The public perception of how the Colorado Avalanche did in the Mikko Rantanen trade has already swung back and forth.

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MacFarland and Sakic overhauled the roster with a flurry of in-season trades. Future draft capital and top prospects were ...

Mikko Rantanen scored three goals in the third period, and the Dallas Stars utilized a furious rally to advance to the second ...

Former Colorado Avalanche star Mikko Rantanen led the Dallas Stars to a come-from-behind win. Game 7 highlights.

(AP Photo/Julio Cortez) The Dallas Stars celebrate after Mikko Rantanen, laying against boards at rear ... works for control of the puck against Colorado Avalanche’s Cale Makar (8), Valeri Nichushkin ...

Many of Mikko Rantanen's greatest moments have come ... a success as well as moves to acquire key players such as Valeri Nichushkin and Devon Toews. Like all teams in a championship window ...

And it all came crashing down stunningly with a Game 7 collapse at the hands of Mikko Rantanen and the Dallas ... MacKinnon had all three goals. Valeri Nichushkin and Gabe Landeskog — two ...

Mikko Rantanen stunningly turned the game ... While teammate Wyatt Johnston puts on a skating display, Benn high-sticks Valeri Nichushkin, who's down on the ice and needs repair work.

Mikko Rantanen dragged the Dallas Stars back ... but also with a locomotive-sized hole in the lineup because Valeri Nichushkin had left the team in the middle of the series. There’s no obvious ...

DALLAS — And to think, there was about a week there where the entire hockey world was wondering if Mikko Rantanen was ... mistake when he cross-checked Valeri Nichushkin in the face midway ...

Seventeen seconds into the power play, Mikko Rantanen was called for tripping Valeri Nichushkin. Replays showed Nichushkin fell on his own, and that Rantanen’s stick never touched him.