Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Thursday night. Jordan Staal, Sebastian Aho, Taylor Hall and Seth Jarvis also scored for Carolina, which had lost its first two games after the league break for the 4 Nations Face-Off.

NHL trade deadline is on the horizon, and speculation continues to abound regarding the future of star forward Mikko Rantanen with the Carolina Hurricanes. Having already been traded to Carolina from the Colorado Avalanche last month,

Mikko Rantanen had a goal and an assist and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-2 on Thursday night. Jordan Staal, Sebastian Aho, Taylor Hall and Seth Jarvis

It has not been great for Rantanen, who was part of the blockbuster trade from the Colorado Avalanche via the Chicago Blackhawks to Carolina. However, he put his best game together on Thursday versus Buffalo.

Mikko Rantanen and Tage Thompson are two of the best players to watch when the Carolina Hurricanes meet the Buffalo Sabres at PNC Arena on Thursday, February 27 at 7:00 PM ET. Purchase tickets for this game at StubHub!

For the second time this season, Mikko Rantanen was just traded, and now he's revealed the timeline that led to his departure from Carolina. At the trade deadline, the Dallas Stars were finally the team to pull off the blockbuster Mikko Rantanen trade in what was a shocking deal that saw him traded for the second time this season.

Blockbuster trades like the one that occurred between the Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes just over a month ago are rare in the NHL.

After weeks of uncertainly about his future NHL home, Rantanen was traded to Dallas by the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday, and then signed an eight-year, $96 million contract.

The Carolina Hurricanes came out on the wrong end of the NHL trade deadline in the eyes of many. After swinging a huge trade to acquire star winger Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche late in January, the Hurricanes traded the Fin to the Dallas Stars on deadline day.

Martin Necas and Jack Drury have settled in nicely, both on and off the ice, with the club. The short-term return on the NHL’s biggest in-season trade in two decades has been nothing but positive. The raw emotions of losing a core player and beloved teammate, Mikko Rantanen, have subsided, because life in the NHL goes on.

Last night, the Toronto Maple Leafs faced the Colorado Avalanche in their first game since the NHL Trade Deadline. The Maple Leafs welcomed newly acquired Brandon Carlo and Scott Laughton into their lineup,