Stars’ Mikko Rantanen clears the air on departure from Avalanche: ‘I never wanted to leave’

“Six weeks before the deadline, we were still negotiating at that point, and I felt at that time I needed to go talk to (the) front office, which I did, face to face. I told them I’ll be flexible, and I want to play here for a long time. Then a couple days later they traded me,”