"Okay, something else tonight: Hearing talks are intensifying to send Mikko Rantanen to the Dallas Stars," Friedman reported. Shortly after that, Friedman added that further details have not been shared yet, with a Rantanen commitment to extending his contract with the Stars still unknown.

In the early hours of deadline day, Elliotte Friedman writes about the status of a Mikko Rantanen trade to Dallas, and what to watch out for on the last day of trading.

The trade deadline has arrived and it looks as though the Carolina Hurricanes are moving on from the recently acquired Mikko Rantanen. The Hurricanes traded for Rantanen in a big three-team blockbuster,