NHL trade deadline is on the horizon, and speculation continues to abound regarding the future of star forward Mikko Rantanen with the Carolina Hurricanes. Having already been traded to Carolina from the Colorado Avalanche last month,

It seems Carolina’s only focus right now is keeping Rantanen, whether as an extended player or worst case as a rental.

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The Mikko Rantanen experiment hasn't worked with the Carolina Hurricanes, and he could be on the move again before the trade deadline.

It's been over a month since the Carolina Hurricanes acquired Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche in a blockbuster three-team deal involving the Chicago Blackhawks. Nevertheless, it's rumored the 28-year-old right winger could be peddled before the March 7 NHL trade deadline.

Now the $100 million, it makes sense, because if you look at seven times 14, which you would think he’d be, the most he could get as an unrestricted free agent is 98 (million). So it makes a lot of sense for the Hurricanes to make sure they’re above that.

When the Carolina Hurricanes completed a blockbuster trade to acquire Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche, it was not thought that the franchise would consider flipping the forward ahead of the trade deadline,

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With the March 7 trade deadline less than two weeks away, Carolina has to decide whether to keep Rantanen for a Stanley Cup run risking losing him next summer if he doesn't extend his contract, or flip him for assets now to avoid that potential worst-case scenario as it happened to the franchise last summer.

The Hurricanes are not reportedly shopping Mikko Rantanen on the trade market with less than two weeks left until the deadline.