As the third wheel in Friday’s blockbuster deal involving the Colorado Avalanche ... The Blackhawks also traded away left winger Taylor Hall as part of the deal. On Monday’s episode of ...

Taylor Hall made his Carolina Hurricanes debut on Saturday night. They did their best Chicago Blackhawks impression.

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,

Who says there is a Friday night news dump? The Carolina Hurricanes made serious headlines on Friday night as they Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche and Taylor Hall from the Chicago Blackhawks.

Colorado Avalanche and Chicago Blackhawks involving Mikko Rantanen is official. The Hurricanes acquired superstar Mikko Rantanen and Taylor Hall from the Avalanche and Blackhawks, respectively.

The Hurricanes acquired Rantanen and Chicago Blackhawks left winger Taylor Hall in ... Rantanen and the Avalanche had stalled, with a significant gap between the two sides. Colorado hoped to ...

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 first major domino on the NHL trade market has fallen. On Jan. 24, the Colorado Avalanche dealt elite winger Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for forwards Martin Necas and Jack Drury.

Colorado Avalanche star Mikko Rantanen was reportedly acquired by the Carolina Hurricanes in a three-team trade on Friday night. Chicago Blackhawks

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.

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