The defensive history of the Carolina Hurricanes isn’t exactly loaded with defensive titans on the blue line. So when one comes along, they really tend to stand out. One of those guys was Bret Hedican. Hedican played for both Hurricanes’ teams that reached the Stanley Cup Finals. Overall Hedican spent six years in Raleigh so let’s take a look at the career of one the better defenseman to wear the jersey of the sightless eye.
Early Career
The St. Louis Blues drafted Bret Hedican 198th overall in the 1988 draft. That’s right Hedican was drafted in a round that doesn’t even exist anymore the tenth round.