In a big hit NHL transaction, Colorado Aeval sent Mikko Lanen to Carolina Hurikane in exchange for Martin Nekas. Taylor Hall also goes from Chicago Black Hawks to Hurricane as part of a three -party transaction.
Lantanen and Hall go to Carolina, but Nekas, forward Jack Delley, the second round of 2025, and the fourth pick in 2026 return to Colorado. Black Hawks holds 50 % of the lanen salary and receives the pick and salary of 2025 in the hurricane for hurricanes.
Rantanen, which is currently earning $ 9.25 million, is the final season of the current contract and will significantly increase this off season. For the past three seasons, only five players have aggregated more than 273 points in lanterns, so the next contract will be more than $ 10 million per season.
Lantanen is planning a large wage bump, and the avalanche sent him to Carolina in exchange for more cost -controlled NECA. Last summer, the rumor of trade swirled around Neka, but for the time being, he signed a two -year contract for two years to stay with a hurricane.
With a new contract with his hands, 26 -year -old NECAS is currently working on a 49 -game 16 goals and 39 assists. Playing with Nathan McKinon and Kale Maker will help him to further enhance those numbers.
Lantanen (28 years old) has given the elite finish talent, which has been lacking in Hurricane in recent years. He was a 16.3 % shooting game and scored 55 goals in the 2022-23 season. The lanen has overturned the 30 goal mark five times, and this season looks like a lock that can be six with 25 tally.
Another thing that lanen brings to the cane is an impressive playoff pedigree. He earned 101 points in the 81 -career posts season game, and in 2022 he won 25 points in 20 games that AVS rolled up.
The 33 -year -old hall returned after tearing the ACL from 2023 to 2014. He has a hard time stepping into the bad Black Hawks team. There are nine goals and 15 assists in the hall, but it is not required to play the role of a scorer in the bottom 6, which is too much of the burden.
DRURY is 12 years younger than the hall, but resembles an avalanche. He is not required to do too much, besides playing a solid two -way game at the bottom of the lineup.
With this transaction, the avalanche has created a maximum salary limit of more than $ 1 million, so that as General Manager Joe SAKIC marches toward the playoffs of the Stan Lacque Cup, he confirms whether he has something on his sleeve. I will do it.
