After Mikko Rantanen was traded from the Carolina Hurricanes to the Dallas Stars shortly after he got there, Hurricanes head coach Rod Brind’Amour said that the forward had a four-team list that he would extend with,

Mikko Rantanen was traded from the Hurricanes to the Stars, but a new report suggests the Maple Leafs were his backup team if a deal ended up failing. The Toronto Maple Leafs were named by NHL insider Darren Dreger as a backup trade location for Mikko Rantanen in the event that his relocation to the Dallas Stars did not pan out.

Mikko Rantanen was open to signing a contract extension with only four teams before he landed with the Dallas Stars.