Mikko Rantanen is finally enjoying some peace after a rollercoaster 2024–25 NHL season. The former Colorado Avalanche forward was part of the year’s biggest trade, landing with Rod Brind’Amour’s Carolina Hurricanes—though his stay in Raleigh was short-lived. It wasn’t long before he was flipped back to the Western Conference to join the Dallas Stars. Now, Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour has set the record straight on Rantanen’s whirlwind tenure in Carolina.

In the span of six months, Rantanen was put through the wringer in the NHL, jumping from drama-filled adventures to the next one with no time to catch his breath. Ultimately, Rantanen and the Stars fell in the Western Conference Final in five games, but this past season was surely one ‘The Moose’ won’t ever forger, for better or

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