The Carolina Hurricanes have become the talk of the NHL since they acquired star forward Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche. Since his arrival, however,

The NHL trade deadline is fast approaching, and contenders across the league are trying to get the firepower that they need to make a push for the Stanley Cup. The Carolina Hurricanes tried to do that near the end of January when they traded for star winger Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche.

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Martin Necas has played 11 games for the Colorado Avalanche since being acquired in a blockbuster deal back on January 24.

The hockey world saw a big trade on Sunday, with the Colorado Avalanche acquiring defenseman Ryan Lindgren and forward Jimmy Vesey from the New York Rangers in exchange for defenseman Calvin de Haan,

The Colorado Avalanche remain strong contenders for the Stanley Cup after trading Mikko Rantanen and acquiring Martin Necas and Jack Drury. With $4.76 million in cap space, GM Chris MacFarland is expected to make significant moves before the trade deadline,

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The Rangers are four points out of a playoff spot and did not want to let pending unrestricted free agents walk for nothing.

The often overlooked part of the Carolina Hurricanes' blockbuster trade this past January that saw them acquire Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche for Martin Necas and Jack Drury was that the Canes also acquired forward Taylor Hall from the Chicago Blackhawks.

Jim Jost, grandfather of Carolina Hurricanes forward Tyson Jost, was on hand to do the honors of reading the starting lineup before their game against the Calgary Flames at Lenovo Center in Raleigh on Sunday. “Louder! Let’s go!” said Jim, egging on the team in a video shared on social media.

TSN: It’s still not known if Mikko Rantanen will want to partake in contract extension talks with the Carolina Hurricanes. Chris Johnston said that Rantanen’s camp are expected in the next few days to let the Hurricanes know how they’d like to proceed with things.