All that can be asked following last Friday's earth-rocking trade involving Mikko Rantanen is, "How will this affect the trade deadline as it approaches on March 7?" According to reports from The Athletic, general managers around the NHL do not anticipate ...

Will he re-sign in Carolina after this season -- and if not, where else? And what will other contenders do to keep pace ahead of the March 7 deadline?

The word “blockbuster” gets thrown around a little too often in today’s NHL, often for trades unworthy of the term, in the same way that anything might feel like a five-star meal to a starving man. But the deal that dropped on Friday night? That one deserves the title, no questions asked.