Mikko Rantanen had only played for one franchise throughout his career, but that changed sooner than he expected when the Colorado Avalanche traded him in January. Now playing for the Dallas Stars, Rantanen revealed that he never planned to leave Colorado. The 28-year-old forward addressed his exit in a press conference on Saturday .

It was a wild six weeks for Mikko Rantanen, which included two trades and negotiating a potential contract with several teams.

It is a very rare feat that a player is traded in the middle of a 100-point season. One has to look as far back as Joe Thornton’s blockbuster move from the Boston Bruins to the San Jose Sharks in 2005,

"I told them I'll be flexible and I want to play here for a long time. Then a couple days later they traded me," Rantanen said Saturday.

Although it’s almost unheard of for a 100-point scorer to be traded twice in the same season, that’s precisely the situation Dallas Stars winger Mikko Rantanen experienced this year.