As we creep up on the NHL trade deadline on March 7 more than a few star players are looking to the future for lucrative contract extensions or lest

Bukaty) BOSTON — David Pastrnak had a goal and two assists, and the Boston Bruins beat Colorado 3-1 on Saturday, a day after the Avalanche traded star winger Mikko Rantanen. Pastrnak set up both ...

Go back four years and you may be surprised how favorably Mikko Rantanen stacks up against his ... in that span — more than Artemi Panarin, David Pastrnak, Mitch Marner, Matthew Tkachuk, Auston ...

After one of the biggest in-season acquisitions since the New Jersey Devils acquired Ilya Kovalchuk for a massive haul in the 2009-10 season, more information has begun trickling out regarding Mikko Rantanen and the Carolina Hurricanes.

Facing the prospect of Colorado’s star winger Mikko Rantanen becoming an unrestricted free agent after this season, general manager Chris MacFarland felt the timing was right to deal him away and bolster the Avalanche’s roster for the future.

Dayal argues that Rantanen’s fairest comparable is Boston Bruins’ forward David Pastrňák who was given 13.5% of the salary cap for the first year of his current contract.

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen, left, squares off against Minnesota Wild defenseman Jake Middleton before a referee stops the brewing scrum in the third ...

BOSTON — Facing the prospect of Mikko Rantanen becoming an unrestricted ... in Denver. Credit: AP/David Zalubowski Rantanen had 25 goals and 39 assists at the time of the deal.

The first game without Mikko Rantanen ended with an L. The Colorado Avalanche appeared to be the superior club Saturday afternoon at TD Garden, but the Boston Bruins refused to go down without a fight.

Not to mention, the Avalanche are not winning a Mikko Rantanen trade mid-season, especially if they don’t get a replacement in return. As David Calabretta mentions in another hypothetical trade ...

(AP Photo/David Zalubowski) Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen, right, collects the puck as Minnesota Wild center Marat Khusnutdinov defends in the third period of an NHL hockey game ...