The former North Dakota star, who played 40 games in college last season, is approaching 50 in his first pro season.

Rantanen will be making his Canes debut, at least to start, on the top line playing alongside Sebastian Aho and Jackson Blake. Hall will be starting on the fourth line centered by Jack Roslovic and with Juha Jaaska on the other wing.

Jackson Blake has played 46 games in the NHL this ... year in the league on the Canes’ fourth line, often centered by Jack Drury. “He’s a college guy, too, and we have similar paths ...

That's why the three-way deal that sent Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall to Carolina, Martin Necas and Jack Drury to Colorado, and a third-round pick to Chicago is such a shocker.

The Carolina Hurricanes executed a bombshell three-team trade on Friday evening, adding Colorado Avalanche right wing Mikko Rantanen and Chicago

The Hurricanes wasted no time making their major cup-chasing move. Despite the NHL Trade deadline being over a month away, Carolina added the most-significant firepower imaginable by acquiring Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche in a complicated three-way trade involving the Chicago Blackhawks.

Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored both Carolina goals, the second coming 24 seconds after Dallas’ tying goal midway through the third period, as the Hurricanes beat the Stars 2-1 on Tuesday night.

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For one, Brind’Amour is pairing his two best players by putting them on a line together. Aho has led the Hurricanes in scoring in six of the last seven seasons, and Rantanen was a superstar in Colorado, logging more minutes than any forward in the league since the start of the 2021-22 season.

If people thought they were going into the weekend like normal, that certainly changed at 8 p.m. Eastern on Friday night (Jan. 24), as the Carolina Hurricanes stunned the hockey world with a massive blockbuster deal.

The Carolina Hurricanes will take on the New York Rangers (24-21-4) tonight in the second game of the Mikko Rantanen/Taylor Hall era. Carolina is coming off of a 3-2 overtime loss to the New York Islanders on Saturday,

Less than 24 hours after the Carolina Hurricanes acquired Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall, they were on the ice against the New York Islanders. While both made an impact, it