Chris MacFarland did the latter Friday night. The Avalanche did not want to trade Mikko Rantanen. No one ever wants to trade a 50-goal scorer. That's why trades of this magnitude rarely occur.

The Colorado Avalanche traded Mikko Rantanen to Carolina. Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland has a message about that ...

Who won Friday night's blockbuster that saw Mikko Rantanen go from the Colorado Avalanche to the Carolina Hurricanes?

Here are three blockbuster Avalanche trade targets in the wake of the stunning Mikko Rantanen trade with the Hurricanes.

In the upcoming contest versus the New York Rangers, which starts at 7:00 PM ET on Tuesday, can we count on Mikko ... Rantanen has scored in 17 of 50 games this season, and had multiple goals ...

Plus the Panthers’ declining rush game, extreme special teams in Vegas and a couple of goalies who are deserving of some ...

The trade sending Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes is still the talk of the hockey world. Nobody actually thought ...

Colorado parted with Rantanen in a three-team deal, shipping him off to Carolina while acquiring forwards Martin Necas and ...

The first major domino has fallen more than a month before the March 7 trade deadline, with Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall ...

In a blockbuster three-team deal, the Carolina Hurricanes acquired Avalanche star forward Mikko Rantanen and former Hart ...