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Between Colorado and Carolina, Who Will Win the NHL's Latest Blockbuster Trade?

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Mikko Rantanen was traded to the Colorado Avalanche in a three -team trade on Friday night .

The Avalanche have been in talks with the Hurricanes since the summer of 2024 .

The consensus around when news of the trade dropped was somewhere around $14 million .

The deal is believed to have been between $11 and $11.75 million and eight years .

Avalanche GM Chris MacFarland : "We're not deep enough, and you've got to be deep to go four rounds" Martin Necas' speed and skill with handling the puck, not to mention his transition game, has seemingly made the style transition easier.

Drury could potentially be "demoted" to the second line once Valeri Nichushkin returns from an injury.