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Opinion: Rantanen trade blew up in our faces, fire Bednar and MacFarland

This organization needs a fresh start, and it starts by breaking a few hearts.

It starts with GM Chris MacFarland. When he makes the right moves on the battlefield, MacFarland comes off as a genius, but like most of your friends were while playing Call of Duty Zombies, the quick trigger finger would come back to bite the team, and occasionally, he’d end up shooting his own guys.

On January 25, MacFarland shot the heart of this team when he traded Mikko Rantanen to the Carolina Hurricanes. In return, we got Martin Neu010das, Jack Drury, a 2025 second-round pick, and a 2026 fourth-round pick.