The Carolina Hurricanes have acquired winger Logan Stankoven and two first-round picks (2026 & 2027) and two third-round picks from the Dallas Stars for upcoming UFA forward Mikko Rantanen.

Despite acquiring Rantanen just under two months ago, trade talks really started to ramp up after Rantanen refused to sign an extension with the Hurricanes, despite the team reportedly making him a nine-figure offer.

Things stalled a bit into the night as the Stars worked to iron out an extension with Rantanen, but it seems that the two sides broke ground this morning on an eight-year, $96 million deal.

Stankoven, is a 22-year-old, right-shot winger who has nine goals and 29 points in 59 games this season.

The 5-foot-8 forward has played 83 games in his NHL career, (including 19 in the playoffs where he had three goals and eight points), but he was a prolific scorer in juniors, where he had 115 goals and 260 points in 179 games.

Stankoven has one year remaining on his ELC.

On the surface, the return might seem disappointing for a player of Rantanen's caliber, but it was clear that the Finnish winger didn't want to be in Carolina and there's something called addition by subtraction.

The way Rantanen played on Thursday against the Boston Bruins showed a player whose heart just wasn't in it. Add in dodging the media and forcing teammates to have to talk for him, and you can see how that could have a negative effect on a team.

The Canes get a promising piece in Stankoven and can now use those first-round picks to make other deals as well.

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