DALLAS — The newest member of the Carolina Hurricanes, Andrei Svechnikov, is not lacking in self-confidence.
Question: “Who would you compare your game to?”
Answer: “I think...no, not really. Maybe Evgeny Kuznetsov or [Marian] Hossa.”
The top two picks of this year’s NHL Draft were quite possibly the worst-kept secrets in the league. After the Buffalo Sabres selected Rasmus Dahlin with the first pick, the Hurricanes quickly followed form by taking the Barrie winger, owner Tom Dundon’s daughter doing the honors to welcome Svechnikov to the team.
For Svechnikov, who was in attendance in Florida when his brother Evgeni was a first-round pick of the Detroit Red Wings in 2015, he was excited to follow suit.