Hall.
After a good chunk of time, the full details of the trade finally came out. Seravalli was first again with the officially official news and it looks like this.
To Canes: Mikko Rantanen, Taylor Hall…