It’s hard to say that the big news last Friday on the trade deadline was not Mikko Rantanen heading to Dallas. On the other hand, we were expecting him to be traded by the Hurricanes.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- Brad Marchand arrived at his introductory press conference Monday wearing a red pullover with the Florida Panthers logo on his chest, a blue Florida baseball cap pulled low. When someone mentioned he looked a little out of place in the color scheme, Marchand smiled. The red, he said, "brings out my eyes."