Haydn Fleury, Carolina Hurricanes (Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)
Haydn Fleury started the season as an extra defender filling in for the then injured TVR and has since grown into something else for the Carolina Hurricanes.
When the season started the Carolina Hurricanes had seven defenders on their NHL roster. Trevor van Riemsdyk, who was injured during playoffs last year, sat out a few games allowing Haydn Fleury to enter the roster.
Fleury, on his first year as a bona-a-fid NHLer, took the opportunity and ran with it. Even while splitting games with TVR, he still managed to find the back of the net for his first NHL goal, tacking on another three in the 45 games he played this year along with ten assists for a nice and comfortable 14 points.