Nečas will not turn 27 until next January, and has the speed and skill to handle MacKinnon’s heavy demands. However, should ...

The Colorado Avalanche's trade of Mikko Rantanen for Martin Nečas is under scrutiny as Nečas's contract talks intensify. GM ...

The Colorado Avalanche’s biggest offseason question mark remains Martin Nečas. Acquired in the blockbuster Mikko Rantanen trade, Nečas delivered a strong finish to the 2025 season, producing 28 points ...

Mikko Rantanen is now really on the other side. After being in the playoffs with the Avs each of the past seven years and playing with them during 10 seasons, including their Stanley Cup title in ...

Mikko Rantanen’s 2024-25 season hasn’t been the one he expected to have. He has been uprooted by a shocking trade not once, but twice after spending the first decade of his career with the ...

Mikko Rantanen (96) of the Colorado Avalanche chews his mouthguard during the third period against the Chicago Blackhawks at Ball Arena in Denver on Monday, March 4, 2024.

Mikko Rantanen returned to Ball Arena with no one completely sure why he left. Regardless of Texas’ lack of state income tax, Sunday showed that he played right into the Avs’ hands.

The Avalanche traded Mikko Rantanen on Friday night and less than 24 hours later packed up bags on Causeway Street after a 3-1 loss to the Bruins at TD Garden. Absent Rantanen, who entered the ...

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets saw Mikko Rantanen coming, but he lit them up anyway.Now his name is etched into the NHL history books twice over, and the Dallas Stars have a 1-0 series lead.

Mikko Rantanen is now really on the other side, settling in as a Star and going back to Colorado with a chance to advance in the NHL playoffs. In his first postseason series with Dallas, against ...

DALLAS (AP) — Mikko Rantanen is now really on the other side, settling in as a Star and going back to Colorado with a chance to advance in the NHL playoffs.