Mikko Rantanen is taking up all the headlines but another former Avalanche player is the better story in the NHL playoffs.

With the Colorado Avalanche eliminated from the Stanley Cup Playoffs after their first-round series against the Dallas Stars, ...

There were rumors and reports that the Avalanche and Mikko Rantanen were struggling to agree ... improved the age of their roster by trading de Haan, who turns 34 next season, and Parssinen ...

Mikko Rantanen started the year as an integral member of the Colorado Avalanche. On Saturday night, he ended their season as a member of the Dallas Stars. The hockey star recorded a Game 7 hat ...

Mikko Rantanen has created NHL history in numerous ways throughout Game 7. He's the first player to record a third-period hat trick in a Game 7 and to accomplish it against his previous team.

DALLAS — (AP) — Mikko Rantanen carried the Dallas Stars past his former team in the first round of the NHL playoffs, punctuated with a hat trick that was part of his historic four-point third ...

But he was also in the middle of an epic collapse, when the Avalanche allowed four unanswered goals — including three to former Colorado forward Mikko ... defenseman Calvin de Haan and forward ...