When the Hurricanes traded prospect Nicolas Roy and a condition draft pick for Erik Haula in the summer, he was viewed as a potential buy-low rebound candidate coming off a *serious season-ending knee injury last season*. The guy they ended up with though, has exceeding everyone’s expectations.
The de-facto leader of the Haula Back Girls fan club (which is a legit thing – female Knights fans had t-shirts and all) Haula has been a god-send for this Hurricanes squad.
Haula has now endeared himself as a fan-favourite to 3 separate fanbases – he was loved in Minnesota, the team who drafted him in 2009.