The public perception of how the Colorado Avalanche did in the Mikko Rantanen trade has already swung back and forth.

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Mikko Rantanen was one of them ... Landeskog was scratched with Miles Wood replacing Ross Colton. Jared Bednar isn't going to give many details when it comes to lineup decisions or injuries ...

Dallas Stars right wing Mikko Rantanen (96) celebrates his goal with center Roope Hintz (24) during the second period in Game 5 of a first-round NHL hockey playoff series against the Colorado ...

Dallas Stars right wing Mikko Rantanen (96) tries to set up a play as Colorado Avalanche defenseman Cale Makar (8) trials behind during the first period of Game 1 of an opening round playoff game ...

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.

The Colorado Avalanche made their bed with Mikko Rantanen. Now, they have to lie in it with their once-promising season over thanks to a Rantanen hat trick for the Dallas Stars in Saturday night's ...

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 ...

DALLAS — Mikko Rantanen doesn’t have a home yet. Not a permanent one, at least. He found somewhere to stay for the rest of the Dallas Stars season — however long that lasts — but some 45 ...

DALLAS — Roope Hintz jumped in Mikko Rantanen’s arms to celebrate their goal and yelled something that made his countryman’s smile grow even wider. But what was said will go down as an ...