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On Friday, the Carolina Hurricanes made a blockbuster move, sending center Martin Nečas to the Colorado Avalanche. After details of the trade started leaking, a report from Rick Dhaliwal of "Donnie and Dhali" indicated that the Vancouver Canucks called the Hurricanes to see if a Nečas deal was possible.

Flipped to Colorado

Necas' first win with Colorado was a high-scoring battle, and the former Hurricane played a large role in the offensive zone. Both of his assists came on first-period goals by Cale Makar.

For new Avalanche forward Martin Necas, the centerpiece of Colorado's return for Rantanen, looked a bit lost in his team debut against the Bruins. But just one period in to his second game ...

Colorado Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland said it was a "tough business decision" to trade star winger Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes

The #NYR have the distinction of allowing the first post-trade point to everyone in the Mikko Rantanen blockbuster. Rantanen and Taylor Hall each have assists tonight, their first points as Hurricanes. Jack Drury scored against NY on Sunday, and Martin Nečas had two assists.

Necas notched two assists in Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Islanders.

Mikko Rantanen, who played parts of ten seasons and won a Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche, is joining the Carolina Hurricanes, the team

The Mikko Rantanen trade had one big loser: The Rangers. The New York Rangers has a rough night on Tuesday. Not only did the team fall further back in the Metropolitan Division standings with a 4-0 loss to the Hurricanes at home, but they also helped validate every part of the blockbuster Mikko Rantanen trade.

After dropping their second straight game, the Rangers have little room for error at this point in the season.

The Chicago Blackhawks traded forward Taylor Hall in a three-team deal with the Colorado Avalanche and Carolina Hurricanes, the team announced late Friday.