{"id":464155,"date":"2025-03-07T10:31:00","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T15:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=464155"},"modified":"2025-03-07T10:35:15","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T15:35:15","slug":"nhl-rumours-latest-on-possible-carolina-hurricanes-dallas-stars-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/07\/nhl-rumours-latest-on-possible-carolina-hurricanes-dallas-stars-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Rumours: Latest on Possible Carolina Hurricanes-Dallas Stars Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got some more NHL rumours as we speed towards the NHL trade deadline. The deadline wraps up at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. However, there is plenty of last-minute fervor surrounding the big moment. General managers are scrambling to make moves that will bolster their Stanley Cup chances. We&#8217;ve already seen some massive moves, but more could be coming. One team that could be making a major move is the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/06\/dallas-stars-power-play-success-leads-to-playoff-caliber-wins\/\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Stars.<\/a> This edition of NHL rumours deals with them taking a swing at a <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/02\/27\/what-it-will-take-for-the-toronto-maple-leafs-to-acquire-carolina-hurricanes-superstar\/\" target=\"_self\">Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> forward.<\/p>\n<p>All NHL rumours come from the original source and are subject to change.<\/p>\n<h2>NHL Rumours<\/h2>\n<h3>Dallas Stars and Carolina Hurricanes Working on Deal for Star Forward<\/h3>\n<p><em>Rumour: Sportsnet&#8217;s Elliotte Friedman <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/carolina-dallas-have-framework-for-mikko-rantanen-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">offered his latest update<\/a> on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rantami01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikko Rantanen<\/a> situation. Friedman said that the Stars and the Hurricanes have a &#8220;framework&#8221; for a potential deal. However, it&#8217;s not a done deal as of late last night according to the insider.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Analysis:<\/em> It seems that the Hurricanes weren&#8217;t able to make an extension happen with the Finnish forward. Hurricanes General Manager Eric Tulsky made a big swing in landing Rantanen from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/07\/new-york-islanders-trade-veteran-mainstay\/\" target=\"_self\">Colorado Avalanche<\/a>. However, it looks like a contract extension wasn&#8217;t able to happen.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina made a massive move last trade deadline in landing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/guentja01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jake Guentzel<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/05\/pittsburgh-penguins-trade-forward-to-the-nashville-predators\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>. However, the Hurricanes weren&#8217;t able to make a contract extension happen. The Guentzel deal turned into one painful rental and Tulsky doesn&#8217;t want to repeat that mistake.<\/p>\n<p>Friedman mentioned that the particulars have been agreed to. However, the deal won&#8217;t get more momentum until the Stars are comfortable in getting a deal done. The insider mentions that the contract extension will be a vital component in starting the trade process.<\/p>\n<p>Carolina <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/nhl\/article\/carolina-dallas-have-framework-for-mikko-rantanen-trade\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">had received multiple offers<\/a> for Rantanen, but it seems that the offer from Dallas is the most compelling one. There would likely have to be a massive haul coming the other way in order to make this deal a thing.<\/p>\n<h4>What It Means<\/h4>\n<p>Dallas has already been active in getting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/granlmi01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mikael Granlund<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/c\/cecico01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cody Ceci<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2025\/03\/06\/san-jose-sharks-trade-nico-sturm-to-florida\/\" target=\"_self\">San Jose Sharks<\/a>. However, Stars General Manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/nillji01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2025-03-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Nill<\/a> may not be done cooking up a major move for his team. Dallas got to the Western Conference Final last year, but it wants to get back to the Stanley Cup Final or even win it all.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DarrenDreger\/status\/1897991919176749463\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TSN&#8217;s Darren Dreger<\/a> said that Carolina may have to consider other offers. He said there&#8217;s no deal at this time between Rantanen and the Stars. That doesn&#8217;t mean that a deal may not happen. However, the clock is ticking and things could get a bit gnarly.<\/p>\n<p>Tulsky doesn&#8217;t want to have a repeat of what happened to Guentzel last year. He&#8217;s going to have to get something out of Rantanen or risk letting him walk away for nothing.<\/p>\n<p>This is an ever-changing situation and Frank Seravalli of T<a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/frank_seravalli\/status\/1897988391855108229\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">he Daily Faceoff<\/a> said the deal is conditional based on a contract extension. Dreger adds that the Stars are willing go <a  href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DarrenDreger\/status\/1898033405071176134\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">upwards of $12 million<\/a> per season to extend him.<\/p>\n<p><em>Main photo by: David Kirouac-Imagn Images<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve got some more NHL rumours as we speed towards the NHL trade deadline. The deadline wraps up at 3 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. However, there is plenty of last-minute fervor surrounding the big moment. General managers are scrambling to make moves that will bolster their Stanley Cup chances. We&#8217;ve already seen some massive moves, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2352,"featured_media":462488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10,29,4547,4548,4321],"tags":[6575,7154,7940,1575,301],"class_list":["post-464155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hurricanes","category-stars","category-hockey","category-nhl","category-rumours","tag-carolina-hurricanes-rumours","tag-dallas-stars-rumours","tag-eric-tulsky","tag-jim-nill","tag-mikko-rantanen"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2352"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=464155"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":464160,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/464155\/revisions\/464160"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=464155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=464155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=464155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}