While the Colorado Avalanche have spent the past couple of weeks working through their list of RFAs, one notable free agent still remains without a contract. All star forward Mikko Rantanen remains without a contract and recent reports out of Russia suggest that Kazan Ak Bars have been working to tempt the 22-year old star to the KHL.
Rumours started to swirl when Rantanen’s KHL rights were traded last Thursday. Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk drafted Rantanen in the 2nd round of the KHL draft all the way back in 2003. Knowing he would never play for them, the team decided to trade his rights in exchange for forward Radel Fazleyev.