With the NHL Trade Deadline closing in, the contract talks and trade status of superstar forward Mikko Rantanen have taken center stage. Will they move him? Even after Rantanen reportedly shut down contract negotiations,

I don’t know what the Hurricanes are playing at. A team that has a window of opportunity must take advantage of it, even if it means losing players on the free agent market afterwards.

The Hurricanes are gauging the market for the star winger, and while an in-division trade is unlikely, the Rangers make sense as a partner.