The Chicago Blackhawks were part of a blockbuster last week. They played a small role in it but they helped facilitate a trade that involved a superstar going from one contender to another. The Mikko Rantanen, Marty Necas, Jack Drury, and Taylor Hall trade ...

The Avalanche have pulled off a stunner. Mikko Rantanen is heading to the Carolina Hurricanes in a stunning and complex Friday night deal also involving the Chicago Blackhawks.

Here are our Mikko Rantanen trade grades for the Blackhawks, Avalanche, and Hurricanes after Friday's stunning deal.

Drury’s uncle is Chris Drury, who spent four seasons with the Avalanche (1998-02), was a member of the 2001 Stanley Cup championship team and is the current General Manager of the New York Rangers.

The deal sees Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall go to Carolina and Martin Necas, Jack Drury and draft picks head to Colorado. Chicago gets its own 2025 third-round pick back and takes on half of Rantanen's $9.

Getting a 3rd round pick from the Hurricanes gives the Blackhawks nine total selections in the upcoming draft.

The trade is a stunning midseason swap of point-per-game players in their primes, an anomaly in the NHL trade market in the salary-cap era.

The Carolina Hurricanes will be back in Raleigh, N.C., for a game Thursday night with a different look from when they last played on home ice. The Hurricanes made a massive trade late last week and they'll be showing off new pieces when the Chicago Blackhawks visit.

The Chicago Blackhawks are reportedly trading Taylor Hall to the Carolina Hurricanes as part of a blockbuster deal sending Mikko Rantanen to Raleigh.

The Blackhawks failed in this trade and are the suckers of the deal by not getting nearly enough for trading Taylor Hall and retaining $4.625 million on Rantanen's contract. They retained no cap on Hall's $6 million cap hit,

The Carolina Hurricanes acquired forwards Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall in a blockbuster three-team trade with the Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks on Friday.

The Hurricanes acquired Rantanen and Chicago ... Blackhawks left winger Taylor Hall in the deal. Colorado received winger Martin Necas, Carolina's leading scorer this season, and Hurricanes center ...