Victor Rask was given a new six-year, $24 million contract.
He was given the responsibility of being one of the Carolina Hurricanes’ alternate captains.
The Swedish center had one of the best starts on the team this season — eight goals and seven assists in the first 17 games.
It all looked so promising. He was on his way.
And then …
“After that I wasn’t playing very well,” Rask said this week in an end-of-season interview. “I don’t know why but I have to do a better job of that.”
Rask scored just eight goals in the last 65 games of the season.