The “defenseman for a forward” trade rumor has become a Carolina Hurricanes tradition unlike any other, and after the trade of Justin Faulk ahead of the 2019-20 season, someone had to take up his role as the primary “trade bait.”
Enter Brett Pesce.
Over the last couple of years, it’s been Pesce’s name that has been brought up in these trade speculations. Some of them have been laughable, like the Kasperi Kapanen saga, but others have been more feasible, like William Nylander or Nikolaj Ehlers and Patrik Laine in Winnipeg.
While many things have changed and many players have been dealt across the league, there is one thing that hasn’t changed - Brett Pesce is a Carolina Hurricane, and thank goodness he is.