If Rantanen signs for eight years at $100 million, he’d be at $12.5 million. Which both, gets him a higher total contract value, and keeps him below MacKinnon’s cap hit.

The Colorado Avalanche traded Mikko Rantanen on a Friday. The market for Rantanen’s future services changed the following Friday. A large spike in future salary cap ceilings had been speculated ...

Jan 30, 2025; Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; Carolina Hurricanes right wing Mikko Rantanen (96) looks on against the Chicago Blackhawks during the third period at Lenovo Center. Mandatory Credit: James ...

And let's be clear -- if Colorado management was worried about being able to afford Rantanen's services, they wouldn't have given goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood a five-year contract. But Avs GM ...

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — There was one thing Mikko Rantanen needed after he was traded to the Carolina Hurricanes: his number. Jack Roslovic had the No. 96 for Carolina before Rantanen was acquired in ...