Confirmed Trade: [DAL/CAR] Mikko Rantanen (signs 8 years, $12M AAV) for Logan Stankoven, c. 2026 1st round, c. 2028 1st round, 2026 3rd round, 2027 3rd round

[JKG33]

Dallas is thin on the left side of their D line?

1LD: Heiskanen
2LD: Lindell
3LD: Harley
4LD: Bischel

Are you thinking the right side of their D? Are you thinking of a different team? That’s arguably the best in the entire league.

Thin on D in general. Any D group that has Ceci and Dumba in the top 6 needs work

 

[Jumptheshark]

Loading up for war

 

[Nikki Potnick]

When's the latest a trade has ever finalized? Hard to imagine Nill's old ass is still up.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

Fair I’m pretty sure Stank would be coveted by every team in the league, if you look at it as Necas for Stank isn’t that bad value wise, just a bit odd considering that the Canes are in a win now mode.

Stankoven is one year younger than Jarvis and born in the same year as Jackson Blake, so he fits a particular wave of talent in the organization.

 

[M88K]

Thin on D in general. Any D group that has Ceci and Dumba in the top 6 needs work

Dumba would be 7th when Heiskanen is healthy, though i agree, they need a true #4 capable RD

 

[Hazy Little Thing]

Thin on D in general. Any D group that has Ceci and Dumba in the top 6 needs work

But we are discussing moving a LD, they have the best/deepest LD in the league.

 

[JKG33]

But we are discussing moving a LD, they have the best/deepest LD in the league.

There is no we. I was discussing the D in general

 

[Brodeur]

When's the latest a trade has ever finalized? Hard to imagine Nill's old ass is still up.

I remember being in Vegas and compulsively checking HF at like 1am when the Erik Johnson trade was announced.

Blues trade former top pick Erik Johnson to Avs

The St. Louis Blues traded defenseman Erik Johnson to Colorado for two players and a conditional second-round draft pick.

www.espn.com

"I obviously was not expecting this," Johnson told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in a text at 2:40 a.m. CT, just hours after the Blues beat the Sabres in Buffalo.

 

[CROTT]

The 2025 Rantanen trade tree is going to be wild.

 

[hangman005]

Rantanen:

 

[quietbruinfan]

When's the latest a trade has ever finalized? Hard to imagine Nill's old ass is still up.

Years ago Eric johson got traded at 3:00 AM. Blues to Avs I think or was it vice versa? Its late....think it was Avs to Blues. Edit: it's Erik and it was Blues to Avs. I do know without checking it was between 3 and 3:15 A.M.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

If you're a Carolina fan who watched their team give up a massive return for Rantanen only to have to trade him weeks later, you probably think that the entire situation stanks.

 

[WPGDEVILS]

Stankoven is one year younger than Jarvis and born in the same year as Jackson Blake, so he fits a particular wave of talent in the organization.

He is a great return no matter what but I can understand that Canes fans might be mad at downgrading players when they are top tier contenders even if they end up winning this trade value wise in the long run

 

[ZachaFlockaFlame]

Yeah I assume this gets announced tomorrow morning, no reason to stay up.

 

[frightenedinmatenum2]

When's the latest a trade has ever finalized? Hard to imagine Nill's old ass is still up.

He is sundowning. Now is the time to fleece him.

Yeah I assume this gets announced tomorrow morning, no reason to stay up.

If you're staying up just to hear the trade return, then go to bed. If you're up because you'd be up anyways due to a brutal array of life choices that resulted in you being on a hockey message board at 2 AM Eastern on a weekday, then you might as well wait.

 

[JKG33]

He is a great return no matter what but I can understand that Canes fans might be mad at downgrading players when they are top tier contenders even if they end up winning this trade value wise in the long run

If the Canes are "top tier" contenders, then so is nearly 1/3 of the league

 

[eojsmada]

I remember being in Vegas and compulsively checking HF at like 1am when the Erik Johnson trade was announced.

Blues trade former top pick Erik Johnson to Avs

The St. Louis Blues traded defenseman Erik Johnson to Colorado for two players and a conditional second-round draft pick.

www.espn.com

OMG...I was just thinking the same thing. I was living in Edmonton at the time and was getting ready for bed and this one just shocked me. Shattenkirk and Stewart going to St Louis.

 

[Three On Zero]

If Canes get Stankoven that’s huge

Same was said about Canes getting Rantanen ….

 

[shello]

Maybe the return was the friends we made along the way

 

[Zirakzigil]

If Canes get Stankoven that’s huge

Hes tiny. Poor choice of words.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

He is a great return no matter what but I can understand that Canes fans might be mad at downgrading players when they are top tier contenders even if they end up winning this trade value wise in the long run

Mavrik Bourque would also make a ton of sense for Carolina. A right-handed center (a player type that the Canes are coveting for their 4th line) who just turned 23. If Nikishin and Morrow pan out as prospects next season, Stankoven and Bourque could give us a bit of a Presti/OKC vibe with a pending Gen Z talent wave of Svechnikov/Jarvis/Kotkaniemi/Stankoven/Bourque/Blake/Nikishin/Morrow.

 

[The don godfather]

Going from necas to stank is not so bad considering how much of a debacle this trade was. Nice recovery canes.

 

[SI90]

Same was said about Canes getting Rantanen ….

Stankoven is under team control

 

[m0rkoli]

Oh no... Hintz-Granlund-Rantanen with Heiskanen-Lindell... oh no...

 

[eojsmada]

Oh no... Hintz-Granlund-Rantanen with Heiskanen-Lindell... oh no...

The Stars-Panthers Cup Final is going to be huge in Finland