It’s not often that you find a quality young player that could make a big impact for a long time via the waiver wire, but that’s what the Carolina Hurricanes did back on November 20, 2014 with forward Andrej Nestrasil.
While fighting through injuries, Nestrasil, 24, showed his upside a season ago when he came to Raleigh. Playing in 41 games with the Canes, he netted 7 goals and tallied 18 points in depth role. He showed off many facets of his game – his offense, his physicality, his defensive responsibility, and his hockey smarts.
An impressive, albeit short, run with the Canes last season gave the fan base a lot of confidence in him entering his first full season with the club.