Trading Moose is fan abuse.
Surely, they’re not done. Right? Shipping out Mikko Rantanen has to be the beginning of a mid-season makeover — not the Finn-ishing piece.
Surely, somebody’s coming. Somebody big. Sidney Crosby, finally playing with his good pal Nathan MacKinnon at age 37. Gabe Landeskog, for one last ride on two good knees. Somebody. Anybody.
Swapping a 100-point scorer and a pivotal piece of a Stanley Cup champ (Rantanen) for a 65-point speedster (Martin Necas), a middle-6 forward (Jack Drury) and two draft picks is interesting. As a preamble.