In 81 career playoff games for the Avalanche, Rantanen had 101 points (34 goals, 67 assists). His last game with them was Jan. 22, but the regular season ended with him still as their third-leading scorer with 64 points (25 goals, 39 assists) in his 49 games behind Nathan MacKinnon and Cale Makar.

Mikko Rantanen expressed love for his old Avalanche teammates, but the Stars' newest superstar extracted some revenge in Game 7.

Nicknames are a foundational aspect of hockey culture, and there weren’t many better than a mountain of a man named “Moose” roaming around the ice and scoring for a team at the