The Colorado Avalanche pushed the Dallas Stars as much as they could in the first round of the playoffs this year, but they ...

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

Mikko Rantanen ... Stars traded for Rantanen is also making a positive impact for his new team. One of those teams — or maybe ...

Mikko Rantanen is the Conn Smythe Trophy favorite. He is the playoffs scoring leader after a mid-season trade to the Dallas Stars. Other contenders in ...

When the Avs needed somebody to pick up the phone in Game 7 with star defenseman Cale Makar struggling, Chris MacFarland’s supporting cast let a series go to voicemail.

Rantanen recorded a single-period hat trick for his second consecutive game, leading the Stars to a 3-2 victory Wednesday in ...

Mikko Rantanen was ... shipped him to Dallas at the trade deadline after he notched only six points in 13 games with the club. The Stars immediately signed Rantanen to an eight-year, $96 million ...

Mitch Marner could have brought a star to Toronto before Marner bolted as a UFA. Not doing so could ruin his legacy with the ...

"It's two things: It's where our team's at, and it's Mikko Rantanen," Nill said. "A lot of times when you go into a trade, it's for an older player that has two or three years left in his career.

Analysis: Part of the reason Sakic spoke in a news conference setting for the first time in years was to field questions about the Rantanen trade. The Avs knew it was going to be a big topic.