Rantanen is putting up historic numbers in the playoffs for the Stars, but to those close to him, seeing the joy is more ...

MacFarland and Sakic overhauled the roster with a flurry of in-season trades. Future draft capital and top prospects were ...

And it all came crashing down stunningly with a Game 7 collapse at the hands of Mikko Rantanen and the ... for the past eight seasons, joining Jared Bednar and Nolan Pratt after their first ...

Colorado Avalanche heac coach Jared Bednar, center, watches play against the Dallas ... (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Colorado Avalanche’s Cale Makar (8), Ryan Lindgren (55) Dallas Stars’ Mikko Rantanen (96 ...

Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick and an assist to help the Dallas Stars rally for a 4-2 win against the visiting Colorado Avalanche in Game 7 of their first-round series Saturday.

DALLAS — Mikko Rantanen figures he would have left the room in disbelief had someone told him at the beginning of this season that he would score a hat track in a Game 7 against Colorado.

He played five games in the series and scored once. Gabriel Landeskog, Jared Bednar react to Mikko Rantanen’s Game 7 hat trick vs. Avalanche Gabriel Landeskog spoke after Colorado’s Game 7 ...

Credit: Earlier this year, the GM of the Colorado Avalanche made a huge deal by sending Mikko Rantanen to Carolina ... Nathan MacKinnon The current playoff format has really held Jared Bednar’s team ...

Mikko Rantanen had a hat-trick and an assist in ... $96 million deal with the Stars before the deadline. Avalanche coach Jared Bednar also talked about Rantanen’s performance.

DENVER (AP) — Jared Bednar's job on the bench appears ... Not just because former Avalanche forward turned Stars series saver Mikko Rantanen was the one to send them packing with a hat trick ...