10+ Minutes of Rantanen and Necas Highlight-Reel Plays

The Carolina Hurricanes acquired forward Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche and forward Taylor Hall from the Chicago Blackhawks in a blockbuster three-team trade Friday.

Colorado acquired forwards Jack Drury and Martin Necas, along with a second-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft and a fourth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft from Carolina, and forward Nils Juntorp from Chicago, which acquired a third-round pick in the 2025 Draft from Carolina. Chicago will also retain 50 percent of Rantanen’s $9.25 million salary.

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23 comments
  1. Necas was having his best season in Carolina and they swept him like that. Necas is a technical player and needs to have like-minded players around him. He'll have a tough time in Colorado. Hopefully this doesn't ruin his career. 🙁

  2. People sleeping on Necas are absolutely crazy. Necas is 8 points short of Rantanen with less ice time and he did not play with MacKinnon and Makar. Let him fill Rantanen's shoes and he's going to pop off. On the other hand let's watch Rantanen do the same with Canes… I doubt he's going to keep the pace in there.

  3. Rantanen is a beast and phenom but the problem is he tends to get lazy and disappears often. If he was consistent, he'd be on the same level as Draisaitl. I never knew Rantanen was actually a loud mouth and always thought he was a cool and calm guy like most Finnish players are….or maybe that's Swedes.
    Necas on the other hand looks like a poor mans Jagr. He has the high flying ability and agility to razzle and dazzle even like Mogilny…..but maybe he ends up more like Elias or even less like a Hertl. Rantanen is the better player overall but man he will frustrate you because he seems to be wasting such talent and size he has but doesn't show up many nights.

  4. You watch these highlights and think: Damn Nečas is a player huh… then you watch the pure class and magic of Rantanen and discover a whole new realm of a "player"

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