Hurricanes Sign Andrei Svechnikov to Entry-Level Contract

The Carolina Hurricanes have officially signed 2018 second-overall draft pick Andrei Svechnikov to a three-year entry-level contract.

The 18-year-old had a banner year for the OHL’s Barrie Colts in 2017-18, netting 40 goals in 44 regular season games before getting drafted by the Hurricanes in June.

Svechnikov is expected to make the Hurricanes out of training camp, but if he doesn’t, he will have to be sent back to Barrie for the 2018-19 season. If he is sent back to the OHL before playing in ten NHL games, the first year of his contract will not be triggered.