Beyond Rantanen, there are pending free agent veterans like Brock Nelson and Ryan O'Reilly, who could give a playoff team excellent depth and experience down the middle. In net, J

TSN: It’s still not known if Mikko Rantanen will want to partake in contract extension talks with the Carolina Hurricanes. Chris Johnston said that Rantanen’s camp are expected in the next few days to let the Hurricanes know how they’d like to proceed with things.

On Whalers night at Lenovo Center, Mikko Rantanen slipped into a different sweater and turned in his first multi-point game with the Canes.