The NHL trade deadline is Friday afternoon, and scuttlebutt around the league has centered on Rantanen and whether the Canes will re-sign him, trade him, or keep him and try to agree on a new contract.

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The Carolina Hurricanes received clarity on Mikko Rantanen's contract negotiations ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline.

Mikko Rantanen reportedly will not sign a contract extension with the Carolina Hurricanes before the NHL Trade Deadline

For weeks, multiple insiders had reported that Carolina was gauging the market for Rantanen while awaiting his decision ahead of the deadline with his contract expiring on July 1. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman confirmed that Toronto, Dallas, and Los Angeles were among the “very interested” teams.

With the NHL Trade Deadline closing in, the contract talks and trade status of superstar forward Mikko Rantanen have taken center stage. Will they move him? Even after Rantanen reportedly shut down contract negotiations,

On this edition of The Big Number, Tom Haberstroh and Dan Devine take a look at every single front-runner for each of the NBA Awards: MVP, Most Improved Player, 6th Man of the Year, Coach of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.

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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,

Which NHL teams would benefit the most from acquiring Mikko Rantanen? Here are three that need to call the Carolina Hurricanes to get a deal done before the trade deadline.

Mikko Rantanen does not seem to want to stay in Carolina long-term, a place where he does not seem comfortable. Is he not comfortable because the Hurricanes are doing things he does not like, or is he not comfortable because it is simply not Colorado?