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NHL News / NHL Trade Talk / January 25
The Bouchard-for-Rantanen Trade the Oilers Are Happy They Never Made
During the 2024-25 season, the Edmonton Oilers considered trading Evan Bouchard for Mikko Rantanen. While it might not have been a one-for-one deal, Edmonton did make a push for the forward before he was traded to the Dallas Stars.
Edmonton Oilers News / NHL Trade Talk / January 24
Can Oilers Deliver Deadline Shock After Missing Out on Rantanen?
For years, the Edmonton Oilers have hovered near the summit of the NHL standings, powered by one of the most explosive top lines in the league. Yet despite regular-season success and deep playoff runs, one glaring criticism has remained: a lack of depth scoring beyond the elite trio of Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, and Zach Hyman.
NHL News / TheLeafsnation / January 23
Elliotte Friedman details reaction of Maple Leafs players to Marner/Rantanen drama at 2025 deadline
On the eve of Mitch Marner’s return to Scotiabank Arena as a member of the Vegas Golden Knights to face the Toronto Maple Leafs, Sportsnet insider Elliotte Friedman dropped a bombshell of a piece detailing Marner’s final season with the team.
The 'NHL Maurice Richard Trophy winners' quiz
How many of the Maurice Richard trophy winners since the award was first given out in 1998-99 can you name in five minutes?
NHL News / NHL Trade Talk / January 21
Maple Leafs: What If Marner Agreed to the Rantanen Trade?
Every season has a few “almosts” that just linger. For the Maple Leafs, one of them showed up right around the 2025 trade deadline, when Mikko Rantanen was suddenly in play, and Mitch Marner’s name got pulled into a conversation nobody really wanted to have.
The 25 best NHL agitators of all-time
There's more to hockey than scoring goals and stopping pucks. For some players, putting up points came second to their main task: angering their opponents.
NHL News / Flamesnation / January 18
Flames trade rumours: What could a Rasmus Andersson trade with the Carolina Hurricanes look like?
It seems like the Rasmus Andersson trade is almost upon us. On Saturday evening, Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reported that the Boston Bruins are in the driver’s seat, but that can change rather quickly.
Olympics News / The Hockey Writers / January 12
How Team Finland Can Win the 2026 Winter Olympics
Finland’s Olympic team is good enough to win the tournament, but they will need to play a certain way to beat Canada, the United States, and Sweden en route to gold.
NHL News / Daily Faceoff / January 12
Fantasy Hockey 2025-26: Weekly Strength of Schedule and Streaming Targets — Week 15
Finding an edge in fantasy hockey often comes down to maximizing your man games — and targeting players with favourable matchups. Our Fantasy Hockey Strength of Schedule tool helps you do precisely that.
NHL News / Daily Faceoff / December 30
Top five NHL right wingers of 2025
With the final days of 2025 ahead, what better way to celebrate the calendar year than by highlighting some of the best performances we’ve witnessed in the past 365 days?
NHL News / The Hockey Writers / December 29
Stars Weekly: Dominant December, Mikko Rantanen, Power Play Success, & PWHL Takeover
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all our readers of The Hockey Writers and our coverage of the Dallas Stars. Here’s to a terrific 2026. The Stars went 1-0-2 last week and continue to ride a six-game point streak heading into 2025’s final game on Wednesday night.
Dallas Stars News / The Hockey Writers / December 28
Mikko Rantanen’s Case to Be Finland’s Captain at 2026 Olympics
The Finnish Captain for this year’s Olympic team is normally set in stone. When Aleksander Barkov is healthy, he is the cleanest “Finnish captain” archetype in today’s NHL, an elite two-way center and a low-ego communicator.
NHL News / Daily Faceoff / December 18
Top 10 NHL trades of 2025: The many faces of Mikko Rantanen
Allow me to overshare a little just to set the stage for the insanity of Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. We were taking a mild risk visiting friends up north. We were pretty sure my eldest daughter throwing up two days earlier was an isolated incident.
NHL News / Yardbarker / December 16
NHL Department of Player Safety has stopped caring about player safety
Now the department is run by George Parros, a former NHL player whose only claim to fame in the league was for fighting people.
NHL News / Daily Faceoff / December 3
'I'm a grown man, I can stand up for myself': Mikko Rantanen responds to Patrick Roy's threat
In the final minute of that game, Stars forward Mikko Rantanen laid a vicious hit on Islanders defenseman Alexander Romanov.
NHL News / Oilersnation / November 24
Stars’ Mikko Rantanen to serve one-game suspension during Tuesday game against Oilers
When the Dallas Stars take to the ice in Edmonton for Tuesday’s game against the Oilers, they’ll do so without star forward Mikko Rantanen. The high-flying winger, twice traded last year before landing in the Big D last March, was handed an automatic one-game suspension by the league after being ejected from his second game in a week.
Dallas Stars News / Daily Faceoff / November 23
Stars’ Mikko Rantanen suspended after second ejection in one week
Dallas Stars’ forward Mikko Rantanen was automatically suspended one game after receiving his second game misconduct in a week, according to a statement from the National Hockey League’s Department of Player Safety on Sunday, following Saturday’s game against the Calgary Flames.
Dallas Stars News / Pro Hockey Rumors / November 23
Mikko Rantanen suspended one game
The NHL Department of Player Safety announced that Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen has been suspended one game.
Dallas Stars News / NHL Trade Talk / November 23
Suspension Coming For Stars’ Forward Mikko Rantanen
It looks like Mikko Rantanen is about to finally be penalized for two reckless plays in the past two games. The Dallas Stars forward is under league review, and this time it sounds like supplemental discipline is finally on the way.
NHL News / Flamesnation / November 23
Will Mikko Rantanen face a suspension for hit on Flames forward Matt Coronato?
For the second time this week, Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen was ejected from a game after receiving a major penalty for boarding (and a game misconduct).
Dallas Stars News / Daily Faceoff / November 21
Stars’ Mikko Rantanen fined $2,000 for embellishment
The NHL has announced that Dallas Stars winger Mikko Rantanen has been fined $2,000 for embellishment. The play in which Rantanen was fined for occurred early in the third period of the Stars’ 3-2 overtime win over the Ottawa Senators on November 11th.
NHL News / Daily Faceoff / November 19
Stars’ Mikko Rantanen receives game misconduct after hit on Islanders’ Alex Romanov
Tensions flared Tuesday night between the Dallas Stars and New York Islanders after Mikko Rantanen received a five-minute major for boarding and a game misconduct for a hit on Alex Romanov.
The '2024-25 NHL 30-goal scorers' quiz
How many of the 46 players to score 30 or more goals in the 2024-25 NHL season can you name in six minutes?
NHL News / Yardbarker / May 14
Stars' (other) big trade-deadline addition records hat trick, makes the difference in Game 4 win
He played his best game of the playoffs in Tuesday's win, providing all of the offense by recording a hat trick.
Dallas Stars News / Yardbarker / May 11
These playoffs belong to Stars' Mikko Rantanen
Along with making the Stars a legitimate Stanley Cup contender, it has also been a huge postseason for Rantanen himself.
The 'Multiple Stanley Cup Playoff hat tricks' quiz
There have been 54 players to record multiple hat tricks in the Stanley Cup Playoffs in the NHL's Modern Era (since 1967-68) can you name in six minutes?
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