Out west, another arms race is wrapped up after the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche made massive acquisitions to bolster their lineups for the stretch run to the playoffs. Look no further than Mikko Rantanen,

The Colorado Avalanche has traded for 10 players since late November, but only one had his own bed waiting for him.

The Avalanche host the Maple Leafs after each team made big moves at the trade deadline, including Toronto acquiring Scott Laughton.

Officials in the Western U.S. who warn the public about avalanches are sounding a different type of alarm. They say they're worried that the Trump administration firing hundreds of meteorologists and other environmental scientists could hinder life-saving forecasts that skiers and mountain drivers rely on.

The Trump White House's firing of hundreds of meteorologists and other scientists could hinder forecasts that skiers and mountain drivers rely on, fear officials.

Emergency services are usually too far away from the scene of an avalanche, and time is important,” Simon Trautman, a national avalanche specialist, said. “A person trapped

The incident occurred near the Mana Pass in northern Uttarakhand state on Friday, initially trapping 55 construction workers.

Charlie Eppard, originally from Mankato, and Jeremy Leif are two of the three skiers who went missing following an avalanche near a ski resort in Alaska.

Troopers identified the three missing skiers caught in the avalanche as David Linder, Charles Eppard and Jeremy Leif.