“Well, it’s hard. It’s Mikko Rantanen, right?” MacFarland began Saturday night in an interview with The Athletic. “Everybody knows he’s an incredible talent. He’s an elite winge ...

BOSTON — Nathan MacKinnon was stunned. He used other words — shocked and sad were two — to describe the Colorado Avalanche trading Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.

Where have you gone, Mikko Rantanen? Avs Nation turns its lonely eyes to you. Boo, boo, boo. The Avalanche’s 10-year Finnish forward was finished Friday in Colorado. He’s gone to Carolina.

The Colorado Avalanche, in town to play the Bruins, were facing the prospect of Grade A talent Mikko Rantanen going to unrestricted free agency this summer. Presumably not willing to pay Rantanen ...

The new debate for Avs fans and hockey folks around the world: What if Colorado re-signed Mikko Rantanen? It will likely take years to determine if the decision to move on was correct.

The Avalanche traded Mikko Rantanen on Friday night and less than 24 hours later packed up bags on Causeway Street after a 3-1 loss to the Bruins at TD Garden. Absent Rantanen, who entered the ...