The Avalanche acquired Martin Necas, Brock Nelson, Jack Drury and Charlie Coyle in return for Rantanen. Those four combined ...

Mikko Rantanen took matters into his own ... Add to this the fact that the other player the Avalanche got in the Rantanen deal in Carolina, Jack Drury, was responsible for the horrendous late ...

But that wasn’t who Mikko Rantanen was in the Colorado Avalanche locker room. He was Mikko. Not every hockey nickname sticks inside the dressing room. Sure, Erik Johnson is EJ. Devon Toews is Tazer.

Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs didn’t go to plan for the Dallas Stars, falling 5-1 to the Colorado Avalanche, and it wasn’t a game Stars defenseman Mikko Rantanen will remember fondly ...

That and, of course, Mikko Rantanen. Head coach Pete DeBoer raised ... Just moments later, Jack Drury took a holding penalty and this time Wyatt Johnston — who had a Game 7 winner against ...

If the Colorado Avalanche didn't already have regrets about trading Mikko Rantanen ... for Martin Necas and Jack Drury. But when Carolina was also unable to get Rantanen signed, the Hurricanes ...

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. In his first postseason series with ...

It will be the first where Mikko Rantanen is one of the bad guys ... Martin Necas had 11 goals and 28 points in 30 games for the Avs. Jack Drury has been excellent as the No. 4 center.

The Stars struck a deal with the Carolina Hurricanes that sent Mikko Rantanen to Dallas. The Stars would send Logan Stankhoven and four draft picks. Within his limited time in Dallas, Rantanen has ...