Asked about the state of extension talks with not only Marner but John Tavares and pending RFA Matthew Knies earlier this month, Leafs GM Brad Treliving said, “Those are things that we always are looking at and talking about and rumbling around, but nothing to report right now.”

The conversation around Marner’s situation has drawn comparisons to Mikko Rantanen’s recent trade from the Colorado Avalanche this past weekend. Both star forwards are in the

General manager Brad Treliving has some time to make a swap, or two, to improve the Maple Leafs. Some 5 1/2 weeks remain until the National Hockey League trade deadline hits on March 7. A centre and a defenceman are on Treliving’s wish list,

According to NHL insider Frank Seravalli, who broke the Mikko Rantanen trade, the Hurricanes inquired on the status of Maple Leafs forward Mitch Marner.

On his latest episode of The Daily Faceoff Rundown, Frank Seravalli revealed that the Hurricanes inquired about Mitch Marner before trading for Mikko Rantanen.

The trade "stunned" execs around the league, but the Canes and Avs had been in talks since June. And now? "What else is Colorado up to?"

Here are three blockbuster Avalanche trade targets in the wake of the stunning Mikko Rantanen trade with the Hurricanes.

The Carolina Hurricanes pulled off a blockbuster trade for Mikko Rantanen. The next thing on the agenda is to sign him to an extension to prevent the team from losing the forward to free agency.

The Toronto Maple Leafs were not going to trade Mitch Marner anyways, but now they can't. After the Colorado Avalanche botched a trade for Mikko Rantanen (the

NHL Rumors: Colorado Avalanche, Dallas Stars, Toronto Maple Leafs, and the New York Islanders Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman on Saturday Headlines on how some teams may not be comfortable going to $100 million or more when the salary cap rises.

It likely won't happen, but if the Maple Leafs' Mitch Marner and Avalanche's Mikko Rantanen don't re-sign before March, a 1-for-1 trade could be worth considering.

Mikko Rantanen said Monday he was blindsided by the blockbuster trade that sent him from the Colorado Avalanche to the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday night.